a long way
Where you're from it's a long way

I tried to understand you, I tried to love you right
The way you smile and touch me always sets my heart alight
Your lips are like a fire burning through my soul
And people ask me where you're from - they really wanna know

Oh, my soul, it's a long way
Where you're from it's a long way

Magic woman wreckin' up my soul
Things you tell me have never been told
Magic woman, I don't know
Electric before me, I love you so, I love you so

You're racing like a fireball, dancing like a ghost
You're gemini and I don't know which one I like the most
My head is getting broken and my mind is getting bust
But now I'm coming with you down the road of golden dust

Oh, my love, it's a long way
Where you're from it's a long way



No no no

(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)

Really hate the running, really hate the game
Looking at them all I wanna be unborn again
Their suit is getting tighter although they're getting thin
The flies are crawling on their face and trying to get in

People say that we're to blame
I say: "No, no, no - it's just the game"

Must we let them fool us? No, no, no
Have we got our freedom? No, no, no
Is it getting better? No, no, no
Do we love each other? No, no, no
Must we wait forever? No, no, no

Heads are getting stronger, bodies getting weak
Looking at them all it feels good to be a freak
Their hands are getting closer, they're reaching out so far
The greenies gonna get them - make them serve stars

Tell them how it is
And they say: "No, no, no - we know it all"

Must we let them fool us? No, no, no
Have we got our freedom? No, no, no
Is it getting better? No, no, no
Do we love each other? No, no, no
Must we wait forever? No, no, no

The washing's getting dirty, the air is getting thin
It's all in such a mess that no one knows where to begin
They talk about creating but all they do is kill
They say we're gonna mend it but they never will

Poison in the rain
But they say: "No, no, no - we ain't to blame"

Must we let them fool us? No, no, no
Have we got our freedom? No, no, no
Is it getting better? No, no, no
Do we love each other? No, no, no
Must we wait forever? No, no, no



Demon's eye

(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)

I don't mind just what you say
I never heard you, baby, never heard you anyway
I don't care what you do
Just so long as it ain't me and you

Sly, sly, sly like a demon's eye

Everything's good, I said, everything's fine
You don't know, don't know, it's the end of your time
How does it feel to be turned away?
I've known it, baby, almost every day

Sly, sly, sly like a demon's eye

I don't need you anymore
I don't want you, baby, hanging 'round my door
You slip and slide 'round my brain
You think you're so clever, but you know you're insane

Sly, sly, sly like a demon's eye

I don't mind just what you say
I never heard you, baby, I never heard you anyway
Everything's good, everything's fine
You don't know, it's the end of your time

Sly, sly, sly like the demon's eye

Like the demon's eye
Like the demon's eye
Sly, sly, sly



Anyone's daughter

(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)

I stood under your bedroom window throwing up a brick
No one came, I threw one more - that really did the trick
Your daddy came and banged my head, he said: "What kind of man
Is this that's hanging 'round my girl?" and threw me in the car

You're a farmer's daughter
You're a farmer's daughter
Why do I always get the kind of girl I didn't oughta get?
I won't get no more eggs and water
Now I've laid the farmer's daughter

Imagine I was a full grown man and I could talk just right
Could I come and see you here and do this every night?
Wham! The door comes crashing down, your daddy's face all pale
Says: "Come with me you hairy bum, I'll put you in my jail"

You're a judge's daughter
You're a judge's daughter
Why do I always get the kind of girl I didn't oughta get?
Now I'm getting jail and torture
'Cause I made the judge's daughter

It seems they're screaming law and order
When I go with anyone's daughter

Woman I should like some peace and daddy hold your tongue
I think you're gonna die of fright when I tell you what I've done
I can hear your tales and lies, you say I'm dumb and scraggy
But man this dumb and scraggy is your daughter's baby's daddy

She's a lucky daughter
Such a lucky daughter
Why did I always get the kind of girl I didn't wanna get
Now I've got what I always fought for
'Cause I've married a rich man's daughter



The mule

(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)

No one sees the things you do because I stand in front of you
But you drive me all the time, put the evil in my mind
Used to sing and say my prayers, live my life without a care
Now I have become a fool because I listened to the mule

How can I change when my mind is a friend of a Lucifer hid in the ground?

Just another slave for the mule



Fools

(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)

I'm crying
I'm dying

I can see what's wrong with me - it's in my head
I can see what's gonna be as I lie in my bed
Man is not my brotherhood - I am of the dead

I died as I lived, as I loved
And was born on some distant hill
The reasons to hide were the reasons I cried
Fools pass laughing still

There can be bad blood in all I see - it's in my brain
You don't know the pain I feel as I must live again
Rocks and stones can't bruise my soul but tears will leave a stain

They smile to themselves
As they lay down my head on some distant hill
The blind and the child sweep a tear from their eye
Fools smile as they kill

I got my own way to go and now I want to take your minds
I believe if you could see the blood between the lines
I believe that you could be a better kind

Please, lead the way
So the unborn can play on some greener hill
Laugh as the flames eat their burning remains
Fools die laughing still



No one came

(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)

Maybe it's because I'm only starting
That I think it won't take too long
Maybe it's because I can see you laughing
That I think you've got it wrong

Maybe I could be like Robin Hood
Like and outlaw dressed all in green
Someone said: "What's he gonna turn out like?"
And someone else said: "Never mind"

Well I was big and bold and more than twice as old
As all the cats I'd ever seen
I grew my hair and bought a suit of shiny white or was it cream?
I shook and shivered, danced and quivered and stood on a mountain top

No one came from miles around
And said: "Man, your music is really hot"

Well, I knew what they meant because I was a freak
My throat was tired and worn
My pretty face just looked out of place
As they poured on the scorn

I wrote on yellow paper from a man who was the king
He said: "My boy, we'll have some crazy scenes"
There weren't any scenes at all like he was talkin' about
He must've been the king of queens

Well, I could write a million songs about the things I've done
But I could never sing them so they'd never get sung
There's a law for the rich and one for the poor
And there's another one for singers
It's die young and live much longer, spend your money and sit and wonder

No one came for miles around
And said: "Man, your music is really funky"

I believe that I must tell the truth
And say things as they really are
But if I told the truth and nothing but the truth
Could I ever be a star?

Nobody knows who's real and who's fakin'
Everyone's shouting out loud
It's only the glitter and shine that gets through
Where's my Robin Hood outfit?

Well, I've come and I've gone before you wink an eye
No one ever cared enough to say goodbye
The money's good and the time you have, fun and games galore
But you spend your money and lie in bed forgotten
And you wonder what you did it for?

No one came from miles around
And said: "Man, who's he?"