Blackmore's Night - The Village Lanterne lyrics
Tracks 01. 25 Years
02. Village Lanterne 03. I Guess It Doesn't Matter 04. The Messenger 05. World Of Stone 06. Faerie Queen 07. St. Teresa 08. Village Dance 09. Mond Tanz / Child In Time 10. Streets Of London 11. Just Call My Name 12. Olde Mill Inn 13. Windmills 14. Street Of Dreams 16. Street of Dreams 01. 25 Years Music by Ritchie Blackmore Lyrics by Candice Night
25 years since I woke up trembling
25 years since that terrible dream I could see that the world was crumbling Nothing is ever as it seems Tried to run but my feet were frozen Tried to scream but there was no sound In my head voices echoing Girl you should know better by now Long ago, Far away? In the mist of yesterday And you tried so hard to save me How do you save someone from themselves All those years, wasted wishes Drowning in the wishing well? 25 years since I woke up trembling 25 years since that terrible dream I could see that the world was crumbling Nothing is ever as it seems 02. Village Lanterne Music by Ritchie Blackmore Lyrics by Candice Night
Don't shed a tear for me
I stand alone This path of destiny Is all my own Once in the hands of fate There is no choice An echo on the wind You'll hear my voice Some choose to fall behind Some choose to lead Some choose a golden path Laden with greed But it's the noble heart That makes you strong And in that heart, I'm with you all along The olde village lanterne Is calling me onward Leading wherever I roam The olde village lanterne A light in the dark Bringing me closer to home So when you think of me Do so with pride Honor and bravery Ruled by my side And in your memory I will remain I will forever be within the flame Now at the journey's end We've traveled far And all we have to show Are battle scars But in the love we shared We will transcend And in that love, our journey never ends... 03. I Guess It Doesn't Matter Music by Ritchie Blackmore Lyrics by Candice Night
Standing in the rain
The cold and angry rain In a long white dress A girl without a name She stood beneath the light Glowing like a candle bright I guess it doesn't matter any more I pulled along the side And offered her a ride Like the rolling mist she floated inside As we pulled away She had nothing to say So I guess it doesn't matter any more I believe something's can't be explained They are hidden in the mist and in the silver rain The road was long It ran on When I heard her singing her silent song I knew the melody From my memory But I guess it doesn't matter any more Finally she spoke Come pull off the road Saying she was headin' home I turned and she was gone I was all alone So I guess it doesn't matter any more As I turned away No reason to stay She had faded back into the grey A whisper in the trees You could hear it in the breeze Say I guess it doesn't matter any more 04. The Messenger Music by Ritchie Blackmore
(Instrumental)
05. World Of Stone Music by Ritchie Blackmore, Traditional Lyrics by Candice Night, Traditional
Bring to me all of my arrows
Bring to me my crossbow too I fear we might need them both Before the night is through Once a world of glittering hope This world is not the world we knew The only light left to shine Is between me and you On our own In a World of Stone We are not alone I had once believed in angels They were everywhere I looked A gentle hand guiding me To give more than I took But I have died a thousand times Watching all these angels fall Their lonely eyes haunt me still We will avenge them all Bring me mead and bring me ale To help us face this fight again Good fortune will shine down on us Together we will win And they will never break our spirit We will never turn and run And we will rise stronger still When we stand as one! 06. Faerie Queen Music by Ritchie Blackmore Lyrics by Candice Night
Over on the hill
There grows a flower Growing quicker still More perfect by the hour Deep within that flower Is a tiny chair All a-fringed with gold The fairy queen sits there It is in her breath That the wind does blow It is in her heart As pure as winter snow It is in her tears Crystal raindrops fall And within her years That she is in us all Oh dark eyes Help me see Just one look She is gone Look on me We are one Fading with the setting sun As the willow bows To her majesty All the forest flowers Love her mystery Who would not admire Who could not adore Who does not desire Who wishes to see more? 07. St. Teresa Music & lyrics by Eric Bazilian; Joan Osborne; Rick Chertoff; Rob Hyman
Sit down on the corner just a little climb
When I make my money got to get my dime Sit down with her baby wind is full of trash She bold as the street light dark and sweet as hash Way down in the hollow leavin' so soon Oh, St. Teresa higher than the moon Reach down for the sweet stuff when she looks at me I know any man sees you like I see Follow down the side street movin' single file That's where I will hold you, sleeping like a child Way down in the hollow, leavin' so soon Oh, St. Teresa, higher than the moon Just what I've been needin', feel it rise in me Every stone a story, like a rosary Show me my Teresa, just a little climb When I make my money, got to get my dime Way down in the hollow, leavin' so soon Oh, St. Teresa, higher than the moon 08. Village Dance Music by Ritchie Blackmore
(Instrumental)
09. Mond Tanz / Child In Time Music & lyrics by Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore
Sweet child in time,
you'll see the line The line that's drawn between good and bad See the blind man, he's shooting at the world Bullets flying, taking toll If you've been bad, oh Lord, I bet you have And you've not been hit, by flying lead You'd better close your eyes You better bow your head Wait for the ricochet Oh oh oh.... 10. Streets Of London Music & lyrics by Ralph McTell
Have you seen the old man
