Line up: - Doogie White (vocals) - Ritchie Blackmore (guitar) - Paul Morris (keyboards) - Greg Smith (bass) - John O'Reilly (drums) Additional personnel: - Mitch Weiss (harmonica) - Candice Night (background vocals) |
Track listing: 1. Wolf to the Moon (White, Blackmore, Candice Night) - 4:16 2. Cold Hearted Woman - 4:31 3. Hunting Humans (Insatiable) - 5:45 4. Stand and Fight - 5:22 5. Ariel (Blackmore, Night) - 5:39 6. Too Late for Tears (White, Blackmore, Pat Regan) - 4:50 7. Black Masquerade (White, Blackmore, Paul Morris, Night) - 5:35 8. Silence - 4:04 9. Hall of the Mountain King (Edvard Grieg, arr. by Blackmore, lyrics by Night) - 5:34 10. Still I'm Sad (Paul Smith, Jim McCarty) - 5:22 Bonus track on the Japanese version of the album: 11. Emotional Crime (White, Blackmore, Regan) - 3:50 |
Note: All the songs on this album were written by Doogie White and Ritchie Blackmore except where indicated otherwise. Track no.10 (originally recorded by The Yardbirds) was previously covered as an intrumental play by Rainbow on the Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow album of 1975 |
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Wolf to the Moon: (White, Blackmore, Candice Night) With a rebel mind and a gypsy heart No place could ever be home Drawn like a wolf to the moon it calls to my soul Ain't got no woman, they just tie me down Freedom is my only friend I get a feeling destiny lies 'round the bend One for the road Slave to the highway King of the road Chasing the sun as it sets in the sky Swear that I'll catch it someday Lights of the city behind are fadingg away Makin' my way through the names on the map No point in feeling alone As long as I ride the open road I'll always have a home One for the road Slave to the highway King of the road My future is calling a cry in the wind Leading me out of my past Got no destination but know that I'm getting there fast Crossed many miles got so many to go Each one calling my name Won't settle down and you know I'll never be tamed One for the road Slave to the highway King of the road |
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Cold Hearted Woman: She came from across the water A devil's daughter was in disguise I crid for mercy - she bound and chained me and then she played me, I was mesmerized When she gave me blood red roses They were wrapped in razor thorns She was sly in her temptation Then she left me on my own Sutch a cold hearted woman She promised passion everlasting And now I'm haunted by her name I gave up all that I ever cared for Oh if I only had my yesterdays again I've been blinded, now I'm broken Sometimes I can hear her song No man's grass was ever greener Now I find that I don't belong With a cold hearted woman She touched my world and I was shaken But she was fakin,?I never knew These days are colder and there's no shoulder I'm just the shell fo the man I was before If there's somewhere I can run to Till I kill the pain inside I've been walking now for hours Can't forget her, the Lord knows I've tried Cause she's a cold, cold hearted woman |
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Hunting Humans (Insatiable): Justify, speak the lies Close your eyes, as we make love Touch my skin, let the fun begin Once again, I hear your cries Rise, oh Rise Feel the nails, the tell tale trails Across my spine, it's beautiful Silken kiss, on a night like this Who would miss, our final hour Closer still, close your eyes See my world, it's animal Insatiable Velvet glove, unrequited love Find the words, make them rhyme One last dance, hypnotizing - trance A knowing glance, I loved you Closer still, lose your will See my world, it's criminal Insatiable Things we hide, keep them out of sight Heard it said, It's unbearable Feel my pain, taste my shame Who's to blame, inexcusable Closer still, close your eyes See my world, unnatural Closer still, close your eyes See my world, it's animal Closer still, close your eyes See my world, turning, turning Closer still, lose your will See my world, burning, burning Closer still, close your eyes See my world, insatiable Insatiable ...Don't cry |
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Stand and Fight: Can't say something if the words ain't there What you trying to do Money can't buy me out of trouble I'm in I've been messing with the likes of you Been so long since I left my home Looks like I lost my way Tried so hard just to make it work You just turn around and walk away Something's got to give, I ain't gonna leave Time to dig down deep If you wanna get out of this tough town alive You gotta stand and fight So infuriating the way you twist my words I know you got your problems, it seems every day That they're getting much worse I hear you screaming for attention You say your life's a mess Something else to cry about Just get on with it Something's got to give, I ain't gonna leave Time to dig down deep If you wanna get out of this town alive You gotta stand and fight |
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Ariel: (Blackmore, Night) I search for her in the dead of night A silhouette lit by candle light In a whispered word she is gone Familiar stranger without a name In a darkened room they all look the same Like the sand of time she slips away so far away An angel dressed in the blackest lace Through a mirror you see her face A sip of wine and the games can begin She look at you with a knowing smile I can make your whole life worth while but All you see your fate in her eyes And you're taken by the light Oooooo Ariel Lost in a distant dream, take me home Ariel I search for her in the dead of night A silhouette lit by candle light In a whispered word she is gone... |
