Down to Earth - 1979


Line up:

- Ritchie Blackmore (guitar)
- Graham Bonnet (vocals)
- Don Airey (keyboards)
- Roger Glover (bass)
- Cozy Powell (drums)
Note:

All the songs on this album were written by Ronnie James Dio and Ritchie Blackmore, except where indicated otherwise
Side one:

1. All Night Long - 3:53

2. Eyes of the World - 6:42

3. No Time to Lose - 3:45

4. Makin' Love - 4:38
Side two:

1. Since You Been Gone (Russ Ballard) - 3:25

2. Love's No Friend - 4:55

3. Danger Zone - 4:31

4. Lost in Hollywood (Blackmore, Glover, Powell) - 4:51

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All Night Long:

You're walking up with your eyes on me
It's looking good but I just don't know
I need a girl who can keep her head all night long
You didn't come just to see the show
I guess you know what you want to see
The way you smile lets me know I can't go wrong

I wanna touch you, wanna feel you
I wanna make you mine

I wanna love you all night long
I wanna be with you all night long
I wanna love you all night long
I wanna be with you all night long

I saw you standing there by the stage
Your black stockings and your see-through dress
You mouth is open but I don't want to hear you say good night
You're sorta young but you;re overage
I don't care cos I like you're style
Don't know about your brain but you look alright

I wanna touch you, wanna feel you
I wanna make you mine

Chorus

You're mind is dirty but your hands are clean
You're short of class but your legs are long
I can't stand to spend another night on my own
Hey girl would you like some wine?
What's your name are you by yourself?
Are you the one, what's your sign, can I take you home?

I wanna touch you, wanna feel you
Wanna make you mine

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Eyes of the World:
	 
I see the innocent victims
Fighting to get to his door
No chain of events
Can shackle him down
He's not there anymore
Evil moves, evil ways
with his back to the wall
evil mind looking down
Without seeing at all
You ain't got a lot to say
Judging by the things you do
If only you could see the tears of pain
In the eyes of the world

Dust to dust by the million
Broken dreams in the ground
Aching hearts with the half dreams of hope
When their spirits are down
Evil takes, evil kills
With no shame or concern
Killing me, killing you
Watch the end of the burn
Maybe you don't understand
We don't need you anymore
If only you could see the tears of pain
In the eyes of the world

And damn the name of religion
For the hate in our soul
For the blind
and the sick in the heart
War has taken it's toll
Evil moves, evil ways
With his back to the wall
Evil mind, looking down
Without seeing at all
Eyes of the world
Don't wanna, don't wanna cry no more
Eyes of the world
In the eyes
Eyes of the world
You ain't got a lot to say
Eyes of the world
Why's it have to be this way
Eyes of the world
Oh
Eyes of the world
We don't need you anymore
Eyes of the world
If only you could feel the tears of pain
In the eyes of the world

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No Time to Lose:
	 
The other family get no sleep
Somewhere down the love got to take and keep
Think about the future, nothing in the past
God, things never last

Come on, come on, come on
Take your love
Get down, get down, get down
Down the road

It ain't no lie
You're hurting
And you don't know why
No time to lose
We get no time to lose
No time to lose
No time to lose

Ever had the feeling something's going wrong
Hanging round a lover where you don't belong
Waiting for a reason, lookin' for a clue
But you know what you gotta do

Come on, come on, come on
Take your love
Get down, get down, get down
Down the road

It ain't no lie
You're hurting
And you don't know why
You got no time to lose
We get no time to lose
No time to lose
No time to lose

Your brothers at the bar
There girls in the car
Your sister's on the telephone
that ain't low
Your mother's going blue
Your dad is going grey
There's nothing here for you to stay

Come on, come on, come on
Take your love
Get down, get down, get down
Get down that road, get down you

It ain't no lie
You're hurting
And you don't know why
No time to lose
No time to lose
You gonna have to choose
You go and shake the blues
Oh oh you got no time to lose
You got to choose
No time to lose

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Makin' Love:

I was always on the wilder side
Chasing love away
Love was something for romantic fools
Just a game how to play

How can I deny my heart
When my love is blind
I got no choice
I've gone too far
I lose my mind
When we're makin' love
When we're makin' love

When I look into your magic eyes
The mirror of my love
I like to see you
Smiling back at me
It makes me feel so good

Need to keep you satisfied
The only way I know
And all the cares I cannot hide
Will never show
When we're makin' love
Woh makin' love

Don't believe that I'm a liar
But I can't get enough
Never knew I could be higher
Just by makin' love

