Deep Purple - The Battle Rages On... lyrics
Tracks 01. The Battle Rages On
02. Lick It Up 03. Anya 04. Talk About Love 05. Time To Kill 06. Ramshackle Man 07. A Twist In The Tale 08. Nasty Piece Of Work 09. Solitaire 10. One Man's Meat 01. The Battle Rages On Lyrics by Blackmore,Gillan ,Lord,Paice
Been so many words so much to say
Words are not enough to keep the guns at bay Some live in fear some do not Some gamble everything on who gets the final shot Oh don't talk to me of love It's obvious it's not enough Annihilation kill them all Capitulation watch the mighty fall The road to glory is lined in red And though the reason now is gone The battle rages on Was it love or hate that got here first Hate's a habit it's hard to shake the curse Kill to live and live to die Human nature you let the strong survive Oh don't talk to me of love Be serious it's not enough Annihilation kill them all Capitulation watch the mighty fall The road to glory is lined in red And trough the reason now is gone The battle rages on 02. Lick It Up Lyrics by Blackmore,Gillan,Glover
My shoes are heavy
My feet are winding down I look for her in comers But she's not around What I eat is eating me It hits me hard I'm one jack short of a royal flush A stranger holds the card Here come the salvation in the shape of my guitar And I'm gonna ride it like a shooting star I don't want your money I don't want your soul I don't need a reason I just want to get right down and lick it up Mother Mercy told me A picture never lies She told me no self respecting hero Ever cries The prisoner walks in circles The victim walks alone Scissors cut the paper The paper wraps the stone Standing at the entrance to the gates of paradise The lights go down the heat goes up that's when I cry I don't want your money I don't want your soul I don't a reason I just want to get right down and lick it up I put my faith in fortune reaching for the sky The only game in town that gets me high I don't want your money I just want to get right down and lick it up I don't want your soul I just want to get right down and lick it up I don't need a reason I just want to get right down and lick it up 03. Anya Lyrics by Blackmore,Gillan,Glover,Lord
I'm so far away
From everything you know Your name is carried on the wind Your ice blue waters Anya Where do they flow Where have they been Where have they been A hidden passion Touching a spark Flame of revolution Burning wild in your gypsy heart Your gypsy heart Anya - The spirit of freedom Anya - Oh Anya The light of freedom buried Deep within your soul Across the puszta plain to see The rhapsody of angels Refuse to dance alone What do they mean What do they mean Your jewel flashing Across the dark Forbidding distance I love your gypsy heart Your gypsy heart Anya 04. Talk About Love Lyrics by Blackmore,Gillan,Glover
Talking real world, all that pain
Try to fix it still comes out the same Get down to Rosie's Won't you pull that plug Last week Someone made a mess of that rug Talking big house way up town One day one day I'll put the money down All that baby talk it's for the birds Let's make some honey Honey in so many words Oh no Don't want a serious conversation I just want to get you serious Serious I want to talk about love You talk about the weather Rain or snow Talking cold wind The way it's going to blow Talking good times night and day Talk talk a stronger man Could lose his way Aphrodite now there's a girl Good good loving She spreads around the world Forget your dancing all that boogaloo Drag that purse over here I got to talk to you Oh no Don't want a serious conversation I just want to get you serious Serious I want to talk about love 05. Time To Kill Lyrics by Blackmore,Gillan,Glover
Consider your position position your defense
Why don't you let me ask you is it mere coincidence Feeding speculators on a downhill gravy train Like vultures ripping out the eyes to reach the dying brain Listen to the wind - a silent scream Tearing at your broken heart Like a forgotten dream And there's a time for peace a time for war Wondering what we've been put here for A time for giving a time to take A time for love and a time for hate A time for beg and a time to steal So you gamble on that spinning wheel Of all these things I've had my fill Lord I need some time to kill Ten percent of nothing is exactly what you got You thing you've got the given right to take another shot I'll take away your money all you've got is coloured beads Find a piece of land where you can sow your seeds Listen to the wind - a silent scream Tearing at your broken heart Like a forgotten dream There's a time for passion a time for pain A time to learn that we're all the same A time to remember a time to forget Wondering how we're going to pay our debts A time for thunder a time for rain Waiting for the seasons to change Of all these things I've had my fill Lord I need some time to kill 06. Ramshackle Man Lyrics by Blackmore,Gillan,Glover
