Day: August 14, 2023
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Lazy – Deep Purple
Written by: Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice | Album: “Machine Head” (1972) You’re lazy, you just stay in bed You’re lazy, you just stay in bed You don’t want no money, you don’t want no bread If you’re drowning you don’t clutch no straw, no,…
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Woman from Tokyo – Deep Purple
Written by: Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice | Album: “Who Do We Think We Are” (1973) Fly into the rising sun Faces, smiling every one Yeah, she is a whole new tradition, oh I feel it in my heart My woman from Tokyo She makes…
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Knocking at Your Back Door – Deep Purple
Written by: Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover | Album: “Perfect Strangers” (1984) Sweet Lucy was a dancer But none of us would chance her Because she was a samurai She made electric shadows Beyond our fingertips And none of us could reach that high She came on like a…
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Hush – Deep Purple
Written by: Joe South | Album: “Shades of Deep Purple” (1968) I got a certain little girl, she’s on my mind No doubt about it, she looks so fine She’s the best girl that I ever had Sometimes she’s gonna make me feel so bad Hush, hush I thought I…
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Perfect Strangers – Deep Purple
Written by: Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover | Album: “Perfect Strangers” (1984) Can you remember, remember my name? As I flow through your life A thousand oceans I have flown Ohh, and cold Cold spirits of ice Ah, ah, all my life I am the echo of your past…
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Black Night – Deep Purple
Written by: Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice | Album: Single (1970) Black night is not right I don’t feel so bright I don’t care to sit tight Maybe I’ll find on the way down the line that I’m free Free to be me. Black night…
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Child in Time – Deep Purple
Written by: Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice | Album: “Deep Purple in Rock” (1970) Sweet child in time You’ll see the line The line that’s drawn between Good and bad See the blind man Shooting at the world Bullets flying Oh, taking toll If you’ve…
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Highway Star – Deep Purple
Written by: Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice | Album: “Machine Head” (1972) Nobody gonna take my car I’m gonna race it to the ground Nobody gonna beat my car It’s gonna break the speed of sound Ooh, it’s a killing machine It’s got everything Like…
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Smoke on the Water – Deep Purple
Written by: Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice | Album: “Machine Head” (1972) We all came out to Montreux On the Lake Geneva shoreline To make records with a mobile We didn’t have much time But Frank Zappa and The Mothers Were at the best place…