How can I deny my heart
When my love is blind
I got no choice
I've gone too far
I lose my mind
When we're makin' love
When we're makin' love

Don't believe that I'm a liar
But I can't get enough
Never knew I could be higher
Just by makin' love

Oh oh oh yeah oh makin' love
Oh makin' love
Makin' love
Coming to you
Makin' love
With nothing to do
Makin' love
Makin' love
Makin' love
Makin' love

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Since You Been Gone:
(Russ Ballard)

I get the same old dreams same time everynight
Fall to the ground and I wake up
So I get out of bed, put on my shoes and in my head
Thoughts fly back to the breakup

These four wall are closing in
Look at the fix you put me in

Since you been gone
Since you been gone
I'm out of my head can't take it
Could I be wrong
But since you been gone
You cast your spell so break it
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Since you been gone

So in the night I stand beneath the backstreet light
I read the words that you sent to me
I can take the afternoon, the night time comes around
too soon
You can't know what you mean to me

Your poison letter, your telegram
Just goes to show you don't give a damn

Since you been gone
Since you been gone
I'm out of my head can't take it
Could I be wrong
But since you been gone
You cast your spell so break it
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Since you been gone

If you will come back
Baby, you know you'll never do wrong

Since you been gone
Since you been gone
I'm out of my head can't take it
Could I be wrong
But since you been gone
You cast your spell so break it
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Ever since you been gone

Since you been gone
Since you been gone
I'm out of my head can't take it
Since you been gone
Since you been gone
I'm out of my head can't take it

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Love's No Friend: 
	 
Well I don't need much
But I need a friend
Or did you got time for me
Ain't no trouble with you're always down
To find a friend in misery

But that's alright
That's alright
Ain't gonna fall for the line

That's alright
That's alright
Don't need no sun to shine
When love's no friend of mine

I've been so down I've been on my knees
Just don't seem to feel no pain
Natural loser I've been on the run
Got no shelter from the rain

That's alright
That's alright
Ain't gonna fall for the line

That's alright
That's alright
Don't need no sun to shine
No cause love's no friend of mine

I learned to live with a cloud above my head
Got no shame, got no pride
If you need affection
Don't knock on my door
Got no feelings left inside

But that's alright
Yes, That's alright
Ain't gonna fall for the line

That's alright
That's alright
Don't need no sun to shine
Cause love's no friend
Cause love's no friend
Ah no friend of mine
Love's no friend of mine

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Danger Zone:
	 
Shaking off the tresholds of a long forgotten dream
And you just can't make it last
Coaching paradise on a personal line
But you get fired to fast
And you lie, memories drifting by

Love don't make it on those pin-striped nights
When you're looking through someone's disguise
You can't make it alone, so you gotta make a move
But you're looking at nobody's eyes
Well that's love, or maybe love come and go

Looking for love is a danger zone
Love don't go begging in the danger zone
You won't get nothing from the danger zone

Tales that you tell from the stories that you'll hear
And you'll get what you can while you may
Don't understand when you're looking for a dame
But it's only a heartbreak away
And you'll learn, faking has no return

No way when you're feeling that way
Will your feet get caught up in the crowd
And the song that you sing is too soft to be heard
But your speakers are way too loud
Like the pain, loving is no big game

Looking for love is a danger zone
No don't go living in the danger zone
You won't get nothing from the danger zone
Don't take no chances in the danger zone
Love don't go begging in the danger zone

No don't go living in the danger zone
You won't get nothing from the danger zone
Don't take no chances in the danger zone
Love don't go begging in the danger zone

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Lost in Hollywood:
(Blackmore, Glover, Powell)	 
	 
Gotta get a message through
Cause I think I'm losing you
Am I too late?
Drinking heavy, trying to lose some time
I gotta know if you're still mine
And I can't wait
Last time I saw your face
You tried to hide the tears
But I could see the trace
I'd be there if I could
But it's so far away from home
Lost in Hollywood

In the dark the vultures wait
I can hear them
Knocking at my gate
But I'm not here
The brew is cold
The meat is stale
In the L.A. night the sirens wail
The song you can feel
Pale stars that never shine
Scotch and the whiskey
And the Rainbow local wine
She's done more bad than good
I gotta get away somehow
Lost in Hollywood

On the streets the sun is fine
Don't you feel the advantage hit your mind
Feels all right, oh yeah
But I'm a lover
Like a loaded gun
Chasing shadows on the run
Out in the night
I'm gonna lose control
If I been losing you
To pay for rock'n'roll
Get back and love what I should
Gotta get back home to you
You don't know what I've been through
But there's nothing I can't do,
Lost in Hollywood

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