Ian Gillan

Getting down to the light somewhere in the haze Unspoken words that can unlock this maze Don't worry about me don't worry about me I sit alone and hold my head All day and all night I want to hold you tight It's gonna be alright 'cos it's all in my mind yes i...

It's late in the season Leaves are falling down Autumn shades Of red and brown I heard you were leaving Mind if I go along I could hold your hand And sing you a song Always the traveller Adrift in the wind There's something about you That's drawing me in Ma...

Angel Manchenio dance on the table Bright casino lights flicker as you dance Warm Arabian nights, atmosphere of chance Oh my gypsy brother You tried to take my life You thought I'd stolen your lover You faced me with a knife Her red hair you'd seen on my bed...

I'll be as strong as a mountain Or weak as a willow tree Yes anyway you want me That's how I will be I'll be as tame as a baby Or wild as a raging sea Anyway you want me That's how I will be In your hands my heart is clay To take and to hold as you...

Slow down, slow down You move too fast Get back Lay back Or you just won't last You get up You fall down life's grand ain't it You be good You be bad, you always pay for it It's getting me crazy I've discovered I'm lazy I'm a spit in the ocean And I don't hav...

And we don't have much But these four walls And it's just enough To keep us warm On those cold winter nights Let's think about better days Not what we did But what we'll do And we work so hard Each and every day We're growing old We get afraid You can count...

listen everybody especially you girls is it right to be left alone? while the one you love is never home? i love too hard my friends sometimes say i believe i believe that a woman should be loved that way but it hurts me so inside to see her treat me so u...

How can you win, how can you fight How can you lose when you know You're always right Look at the sky,what do you see? That same old burning tree I let my hair down on the ground I listen but there's no sound I'm waiting for something A message, a sign An answ...

The ripples in the river Giving way to waterfalls The canopies of the forest Where the ghosts of long forgotten gods Lie at peace with simple things And the parts of us that whisper And say hey This is a moonlight trip It's an old abandoned route And the dust...

The cold war's over The hot one's just begun From the shivers to the fever Could be too much sun If a thing's worth doing It's worth doing well But if we don't get moving We'll be roasting in hell. I've got to change my ways In the house of dereliction In th...

Get up Get right up Get it up Up in the sky White knuckles and blank staring faces Get a leg up head for them spaces Panic And confusion Electric voices Creating morbid delusions White knuckles and blank staring faces Get a leg up head for them spaces Ten...

Everybody's rolling thru' the night Get that city moving out of sight I've just got time to get away And free my mind for thirty days Get that city moving out of sight Bye bye city Bye bye city Moving on to country lights The sun is hot we're going out to pl...

Under a desert sky and it's closing in Another day gone by and I don't know where I've been I said it before and it's true All my life I give to you Wherever I am Whatever I do I'm still a country mile away from you And the less I say the more you read my mi...

A hat shaped head A shoe shaped foot A kennel shaped dog A dancing nylon shirt A man shaped woman B alloon shaped air G lass shaped beer A dancing nylon shirt A comfort shaped creature A n office shaped accountant A car shaped driver A dancing nylon shirt C ow...

I know it won't be easy I've got to get you out of my mind I don't want this way of living The blind are leading the blind Picking it up putting it down I'm getting tired, too many shades of brown If a life's worth living, it's worth living good I'm gonna liv...

Once I tried to eat myself alive I wanted to know what I was like inside In the morning every day of my life Face in my mirror seems so surprised And I dance by the light of the silvery moon Day late and a dollar short That's what my momma said Wild dreams a...

Deal with it your own way Deal with it tonight Deal with it your own way You gotta deal with it tonight Something in my vision As I'm walking down the towpath A feeling of aggression Emanating from a psychopath He was coming at me The kids were in the way I h...

Ah,why don't you tie my hands behind my back Give me torture on the rack Yeah Back in the gutter where I belong Hit me when I'm down Take my money, take my life Take your pleasure,make it last Crawl under your wire Shine in darkness Where you hidin'?Shame on...

