That's the Way That It Is
Album: Abominog (1982)
Paul Bliss

I've been thinking about
What you said last night
And for all your fine words
You still don't have it right

'Cause that's the way that it is
And you won't ever change
You can scream at me
But the powers that be
Won't ever hear your voice
'Cause they're lost
In their own importance
No, they'll never hear your voice

'Cause that's the way that it is
And you won't ever change it

I've heard all your stories
Of how the few can be strong
And how you'll fight to the end
Just to prove me wrong

'Cause that's the way that you are
And you won't ever change it
But don't come cryin' to me
If your fanciful schemes
Don't turn out like you planned
'Cause you're chasin' after something
That keeps slippin' through your hand

That's the way that it is
And you won't change it


So Tired
Album: Wonderworld (1974)
Mick Box /David Byron /Ken Hensley /Lee Kerslake /Gary Thain

Well, I've been on the road
For a year or more
And I've done a lot of things
I never did before
Now I want everyone
To listen to my song
And you can tell me
When you've heard it
If you think I'm wrong

'Cause I'm so tired
Of everybody staring at me
Yes, I'm so tired
And I'm so uninspired
Please help me

Well I've seen 'em rise
And I've seen 'em fall
And I use to think that
I was having a ball
But I was kiddin' myself
For a long long time
But now I got myself a spoon
And I'm feeling fine

But I'm so tired
Of everybody staring at me
Yes, I'm so tired
And I'm so uninspired
Won't you please help me

Where can you go
Where can you go
When there is no one
To show a guiding light
What did you say
What did you say
Have you been thinking about me
Day and night

'Cause I'm so tired
Of everybody staring at me
And I'm so, so tired
I'm so uninspired, please help me
Won't you please me ...

Free Me
Album: Innocent Victim (1977)
Ken Hensley

Free me, free me
Why won't you free me
Free me from your spell
Come on and free me
Why won't you free me
Come on and free me
Free me from your spell

Why should I worry
That you might not love me
You're not the only love 
That I've ever had
Your sweet memory
Will always comfort me
So why should I be feeling sad

As far as I can tell
You knew so well
I was always
At the end of the line
I've loved you as much
As any man can
But not enough
To make you mine

So long, easy rider
I know I'll miss you for awhile
But sooner or later
I know that I'll forget you
And I tell you babe

Free me
Come on and free me
Why won't you free me
Free me from your spell
Oh babe, free me
Why won't you free me
Come on and free me
Free me from your spell

We let a good love die
We let it pass us by
Though you tried to
Keep me hangin' on
But with all this doubt
It'll never work out
So tomorrow I'll be travellin' on
And saying:

So long, easy rider
I know I'll miss you for awhile
But sooner or later
I know that I'll forget you
And I beg it babe

Free me
Come on and free me
Why won't you free me
Free me from your spell
Come on and free me
I'm on my knees, babe
Free me
Why won't you free me
Free me from your spell

Oh babe, come on
Come on and free me
Why won't you free me
Free me from this spell

One Way or Another
Album: High And Mighty (1976)
Ken Hensley

There's been some
Changes in my time
But this one's playing
Games with my mind
Stopped in my tracks
No thought of looking back
The lady's got me tied up
But I've already made my mind up
One way or another
She'll be mine

It wasn't anything I could define
None of those ringing bells
Giving me a sign
I just took a look
But I was on the hook
The lady's got me tied up
Don't know how it's gonna wind up
One way or another
Gonna be all right

I'm beginning to think
That a forever kind of love
Is the kind of love
I'll look for forever
But still I'll love and love again
One way or another
I will find my friend

I knew some day my heart
Would lead my head
Beyond the path
My chosen life had led
I'd been so sure
But where is the cure
The lady's got me real good
But you can't say
What I should do
One way or another
It's all over now

One way or another

Too Scared To Run
Album: Abominog (1982)
Mick Box /Bob Daisley /Peter Goalby /Lee Kerslake /John Sinclair

Too scared I could not run
I could not make a sound
Lights were flashing
My whole life passing
My feet were stuck to the ground

Too light to call it night
Too dark to call it day
Too scared to stay and fight
Too scared to run away

So scared I could not move
I could not make a sound
There were people running
People shouting
Flashes all around

Too scared to run
Too scared to run away

Too scared I could not think
My eyes could not scarcely see
My heart was racing
My legs were shaking
They would not carry me

Lights were flashing
My whole life passing
My heart, my heart
My heart was racing
My legs were shaking
Could not see, I could not see 

Lady In Black
Album: Salisbury  (1971)
Ken Hensley

She came to me one morning
One lonely Sunday morning
Her long hair flowing
In the midwinter wind
I know not how she found me
For in darkness I was walking
And destruction lay around me
From a fight I could not win
Ah ah ah ...