In the closed-down market Kicking up the paper, With his worn out shoes? In his eyes you see no pride And held loosely at his side Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news Have you seen the old girl Who walks the streets of London Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags? She's no time for talking She just keeps right on walking Carrying her home in two carrier bags In the all night café At a quarter past eleven Same old man is sitting there on his own Looking at the world Over the rim of his tea-cup Each tea last an hour Then he wanders home alone So how can you tell me you're lonely And say for you that the sun don't shine? Let me take you by the hand And walk you through the streets of London I'll show you something to make you change your mind Have you seen the old man Outside the seaman's mission Memory fading with The medals that he wears In our winter city The rain cries a little pity For one more forgotten hero And a world that doesn't care So how can you tell me you're lonely And say for you that the sun don't shine? Let me take you by the hand and walk you through the streets of London I'll show you something to make you change your mind 11. Just Call My Name Music by Ritchie Blackmore Lyrics by Candice Night
So many nights I sat here waiting
There were times I couldn't go on Still my heart was anticipating It made me be strong Made me hold on There were some calling me crazy I've been accused of being naïve But I don't need no one to save me Cause I got you, you make me believe I'll Be There in the night when you need me Just call my name I'll be there close your eyes and you'll see me Just Call My Name I don't need to know the answers I don't want to understand We were born to take the chances I know the truth when you hold my hand I had waited a lifetime lost on the open sea Praying for an angel to be sent to me Now the night don't last forever Every moment is a song Cause we face the night together Something this right can never be wrong 12. Olde Mill Inn Music by Ritchie Blackmore Lyrics by Candice Night
Down at the Olde Mill Inn
We'll laugh and dance and sing We'll drink all day and Bill will pay Down at the Olde Mill Inn Down at the Olde Mill Inn The ships are sailing in We'll drink a toast with Judy our host Down at the Olde Mill Inn The moon is full, the bar is too, when we come to town We'll have a beer, cause Jerry's here, so spread the cheer around Down at the Olde Mill Inn The bartender's name is Kim And with a smile she'll serve in style Down at the Olde Mill Inn Down at the Olde Mill Inn We'll laugh and dance and sing We'll drink all day and Bill will pay Down at the Olde Mill Inn Down at the Olde Mill Inn We'll laugh and dance and sing We'll drink and play the hours away Down at the Olde Mill Inn 13. Windmills Music by Ritchie Blackmore Lyrics by Candice Night
Far from the worn path of reason
Further away from the sane He battles his shadows and demons Fighting to light the way And the dust and the dirt cloud his vision Onward he rides unafraid He fights the good fight for good reason A star that refuses to fade Still he braves his path Windmills only laugh She was wounded and wild when he found her He saw her through child's eyes She fell for the spell he was under Each day a brand new surprise And she watches with strange curiosity She wants so much to believe Hoping to break the chains of reality Dying to set herself free Though he may appear tattered and broken His clothes are shabby and bare Still he glows like the flame of a candle With passion of one who still cares There was always a rhyme to the reason Peering out from tired eyes The truth finally came in treason So wrong, but so justified So wrong but so justified Windmills close their eyes 14. Street Of Dreams Music by Ritchie Blackmore Lyrics by Joe Lynn Turner
I heard the sound of voices in the night
Spellbound there was someone calling I looked around no one was in sight Pulled down, and I kept on falling I've seen this place before You were standing by my side I've seen your face before tonight Maybe I just see what I want it to be I know it's a mystery Do you remember me on a street of dreams Running through my memory On the street of dreams There you stood a distant memory So good like we never parted Said to myself I knew you'd set me free But here we are right back where we started Something's come over me And I don't know what to feel Maybe this fantasy is real Now I know I see what I want it to be I know it's a mystery Do you remember me on the street of dreams Running through my memory On the street of dreams Something's come over me And I don't know what to feel Maybe this fantasy is real Now I know I see what I want it to be I know it's a mystery I can hear you calling me, on the street of dreams I can feel you haunting me, on the street of dreams 16. Street of Dreams Music by Ritchie Blackmore Lyrics by Joe Lynn Turner
I heard the sound of voices in the night
Spellbound there was someone calling I looked around no one was in sight Pulled down, and I kept on falling I've seen this place before You were standing by my side I've seen your face before tonight Maybe I just see what I want it to be I know it's a mystery Do you remember me on a street of dreams Running through my memory On the street of dreams There you stood a distant memory So good like we never parted Said to myself I knew you'd set me free But here we are right back where we started Something's come over me And I don't know what to feel Maybe this fantasy is real Now I know I see what I want it to be I know it's a mystery Do you remember me on the street of dreams Running through my memory On the street of dreams Something's come over me And I don't know what to feel Maybe this fantasy is real Now I know I see what I want it to be I know it's a mystery I can hear you calling me, on the street of dreams I can feel you haunting me, on the street of dreams |