And that's what dreams are for Knocking at your spiritual door It's easy Just go with the flow I told you before When your body is burning You reach for thr light In the heat of the night You can't resist Don't hold me back And that's what I've been thinking a...

There's something about you This I know Part of it's real But a lot is for show I got some indication That if we do it your way When I park at the station I'll have to pay and display Your arms are open wide They beckon me inside The tragedy unfolds We'll hav...

Time don't stand still Don't hang around for the kill I've been too long on the hill Get on down I'll meet you down the road We had our dreams We made our plans and schemes But now we know what lovemeans Get on down I'll meet you down the road Your fire must...

Skies going through another change Bright yellow skies looking so strange We're never going home A million souls alone with Five moons in the skies Maybe we can have another chance Starting again a new circumstance We've got some air to breath And no d...

Lavender Sally You got me going again Raggedy Sally You got me going again I was down as down can be before You came along Sally You got me going again These fools are rising Two fools are smiling Stupid I love you You got me moving again Dumbo I need you You...

I only want to say, If there is a way, Take this cup away from me For I don't want to taste its poison. Feel it burn me, I have changed. I'm not as sure, as when we started. Then, I was inspired. Now, I'm sad and tired. Listen, surely I've exceeded ex...

What you doing? See that badly written sign That says State your business Want no undesirables You got suits in the corridor Where they belong Skin's only natural And the conversation's Strong and easy In the knowledge That's as far as it goes Talk all we want...

Nobody want tohelp me Nobody want to help me I see you turn your eyes away I live in gutters I live in alleys I live in your home I am a bad reflection I am a bad reflection I am your secret shadow The woman Liza This woman Liza She gave me goodhand She take...

If the nets were full of holes And all the holes were full of dreams And the dreams were full of fortune They'd be bursting at the seams And if the seams were made of gold And you could understand the signs Would you bet your easy money On the Christians or th...

I feel so dirty I feel sodirty It's all worked out You tell me I've been wrong I've got no reason to live anymore Nothing to do but just curl up and die But wait a minute babe I can't see your eyes Are you telling me lies What are you doing Bringing me down...

I can't lose Don't want to change my situation I can't lose Got this strange infatuation When my seeds were sown Then the cold wind blowing in my face My life was just confusion And when I roll my eyes they say I've lost my sense of reason And one day my woma...

Maybe, sex goddess Tomorrow if you're honest You'll get a feeling something's wrong One of those things that you can't put your finger on I set my heart on you I thought you you knew it I've been so hard on you You hurt my dignity and my pride And woman, som...

I think I know what I have to do , I think know what your love can do, I hate to to say goodbye In the heat of the summertime well I know what I have to do Just never mind but mean anymore Just take care of yourself nothing more Just kiss me goodbye...

It would be nice If the sun shone every day A full moon dressed in a starry night Could put us in the mood for dancing - romancing It would be nice If we keep this to ourselves If we hold on to our tranquillity Storms are always passing - never lasting You w...

She lay me down I said it's a sin Started to pray whileshe did her thing She had to move She had to curse me It's coming firstly I ain't complaining Undestanding Byt she did it understand I ain't religious Or dogmatic But it don't happen automatic...

Feel me rushing through you Just another sixty second ride Help me stay longer Make me stronger and stem the tide Let it slide I know I leave you aching And it's worse a second time Give a little understanding Take me in your hands and hear me cry I must b...

And then she said I'm gonna love you till the day I die I turned around and saw a tear In the corner of her eye Sitting on the fence The next afternoon It didn't make a lot of sense Not like that smoky room I touched your hand and felt A warmth That was refl...

Me and my girl now we really look a treat She's a looker but she ain't too sweet She don't hold back when we get into a fight Comes in swinging with a left and a right Oh Mad Elaine No none can tame her Oh Mad Elaine Look out stand back Here's another Mad att...

You fine men of war You hearts of oak You men of war Which fires are you gonna stoke Why did you deceive us With your fine tales of glory Did you have to deceive us It's such a shame and a disgrace for you Brave man of war You hearts of oak You men...