She asked me name my foe then
I said the need within some men
To fight and kill their brothers
Without thought of love or God
And I begged her give me horses
To trample down my enemies
So eager was my passion
To devour this waste of life
Ah ah ah ...

But she wouldn't think of battle that
Reduces men to animals
So easy to begin
And yet impossible to end
For she's the mother of our men
Who counselled me so wisely then
I feared to walk alone again
And asked if she would stay 
Ah ah ah ...

Oh lady lend your hand outright
And let me rest here at your side
Have faith and trust
In peace she said
And filled my heart with life
There is no strength in numbers
Have no such misconception
But when you need me
Be assured I won't be far away
Ah ah ah ...

Thus having spoke she turned away
And though I found no words to say
I stood and watched until I saw 
Her black coat disappear
My labour is no easier
But now I know I'm not alone
I find new heart each time
I think upon that windy day
And if one day she comes to you
Drink deeply from her words so wise
Take courage from her
As your prize
And say hello from me
Ah ah ah ...

Gypsy
Album: Very 'Eavy ... Very 'Umble ... (1970)
Mick Box /David Byron

I was only seventeen
I fell in love with a gypsy queen
She told me: "Hold on"
Her father was the leading man
He said: "You're not welcome on our land"
And then as a foe
He told me to go

He took me to a little shack
And put a whip across my back
Then told her: "Leave me"
I was out for quite a time
Came back with her on my mind
Sweet little girl
She means all the world

Oh, I want my gypsy queen
Will she still be torn between
Her father and lover
One day I will go to him
Strong enough to fight and win
The kind of a man
That he'll understand ...

Keep on Ridin'
Album: Innocent Victim (1977)
Ken Hensley /Jack Williams

Ride ... Keep on ridin' ...

By tomorrow morning
At the early dawn
I gotta hit the road
So long lady
Till another day, right now
I gotta be movin' on
There's another town and
The singer needs a song
I know you're on your own
I'll be back before too long
I gotta do what I gotta do
And you know how
My heart loves to run, I gotta ride

Keep on ridin'
Keep on ridin' now

There's a city waiting
And a railroad station
Where my face is known
And an old hotel
That I know so well
It's a little bit like home
It's a situation
Not of my own choosing
And though a gamblin' man
Would say that I was losing
I started out to win
And I'll do it again
I'm never givin' in
'Cause if it comes down
To my heart, or to my pride
I'm gonna ride

Keep on ridin', keep on ridin'
Keep on ridin', yeah
Keep on ridin', keep on ridin'

And I know you say
I'm driftin', driftin' on a dream
You'd better watch your step boy
It may not be what it seems
I just can't shake
This feeling here inside
This heart of mine
Keeps tellin' me to ride, ride, ride

Roller
Album: Innocent Victim (1977)
Trevor Bolder /Ian McDonald

Oh where is she woman
She's only here for the sun
It's now you'll discover
She's only here for the fun
And who will move over
Sweet talker choosin' her side
And it's then, it's all over
She' just along for the ride

She' s a roller
She's just a roller
Bet she'll roll her life away

One town is just like another
One man will just never do
Don't turn around
When she calls out your name
She's gonna break you in two

But she's a roller
She's just a roller
Rolling time come today

One town is just like another
One man will just never, never do
Don't turn around
When she calls out your name
She's gonna snap you in two

Free 'N' Easy
Album: Innocent Victim (1977)
Mick Box /John Lawton

Ain't it strange
That when you're onely
And your friends they're not around
So you make your big decision
Get your feet back on the ground

When you're down
And no one wants you
And you wonder who you are
When your friends
They don't desert you
When you make it you're a star

But I'm gonna stay
Free and easy
I know just what I am
I'm gonna be free and easy

Well, I've been through
All the heartaches
And I've been through all the pain
But when you're up and riding high
Everybody stakes their claim

