Deep Purple Lyrics
Chasing Shadows"An original idea of Ian's, who is heard playing drums, timbales,
maracas and cowbell. Jon is playing claves. The percussion
instruments were tracked on afterwards of course. The song is
about one of Jon's nightmares. Nicky's bass line is a gas."
Chasing shadows
Over a horde with a sound of revealing
Dwarves and giants
Twenty feet tall
Fill the room with their clearing
Sounds of breathing
Sharpen my ears when they fade into nothing
Someone's laughter
Out in the street fills the night with their loving
I feel the ice in my head
Running his hands through my bed
Not even dreaming I seem to be dead
Colours of yellow and colours of red
All I'm asking
Some secret voice is to lead me to darkness
I'm so tired
Dawn never comes
I just lie in the shadows
Blind"Jon plays harpsichord on this track, which is a love song, sort
of squeezed into the format of a twelve bar blues. The middle
section is a descending chromatic sequence which is intended to
give a sort of "slowing down" effect."
I see reflections in the water
Autumn colours, summer's daughter
And as as the year is growing older
I see winter on my shoulder
I stand in the haze
Watching stormy ripples grow on my own
Never knew your needing
Till I found myself standing here alone
And in the water, such a sad face
Slowly drowning, such a sad face
If only I could change the seasons
Like a poet, I've my reasons
It started to snow in the middle of July
Wonder why
Never did understand you
My sorrow is hanging in the grey sky
In the summer days we flew to the sun
On melting wings
But the seasons changed to fast
Leave us all behind
But then the stone fell on the water
Putting end to summer's daughter
And me, I turn away remembering
All the seasons, such a sad thing
It started to rain in the middle of the sun
Winter's begun
Never did understand you
My sorrow is hanging in the grey sky
In the summer days we flew to the sun
On melting wings
But the seasons changed to fast
Leave us all behind
Lalena"Donovan's song done how we thought Donovan might like to have
heard it. The only double tracking on this cut is the guitar
passage at the end. The slightly "jazzy" feel to the organ is a
bow in the direction of Donovan's Mellow Yellow days."
When the sun goes to bed
That's the time you raise your head
That's your lot and life Lalena
Can't blame ya, oh Lalena
Ha te ta, la de da
Can your heart get much sadder
That's your lot and life Lalena
Can't blame ya, oh Lalena
Run your hands through your hair
Paint your face with this pen
That's your lot and life Lalena
Can't blame ya, oh Lalena
When the sun goes to bed
That's the time you raise your head
That's your lot and life Lalena
Can't blame ya, oh Lalena
Ha te ta, la de da
Can your heart get much sadder
That's your lot and life Lalena
I can't blame ya, oh Lalena
Lalena, I can't blame ya Lalena
Fault Line"Recorded when we heard that we were going to be in L.A. at
earthquake time. The drum track was recorded first (with organ)
and then reversed."
(instrumental)
The Painter"This track was recorded live; no double tracking."
Painter
Come colour up my life
Oh painter
Come colour up my life
Take away the misery
Take away the strife
Writer
Make me up a play
Writer
Make the meaning gay
For I don't know who I am
Just gimme words to say
Singer
Let me sing a song
Singer
Let me sing a song
You don't have to worry
Cause singer you can sing along
Why Didn't Rosemary"Vaguely inspired by an Otis Spann number, and again it's an
attempt to widen the scope of a plain 12 bar sequence; in fact
the verses are 14 bars long and the guitar solo verses are 17
bars long. Interesting words from Rod."
Just back here we have a crime
Everything I need but nothing's mine
Strange worlds are back here
Why didn't Rosemary ever take the pill?
Left me waiting, waiting for the kill
Old man won't do it, but the devil will
I'm losing time and my mind
Why can't I ever have what's naturally mine?
I got life and the thing that goes with it
If there's something else, where can I get it?
Left me waiting, waiting for the kill
Old man won't do it, but the devil will
Well here's my views, I always lose
Things I want to do are yesterday's news
Say life's a ball, I've had it all
I'm out flat when I have to dance all
Left me waiting, waiting for the kill
Old man won't do it, but the devil will
Take me as I am, a 'scuseful man
Whenever I push someone stops my hand
As a matter of interest, tell me if you will
Why didn't Rosemary ever take the pill?
Left me waiting, waiting for the kill
Old man won't do it, but the devil will
Oh, why won't Rosemary ever take the pill?
Bird Has Flown"A different recording from the version released on a single.
Ritchie tracked the Wah-Wah guitar on afterwards and also the
guitar at the end of the middle section."
For the beggar on his cornerstone
Catches pity in his wrinkled hand
But the robber whose bird has flown
Catches nothing only grains of sand
All the children in the distant house
They have feelings only children know
But the robber whose bird has flown
Catches nothing only flakes of snow
The sensation's not new to you
It's something we all have known
You get it - it goes right through you
Yes it's something we all have known
And the bird it has flown
To a place on it's own
Somewhere all alone
Now the hermit in his lonely cave
Has himself to keep him company
But the robber whose bird has flown
He has heartaches same as you and me
The sensation's not new to you
It's something we all have known
You get it - it goes right through you
Yes it's something we all have known
And the bird it has flown
Now the hermit in his lonely cave
Has himself to keep him company
But the robber whose bird has flown
He has heartaches same as you and me
April"A sort of 3 part of concert about the month of April. The first
section is played by just Jon and Ritchie. Jon played piano and
organ, and Ritchie played acoustic guitar (a rhythm pattern and a
double tracked lead pattern) and electric guitar. The choir was
added afterwards. The whole section used about 11 different
tracks. Also Ian on timpani can be heard in the background. The
second section is Jon's orchestral description of April. The
instruments used were : two flutes, two oboes, cor anglais, two
clarinets, two violins, viola and two cellos. The third section
is a treatment of the cord sequence of the first section in a
more "Purple" way. As a whole, we hopehangs together as
personal evocation of a beautiful, but sad (to us) month."
April is a cruel time
Even though the sun may shine
And world looks in the shade as it slowly comes away
Still falls therain
And the valley's filled with pain
And you can't tell me quite why
As I look up to the grey sky
Where it should be blue
Grey sky where I should see you
Ask why, why it should be so
I'll cry, say that I don't know
Baby once in a while I'll forget and I'll smile
But then the feeling comes again of anwithout end
Of anlonely as a girl
In the dark of my mind I can see all too fine
But there is nothing to be done when I just can't feel the sun
And the springtime's the season of the night
Grey sky where it should be blue
Grey sky where I should see you
Ask why, why it should be so
I'll cry, say that I don't know
I don't know