Maybe I can see at night Maybe I can touch the sky A few feet above the ground A few more with every bound Got to get higher, got to get higher No-one can see me trying Dreaming of flying I going to find my life in the light of the night I'm going to dream my...

Fat spender you're a moneylender Message sender you're a mind bender Oh you worry me Money you got it hot dawg I made my mind up to go for the kill I'm gonna fight with you, gonna climb your hill Oh you dragged me down Money you got it, I got none why's tha...

And so what else I can tellyou It was looking pretty well And you could say The place was going up in smoke We had the music playing loud Laughing faces in the crowd And the band played on Everybody knew the score When the strong arm of the law Came crashing...

From where I stand I see a blind man on a hill From where I stand I see the teacher in the valley From where I stand I see the blind man on a hill And he is standing very still The way it's planned They'll only let the fools survive The way it's plann...

My baby loves me Never does me wrong Every time I'm feeling down she's on the telephone To say she loves me She loves like a woman Teases like a child Turns me on so badly that it really drivesme wild My baby loves me And she don't care how My baby loves me...

Lonely eyes take place in the scene A lonely path on which we walk untilwe stop to stay A perfect time, a perfect place in a dream The cry of love, laughing before we go to sleep Lonely people take place in the scene Falling to the maze which they cry an...

Ain't no good luck Missed the good luck turn Ain't no good luck bab I missed the good luck turn All my life You put my heart in misery You ain't been good to me baby And now you're history I love you I want you so close But you fool with my emotions Ain't n...

She was a rude girl baby With a bye-bye notion of love She gave no warning Did a handbrake into my life It's all too much for me She said what's up I said not much We live, we die You wanna stay in touch She don't mean nothing to me She set my spirit free S...

There ain't no more cane on the Brazos They ground it all up in molasses Captain,,don't you do me like you done to the poor Shine Well,they drove that poor Billy 'til he went stone blind You want to come on the river in 1910 You would find more dead men most...

She was all that you could dream of There was nothing left to chance When you meet with no resistance You wanna get up Make a fool of yourself and dance I was tempted by the bright lights All my senses blown away So I reached out and touched the lightning Now...

I see you on the same route every day I climb on the bus even though it's not going my way As luck would have it, I took a longer look today And saw your brown eyes peeping up over your book You had a little look Do you mind if I say 'hello' Maye I could ask y...

I don't know where I'm going I don't know what I'm doing But it feels alright I have one eye to Morocco I only have to follow Through the scented night Conversation Is fading away The last thing I heard you say Was just a murmur A distant blur Your lips a...

There is a good old boy in the valley On the other side of the hill There is a good old man in the canyon On the other side of the hill It took a thousand years to remember Another thousand years to forget The coming of Messiah The most famous preacher yet Th...

Pilate: Who is this broken man cluttering up my hallway? Who is this unfortunate? Soldier: Someone Christ - King of the Jews Pilate: Oh so this is Jesus Christ, I am really quite surprised You look so small - not a king at all We all know that you are...

Rockin' to the poor boy he'll be my king Really got to shiver when he sings He is the image of my fantasising Now we got the whole world listening He will be the biggest thing in history Cause he's doing the same thing But so differently Got to hear the poor b...

Cast no shadow on the ground Scream and there is not a sound You can be free when you're with me If I'm not me who can I be Watching in the darkest night When you cast your opal light You go away during the day Where do you stay when you're away And now I am...

I tried to believe you but you're so unbelievable You did what you had to do It wasn't good but you knew that anyway didn't you hear me crying Give it one more shot You came as a trouper You left as Napoleon Riding bareback on a huge white stallion If you win...

I don't have the time of day I don't know what day it is Someone's falling on my head Get up:get up We're going out on the raz Razzle dazzle Call it what you want To me it don't matter It's where I belong It's a matter of distinction A real fine lin...