I'm gonna be free and easy
I know just what I am
I'm gonna be free and easy

I'm gonna be free and easy
I know just who I am
I'm gonna be free and easy 

Love Machine
Album: Look At Yourself (1971)
Mick Box /David Byron /Ken Hensley

Lovely little lady
You got me on the run
You're a love machine
And you say that I'm your gun

But I don't care
'Cause I've got to know 

She said she were a loser
The kind that came off worse
So I had to try hard
To satisfy your thirst

But I don't care
'Cause I've got to know 

The only time she's happy
Is when the bullets fly
And she'll make you
Feel you're better
Than any other guy
And I don't care
'Cause I've got to know 

Lovely little lady
You got me on the run
You're a love machine

And I'm trying to be your gun
And I don't care
'Cause I've got to know

Rock' N' Roll Medley
Album: Live (1973)
Arranged by Uriah Heep
Roll Over Beethoven
Chuck Berry

I'm gonna write a little letter,
gonna mail it to my local DJ
It's a rockin' rhythm record
I want my jockey to play
Roll Over Beethoven, I gotta hear it again today

You know, my temperature's risin'
and the jukebox blows a fuse
My heart's beatin' rhythm
and my soul keeps on singin' the blues
Roll Over Beethoven and tell Tschaikowsky the news

Roll Over Beethoven
Roll Over Beethoven
Roll Over Beethoven
Roll Over Beethoven
Roll Over Beethoven
Tell Tschaikowsky the news

Roll Over Beethoven
Roll Over Beethoven
Roll Over Beethoven
Roll Over Beethoven
Roll Over Beethoven
Rockin' in two by two

Roll Over Beethoven
Roll Over Beethoven
Roll Over Beethoven
Roll Over Beethoven
Roll Over Beethoven
Tell Tschaikowsky the news

Blue Suede Shoes
Carl Perkins

One for the money
Two for the show
Three to get ready
Now go, cat, go

But don't you step off my blue suede shoes
You can do anything but lay off of my Blue suede shoes

You can burn my house
Steal my car
Drink my liquor
From an old fruitjar

Do anything that you want to do, but uh-uh
Honey, lay off of my shoes
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes

Blue blue blue Suede Shoes
Blue blue blue Suede Shoes
Blue blue blue Suede Shoes
Blue blue blue Suede Shoes
Blue blue blue Suede Shoes

Mean Woman Blues
Claude Demetrius

Aha ha - listen to this one:

I got a woman, she's a mean as she can be
I got a woman,  she's a mean as she can be
And sometimes I think, she's almost as mean as me

I (ain't praying, it's understood)
Everything I do (sure no good)

I got a woman, mean as she can be
I got a woman, mean as she can be
Sometimes I think, she's almost as mean as me

Hound Dog
Leiber /Stoller

You aint nothin but a hound dog
Rockin' all the time

You aint nothin but a hound dog
Rockin' all the time

Rockin Rockin Rockin ...

You ain't never caught a rabbitAnd you ain't no friend of mine

You aint nothin but a hound dog
Rockin' all the time

You aint nothin but a hound dog
Rockin' all the time

You ain't never caught a rabbitYou ain't no friend of mine

Aaah ... Whaw ....
Aaah ... Aaah ...

At The Hop
Arthur Singer/John Medora/David White 

Bah-bah-bah-bah, bah-bah-bah-bah
Bah-bah-bah-bah. bah-bah-bah-bah, at the hop!

Well, you can rock it you can roll it
You can stop and you can stroll it at the hop
When the record starts spinnin'
You 'chalypso' when you chicken at the hop
Do the dance sensation that is sweepin' the nation at the hop

You can swing it you can groove it
You can really start to move it at the hop
Where the jockey is the smoothest
And the music is the coolest at the hop.
All the cats and chicks can get their kicks at the hop.
Let's go!

Let's go to the hop
Let's go to the hop, (oh baby)
Let's go to the hop, (oh baby)
Let's go to the hop
Come on, let's go to the hop 
Let's go!

Let's go to the hop
Let's go to the hop, (oh baby)
Let's go to the hop, (oh baby)
Let's go to the hop
Come on, let's go to the hop
	
Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
Dave Williams/Sunny David

I said shake it baby, shake it
I said shake it baby, shake it