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Too Late for Tears: (White, Blackmore, Pat Regan) Well I'm moving faster close to the edge As I smoka a pack of strong cigarettes When my fears run dry, you won't see me cry Coz I know I got it coming We touched the sun and went on our way And we asked the stars to come out to play But you said good night when they lost their light And my world stopped spinning `round What are we fighting for Dontcha know that no one wins What are we fighting for Just give up and I'll give in It's too late for tears When the things you need are things you don't want And you take the needle right to the point I'd be heaven bound, but you shoot me down Leave me broke and bleeding on the killing floor |
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Black Masquerade: (White, Blackmore, Morris, Night) I know the key to secrets never told, they're hidden in your soul Feelings you hide never wanting me to find they've always been mine Release all the madness within let it all begin Now you'll see, the dark side of me In our black masquerade Let the moonlight surround you The game that we play is The black masquerade The full moon unmasks the stranger in us all And the cruel world takes its toll The shadow is cast on who you used to be Let me set you free Come now, come take my hand, then you'll understand We'll go to that forbidden land Of our black masquerade Let the darkness surround you The game that we play is the black masquerade Release all the madness within, let it all begin We'll go to that forbidden land Come let me take you there Let the moonlight surround you Don't be afraid, it's the black masquerade |
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Silence: You say you want your freedom It all gets a bit out of hand Caught in the ocean as I'm watching you breathe We all believe what we wanted to belive That's the silence of love You say all you want is money You scream for a little bit more Caught in a landslide as we're stumbling on Who'd say we're right but who would say we're wrong Silence of love You say you need someone to hold you You say that you're feeling afraid I know the worst part of being alone Is a book full of nombers with no one to phone That's the silence of love |
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Hall of the Mountain King: (Edvard Grieg, arr. by Blackmore, lyrics by Night) Mysteries of ages told, stories now will unfold Tales of mystic days of old are hidden in these walls Hear the witches play their tunes, sing their songs to the moon As they play the night will move, in the hall of the mountain king Wild child so innocent You took that away Thoughts of wonder and surprise hide themselves in your eyes As the smoke begins to rise inside the mountain halls Ancient tales of witches lore, answers lie through that door All you'd ever want and more, is calling for you now Through darkened corridors Try but you cannot break free You took her innocence Now you will answer to me I am the mountain king Are you not afraid? I am the mountain king Listen to the bells In a midnight fantasy, more than any eye can see Hear them laughing crazily, It's out of your control Mysteries of ages told, stories now will unfold Tales of mystic days of old are hidden in these walls Through darkened passages Run but you cannot escape You took her innocence And for this crime you must pay I am the mountain king, are you not afraid? I am the mountain king |
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Still I'm Sad: (Paul Smith, Jim McCarthy) See the stars come falling down from the sky Gently passing they kiss your tear drops dry See the wind come softly blow your hair from your face And the rain comes falling down in its crazy way Still I'm sad For myself my tears just fall in the dust As I search in the night and find they're lost See the wind come gently blow time into my heart And the rain comes falling down while we're apart Still I'm sad Still I'm sad See the stars come falling down from the sky Gently passing they kiss your tear drops dry See the wind come softly blow your hair from your face And the rain will come falling down in its crazy, crazy way Oh, oh, oh Still I'm sad Still I'm sad |
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Emotional Crime: (White, Blackmore, Regan) I can't get through in the midnight hour All you wanted is to scream and shout Do me a favour, don't slam the door Don't be coming around here any more Tried to change my whole life, with a wave of your hand I'm gonna tell you baby, so you'll understand I'm tired and weary of a love gone cold I'm sick and tired of doing what I'm told Oh you're givin' me pain Ya driving me out of my mind It's emotional crime Watch you get so crazy over little things And I get nervous when the telephone rings You try to chain me, but I won't be bound It's only dirty love keeps me around It's only your good love keeps me around Oh you're ringing my bell Oh my life is hell Oh just killing time Ya driving me out of my mind I finally got through by the midnight hour An' you still wanted to scream and shout You can live your own life, let me live mine You might be an angel but you ain't divine Why don't you waste your own time Don't waste mine Tellin' you babe you ain't no friend of mine |