Line up: - Ritchie Blackmore (guitar) - Ronnie James Dio (vocals) - Micky Lee Soule (keyboards) - Craig Grubber (bass) - Gary Driscoll (drums) |
Note: All the songs on this album were written by Ronnie James Dio and Ritchie Blackmore, except where indicated. Track no.5 from Side two is an intrumental play. |
|
Side one:
|
Side two
|
Top |
Man on the Silver Mountain: Im a wheel, Im a wheel I can roll, I can feel And you can't stop me turning Cause I'm the sun, I'm the sun I can move, I can run But you'll never stop me burning Come down with fire Lift my spirit higher Someones screaming my name Come and make me holy again Im the man on the silver mountain Im the man on the silver mountain Im the day, Im the day I can show you the way And look Im right beside you Im the night, Im the night Im the dark and the light With eyes that see inside you Come down with fire Lift my spirit higher Someones screaming my name Come and make me holy again Im the man on the silver mountain Im the man on the silver mountain Just look at me and listen Im the man, the man, give you my hand Come down with fire Lift my spirit higher Im the man on the silver mountain Im the man on the silver mountain Im the night the light The black and the white The man on the silver mountain |
Top |
Self Portrait: Paint me your picture and hang it on the wall Color it darkly, the lines must start to crawl Down, down, down Spin me around and around Draw me away to the night from the day Leave not a trace to be found Down, down Nothing is real but the way that I feel And I feel like going down, down, down, down Down, down, down, down, down Paint me a picture of eyes that never see With flashes of lightning that burn for only me Hey hey hey There's only the devil to pay I'm ready to go Pull me down from below Give me a place I can lay Hey hey Nothing is real but the way that I feel I feel like going down, down, down, down Down, down, down, down Hey hey Nothing is real but the way that I feel And I feel like going down Down, down Nothing is real but the way that I feel And I feel like going down, down, down, down Down, down, down, down Down, down, down, down Down |
Top |
Black Sheep of the Family: (Steve Hammond) I've got nothing in my head, got a floor for a bed. My future's at the bottom of a teacup I've got half a pair of shoes and no time to lose. I'm wondering when I'm gonna wise up So, fortune, shine your light on me and my nose, Cause I need some security. You get a little bad luck and it grows and it grows. I'm the black sheep of the family. I've got half a pound of rice, a beard full of lice, Political retrogression. I've got a pocket full of dust, and eating is a must If you want to make a good impression. So, fortune shine your light on me and my dog, Cause we need some security. While other folks are living high on the hog. I'm the black sheep of the family. Don't talk to me about society. You got to play by the rules or pay the penalty. Because there's nothing to choose between a handful of blues. Double indemnity. The whole world's wrong and my shadow's getting long. I realize this song don't mean much. I got an ache in my head. I want to go to bed. Tomorrow I don't have to wake up. So, wisdom shine your light on me and my knees. It's true what they say about familiarity. There's nothing good this way, it's true what they say! I'm the black sheep of the family |
Top |
Catch the Rainbow: When evening falls She'll run to me Like whispered dreams Your eyes can't see Soft and warm She'll touch my face A bed of straw Against the lace We believed we'd catch the rainbow Ride the wind to the sun Sail away on ships of wonder But life's not a wheel With chains made of steel So bless me, come the dawn Come the dawn Come the dawn Come the dawn We believed we'd catch the rainbow Ride the wind to the sun Sail away on ships of wonder But life's not a wheel With chains made of steel So bless me, come the dawn Come the dawn Come the dawn Come the dawn |
Top |
Snake Charmer: Old hollow eyes got no ties Walking by the light of the moon A pair of shiny boots With strings and flutes Rising like a crazy balloom Close your door He's on the loose Here he comes No hope for you Ooh Snake Charmer Hey mystery man What's your plan I've got to tell the world To beware you don't care He'll hipnotise you And tell you lies He's hiding at the top of the stairs Close your door I see him coming out There's no hope for you Ooh Snake Charmer Snake Charmer Hey fancy face Got no place Living from a hole in the ground Old sparkle eyes He never cries One step ahead of the hounds Close your door He's on his way He's coming out of the shadows now There's no hope for you Ooh Snake Charmer Snake Charmer Old hollow eyes Got no ties Play your strings and flutes Mystery man what's your plan Snake Charmer He'll harm yer |
Top |
The Temple of the King: One day, in the year of the fox Came a time remembered well, When the strong young man of the rising sun Heard the tolling of the great black bell. One day in the year of the fox, When the bell began to ring, It meant the time had come for one to go To the temple of the king. There in the middle of the circle he stands, Searching, seeking. With just one touch of his trembling hand, The answer will be found. Daylight waits while the old man sings, Heaven help me! And then like the rush of a thousand wings, It shines upon the one. And the day has just begun. One day in the year of the fox Came a time remembered well, When the strong young man of the rising sun Heard the tolling of the great black bell. One day in the year of the fox, When the bell began to sing It meant the time had come for the one to go To the temple of the king. There in the middle of the people he stands, Seeing, feeling. With just a wave of the strong right hand, he's gone To the temple of the king. Far from the circle, at the edge of the world, He's hoping, wondering. Thinking back on the stories he's heard of What he's going to see. There, in the middle of a circle it lies. Heaven help me! Then all could see by the shine in his eyes The answer had been found. Back with the people in the circle he stands, Giving, feeling. With just one touch of a strong right hand, they know Of the temple and the king. |
Top |
If You Don't Like Rock 'n' Roll: You'd never know there was some music playin' Until you talked your way inside the door And then a sound like rollin' thunder Begins to push you right thru the floor And there's a great white sign With big black letters That just about explains it all If you don't like rock 'n' roll Well, if you don't like rock 'n' roll If you don't like rock 'n' roll Then it's too late now Well it's too late now Hey hey Of course there was the usual lady And she was dressed the way the stories tell So bein' cool i made a move to grab her But you could see she read story well And then she whipped out a card With big black letters That just about explained it all Well if you don't like rock 'n' roll If you don't like rock 'n' roll Well if you don't like rock 'n' roll Then you're too late now Then you're too late now Well, if you don't like rock 'n' roll Well, if you don't like rock 'n' roll, yeah If you don't like rock 'n' roll Well it's too late now Well you're too late now If you don't like rock 'n' roll If you don't like my rock 'n' roll Then you're too late now Then you're too late now Then you're too late, too late now |
Top |
Sixteenth Century Greensleeves: It's only been an hour Since he locked her in the tower The time has come He must be undone By the morning Many times before The tyrant's opened up the door Then someone cries Still we close our eyes Not again Meet me when the sun is in the western skies The fighting must begin before another someone dies Cross bows in the fire light Greensleeves waving Madman raving Through the shattered night Flames are getting higher Make it leap unto the spire Draw bright down Cut it to the ground We shall dance around the fire No more night We have seen the light Let it shine on bright Hang him higher |