My clothes don't fit and I have no point of view
I got a bad reputation but I don't believe it's true I had something going but I blew it down the can Not exactly what I planned I'm a ramshackle man That's what I am I look like a joker but I feel like a one eyed jack Shuffling around never get to the top of the park I said to the dealer put the ace in my hand But he couldn't give a damn I'm a ramshackle man That's what I am I sit down thinking bout the things I have to do I start out fine then I pick up something new Stumbled through the door that's how it all began Now it's buried in the sand I'm a ramshackle man That's what I am The stars shine bright when the boys come out to play Never feeling more than I'm feeling right here today I used to be fresh but now I'm second hand I do what I can I'm a ramshackle man That's what I am 07. A Twist In The Tale Lyrics by Blackmore,Gillan,Glover
As you watch from your house on the hill
World keeps spinning around you you're standing still And a thought rivers enters your mind Something happened once in my life A fading picture of you that's so hard to describe I've been where the sun never shines That's alright there's a change in the story That's alright there's a change in the plan A twist in the tale Face in the mirror head in the clouds Hanging on to a dream that you can't do without As it drops like a stone without trace Give what you want take what you need Squeezing so hard there's no room to breathe And your flavour has fallen from grace That's alright there's a change in the story That's alright there's a change in the plan A twist in the tale I saw you dancing Dancing on air You were lost in the in the starlight No one but me really cared Every question turns out a lie Can't you swallow the truth for once in your life I loved you but don't ask me why It's alright there's a change in the story It's alright there's a change in the plan A twist in the tale 08. Nasty Piece Of Work Lyrics by lackmore,Gillan,Glover,Lord
I got my feelers out
Pleasure I can give you pain I'm the demon of misfortune Let me tell you that bad luck is my game Fires burning make you cold You can touch but you can't hold It's an even split Between zip and the number on your ticket Nothing to brag about dragging in the dirt I'm a nasty piece of work Down get down on your knees Running gonna bring you down I'm the demon of disorder You know I'm gonna drive you into the ground As you're stepping through the door My shadow crawls across your floor Your dream of love It's not enough it's gonna come to nothing You ain't seen nothing it's gonna get worse I'm a nasty nasty It's an even split Between zip and the number on your ticket Your dream of love It's not enough it's gonna come to nothing Nothing to brag about dragging in the dirt You ain't seen nothing it's gonna get worse I'm a nasty piece of work 09. Solitaire Lyrics by Blackmore,Gillan,Glover
Door
Don't close the door I want to feel the cold I want to see the light Momma where you gone This is no dream Can't make it right if it's wrong Dancing with strangers Fighting with friends It's a matter of time between love and despair Falling over the line Empty hearts and icy stares Call me Solitaire The eyes In the face on the wall Follow me round the room Follow me everywhere A heart without an echo A man without a child Alone with all my sorrow Dancing with strangers Fighting with friends It's a matter of time between love and despair Falling over the line Empty hearts and icy stares Call me Solitaire 10. One Man's Meat Lyrics by Blackmore,Gillan,Glover
Cold beer and a strange cigarette
Getting you high getting you wet Falling in love falling out of debt Straight gay black or white Strutting in the dark hiding in the light Doing it wrong doing it right just doing it You got your life on the one hand Mine in the other I got the right we all got the right One man's meat is the other man's lousy luck One man's meat is someone's empty well One man's meat is some guy's aching butt One man's meat is another man's living hell Short fat thick or thin Take it in the gut take it on the chin Living in glory living in sin Hard day's work going down slow Riding the road where the greengrass grows Watching in die what d'you know Watch it You got your life on the one hand Mine in the other I got the right One man's meat is the other man's lousy luck One man's meat is someone's empty well One man's meat is some guy's aching butt One man's meat is another man's living hell |