Long Live Rock'N'Roll

(1978)

#1. Long Live Rock'N'Roll

(R.Blackmore/R.J.Dio)

#2. Lady Of The Lake

(R.Blackmore/R.J.Dio)

#3. L.A. Connection

(R.Blackmore/R.J.Dio)

#4. Gates Of Babylon

(R.Blackmore/R.J.Dio)

#5. Kill The King

(R.Blackmore/R.J.Dio/C.Powell)

#6. The Shed (Subtle)

(R.Blackmore/R.J.Dio/C.Powell)

#7. Sensitive To Light

(R.Blackmore/R.J.Dio)

#8. Rainbow Eyes

(R.Blackmore/R.J.Dio)



#1. Long Live Rock'N'Roll

(Alright rock'n'roll yeah)

At the end of a dream
If you know where I mean
When the mist just starts to clear
In a similar way
At the end of today
I could feel the sound of writing on the wall

It cries for you
It's the least that you can do
Like a spiral on the wind
I can hear it screaming in my mind

Long live rock and roll
Long live rock'n'roll (yeah)
Long live rock and roll

(Let it live)

In a different time
When the words didn't rhyme
You could never quite be sure
Then on with the change
It was simple but strange
And you knew the feeling seemed to say it all

(I'm losing control)

If you suddenly see
What has happened to me
You should spread the world around
And tell everyone here
That it's perfectly clear
They can sail above it all on what they've found

It cries for you
It's the best that you can do
Like a sound that's everywhere
I can hear it screaming through the air

(Let it live let it live let it live)

#2. Lady Of The Lake

There's a magical sound
Sliding over the ground
Making it shiver and shake
And a permanent cry
Falling out of the sky
Slippery and sly like a snake

With a delicate move
Kind of shifty and smooth
A shadow has covered the light
Then a beam in the shade
From a silvery blade
Has shattered the edge of the night

I know
She waits below
Only to rise on command
When she
Comes to me
She's got my life in her hands

When a movement behind
Hit the side of my mind
I trembled and shook it away
Then another assault
And I started to falter
Fibres of steel turned to clay

With a bubbly turn
Now the water should churn
And push it away from the core
And a lady in white
Will bring sun to the night
Brighter than ever before

Lady of the lake

Straight down
I'm swirling around
Blinded and bruised by the strain
There must be
Some way to see
Diamonds out of the rain

#3. L.A. Connection

Oh carry home
My broken bones
And lay me down to rest
Forty days
Of cries and moans
I guess I've failed to pass the test

I've been sent away
Not a thing to say
I'm banished from the fold
I'm a fallen angel
Who's lost his wings
And left out in the cold

Ooh LA connection
Oh LA connection
LA connection (yeah)

Operator
Place a call
Keep a secret put it through
Investigator
Knows it all
He's at the window I wonder who

I've got to cut the line
And left me drift
Find a haven in the storm
I got no time
I need a lift
To where it's sweet and close and warm

Oh carry home
My broken bones
And lay me down to rest
Forty days
Of cries and moans
Well I've just failed the test

Feel I'm balanced
On the brim
Should I lean another way
Like a flame
That's going on the dim
Needs blessing from the day

Ooh LA connection
Oh take me away
I got nothing to say
It's got to be an LA connection

Oh I'm down
Oh I'm down
I've got to take a rejection
And I need a connection
I'm sent away
Take me back home
Got to get home to LA

#4. Gates Of Babylon

Look away from the sea
I can take you anywhere
Spend a vision with me
A chase with the wind

Move closer to me
I can make you anyone
I think you're ready to see
The gates of Babylon

The power of what has been before
Rises to trap you within
A magic carpet ride a geenie maybe more
A city of heavenly sin

Sleep with the devil and then you must pay
Sleep with the devil the devil will take you away

Oh gates of Babylon

You can see but you're blind
Someone turned the sun around
But you can see in your mind
The gates of Babylon

You're riding the endless caravan
Bonded and sold as a slave
A sabre dance removing all the veils
Getting as good as you gave

Black gates of Babylon

The devil is me
And I'm holding the key
To the gates of sweet hell Babylon

#5. Kill The King

Danger
Danger
The Queen's about to kill
There's a stranger
Stranger
And life about to spill
Oh no move away from harm
I need a spell and a charm
Fly like the wind
I'm no pawn
So be gone
Speed on
And on

Kill the king
Tear him down
Kill the king
Strike him down

Power
Power
It happens every day
Power
Devour
All along the way
Oh no move me out of harm
I need a spell and a charm
Fly like a wind
I'm no pawn
So be gone
Speed on
And on

Kill the king

Treason
Treason
The spectre looms again
Treason
Reason
The realm is safe and then
Oh no move away from harm
I need a spell and a charm
Fly like a rainbow
I'm no pawn
So be gone
Speed on
And on

Kill the king
Tear him down
Kill the king
Got to take his crown

Kill the king
He'll rule no more
Strike him dead
The people roar

Kill the king
Take his head
Down down down down

Oh kill oh kill oh oh

#6. The Shed (Subtle)

I'm like a freight train
Feeling no pain
I never turn back
One track
Better step aside
Like a shot gun
I'm really someone
You'll feel my heat wave
Won't save
Anyone near to me

I'm steel
So come and try to bend me if you can
I don't feel
Before you know it it's over
Get out of my way

I'm street walking
Street walking
Night's talking
Street walking

No reputation
You better quick run
'Cause I got no time
I'll climb
All over you
You need a strong hand
To be a mean man
You've got to think fast
I'll last
Longer than you could know

I'm steel
So won't you come and try to bend me if you can
I don't feel
Before you know it it's all over
Out of my way

Hey I'm a wild cat
Don't need to prove that
I'm always howling
Prowling
Stalking my prey
It could be your night
To feel the dog bite
And hear the slashing
Crashing
Tearing inside of you

I'm steel
So come and try to break me if you can (no way you can)
Like a wheel
About to roll you over
Get out of my way

#7. Sensitive To Light

I was feeling rather good
Should've touched some wood
Here she comes again
Reaching out to bend
My ear
She's worth another look
All the time it took
Pleasing to the eye
How can I
Just disappear
It ain't clear (oh no)

She's a bright and shining star but I just must be sensitive to light
oh I just might yeah

I could have let her in
Give her just a spin
Let her think it's love
Better rise above
It all
She's knocking at the door
Seems to want some more
Never gets the clue
What am I to do
She'll fall
And she might call

(I said) she's a bright and shining star but I just must be sensitive
to light oh I just might

She could do me well
I can always tell
She's ready for the kill
But I think that I will
Go
Sure I'm gonna see
Something just for me
'Till it comes along
When it's feeling wrong
I'll know
Gonna take it slow (yeah)

She's a bright and shining star but I just must be sensitive to light
oh I might
She's a bright and blazing star but I just must be sensitive to light
yeah
Sensitive to light oh

#8. Rainbow Eyes

She's been gone since yesterday
Oh I didn't care
Never cared for yesterdays
Fancies in the air

No sighs or mysteries
She lay golden in the sun
No broken harmonies
But I've lost my way
She had rainbow eyes
Rainbow eyes
Rainbow eyes

Love should be a simple blend
A whispering on the shore
No clever words you can't defend
They lead to never more

Summer nights are colder now
They've taken down the fair
And all the lights have died somehow
Or were they ever there