Let's try Scarabus pie Leg of dog and lizard's eye Come into the wizard's lair Breath of goat and dead man's hair What do you want to be I'm the king of sorcery If you care to serve me true I'll make some gold for you Bye, bye enemies five Only four will stay...

Take me to the preacher Take me to your god You got me thinking like a dog Shame You tell me we live for dying You say the soul is everlasting But you are living like a dead man And time is surely passing Shame Eye of toad and leg of a goat to help...

You don't make it with your fire and your rain You ain't nothing but a fool You've got nothing in your animal brain But baby I will stand with you Say hey to your Daddy hey to your Mammy Maybe to your sister too Cos you got the money and I've got the need So b...

When you wake up in the morning you're still dreaming And your kisses sleepy warm So I come on home to you when I can Yes I get on home to you when I can There's a bright moon in the night sky that's shining On a white sheet where face down you lie So I lay b...

We all came out to Montreux On the Lake Geneva shoreline, To make records with the mobile. We didn't have much time. Frank Zappa and the Mothers Were at the best place around, But some stupid with a flare gun Burned the place to the ground. Smoke on the...

There once was a woman A strange kind of woman The kind that gets written down in history Her name was Nancy Her face was nothing fancy She left a trail of happiness and misery I loved her Everybody loved her She loved everyone and gave them good return I tri...

Oh, such an innocent look You've got in your eye There's a woman in the girl I know Got to be satisfied I know you're discovering your sex appeal But you don't seem to worry 'bout the way i feel in my heart With your body signs I don't want to hurt you Says...

A friend of mine Who lived a life of reason Stood in the cold And was taken by the arm And now I cry I cry with every beat of my heart She put her head down Sat on the ground Scattered with her senses Lost in the whiteness Of her broken down defences Someody...

Skipping stones Down by the water And you ain't doin' Doin' what you should Living so high Rolling along Times like these How we gonna make it Been driving for days You on my mind Three states away From my Texas state of mind The subject comes up And you pu...

We took the pout of paradise Just to produce this hell And all we're going to leave behind Is this decaying putrid smell We've lived in this world Seen her used and abused That's why god is singing the blues They felled a great oak over there They filled a du...

(Judas) There he is They're all asleep, the fools (Jesus) Judas, must you betray me With a kiss? (Peter and Apostles) What's the buzz Tell me what's happening Hang on Lord We're gonna fight for you (Jesus) Put away your sword Don't you know tha...

Jesus Father forgive them. They don't know what they're doing. My God, my God, why have you forgotten me? Father, into your hands, I commend my spirit. 

They say the weather's getting better I don't know, it sure feels like rain If you ask me 'what's your pleasure? (I'll have) anything but more of the same We're going through another phase We should have seen it coming It's time to count our days But I've go...

And so the king is once again my guest. And why is this? Was Herod unimpressed? We turn to Rome to sentence Nazareth. We have no law to put a man to death. We need him crucified. It's all you have to do. We need him crucified. It's all you have to do....

I like a Studebaker widowmaker Sitting on the highway crown When it's early in the morning I can put my foot right down And if the wheels keep spinning Baby I'll be winning I'll be really alive When the drive's beginning I've got a Buick that can do it With...

I've got an aching head And my eyes on fire I think I'm paralyzed With desire I know You know Oh oh There's a place not far from here Where wolves howl at the moon If you click your heels just now You'll find the ultimate groove The ultimate Lay down your...

If you’re leaving close the door. I’m not expecting people anymore. Hear me grieving, I’m lying on the floor. Whether I’m drunk or dead I really ain’t too sure. I’m a blind man, I’m a blind man and my world is pale. When a blind man cries, Lord, you know...

I want to make you feel As if you want to to let me mae you feel tonight My head is saying yes My baby tells me that it would be so nice Nobody gonna know about the things we're gonna do Oh baby I need you When you are moving slow As if you want to sho...

You called my tune day by day You called my tune you made me pay I was lost in my room When you called my tune Such sweet surrender I fell in line Such sweet surrender every time I was thinking this tortured love would never end Get away get away I've got to...