Time for Bedlam
Descending the cold steps of the institution for the politically insane
Never to be seen again
Saying farewell to daylight
From henceforth I shall rot in stinking bed of wet straw
Right from the ashes of life I learned to behave
What to believe, what not to say
From cradle to grave
Ah! Like a good little slave
Sucking my milk
From the venomous tit of the state
Clearly designed to suppress every thought of escape
Ah! I surrender to fate
No pity, no pity
Don’t want no pity for me in this filthy cell
I’ll see you in hell
See you in hell!
Frozen in time, I’m a specimen pinned to my throne
With an army of butterflies pilloried placid and prone
Ah! You’re never alone
No pity, no pity
Don’t want no pity for me in this filthy cell
I’ll see you in hell
Hip Boots
You can bury me up to my knees in shit
Or anything else… I don’t mind one bit
You think I’m gonna drown but you’re wrong
‘Cos man I got my hip boots on
Get your ass in the water and swim like me
It’s the only way you’re going free
If you blink an eye I’m down the road and gone
It’s plain to see that I don’t belong
I got my hip boots on
And it’s so cool
It’s beautiful
Those rusty chains can’t tie me down
‘Cause man I got my hip boots on
I never give it up
Tear it up
Rip it up
Can’t get enough
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
Before that shit starts going down
When I hear the dogs I go to ground
That’s me high steppin’ through the swamp
That’s why I got these hip boots on
I got my hip boots on
It’s so cool
It’s beautiful
And it’s so cool
All I Got Is You
Oh, yeah
I see the way you roll your eyes
The way you purse your lips
Throw your stuff into a suitcase
Put your hands upon your hips
I’m unmoved by your evil glare.
The way you toss your hair
You make stupid accusations
By which time I’ve lost the thread
Sometimes I wonder how it is you get
To piss me off this much
I may be heavy handed
And I lack the tender touch
You moan and groan about me staying out
And drinking with the guys
How ‘bout I bring them home
Try that on for size
Something awfully wrong with this deal babe
Any fool could see it’s true
Can’t you understand how I feel babe
You got me, but all I got is you
I guess I just don’t have it in me,
To keep you satisfied
To be honest with you babe,
I’m only in it for the ride
And you may never bring yourself to take me as I am
But in case you hadn’t noticed
I don’t give a fucking damn!
One Night In Vegas
Ooh what a night it was, the night I fell apart
I begged a lover not to go away but she went and broke my heart
I found myself in a Vegas bar with a whole new set of friends
Seen through the bottom of an empty glass
Like looking through a fisheye lens
One night in Vegas
It was a morning of revenge for what I did the night before
Which accompanied me to the following day to even up the score
In a stone cold sober mood next afternoon at ten
I found my tongue back in my mouth
And I told myself not to drink again
One night in Vegas
Yeah, I was three sheets to the wind
The three shots did me in
Three angels there above me
As I was lying on the floor
I knew I should have run for the hills
But I still wanted more
I don’t remember the chapel but I woke up with a wife
I looked at her, she looked at me and now we’re hooked for life
How strange the situation, it’s now been thirty years
Since I met that girl in Vegas
And would you believe it, that she’s still here
Oh, One night in Vegas, oh yeah
I gotta tell you, one night in Vegas
Get Me Outta Here
Well I’m out of work, out of hope
I got mouths to feed and I’m stony broke
The rum’s all gone and I could sure use a smoke
I can’t help thinking how it used to be
Everybody danced ’til a quarter to three
Living on the wild side, getting our kicks
How’d I ever end up in a place like this?
Oh
Get me out of here
Somebody get me outta here
Three blind bastards parked on a bench
One said to the other hey who’s your friend?
And that’s how it started way back when
A shit-load of ways to communicate
One hates love, another loves hate
Now you’re gonna tell me there’s no end in sight
And next thing you know we’re getting ready to fight
Oh, yeah
Get me out of here
Woah! Get me outta here
I got to tell you that I’m feeling rough
Been good to know you but I have enough
You saying pull yourself together and get a grip
You can stick it up your jacksie ‘cos I’m jumping ship
Oh, yeah
Get me out of here
That’s it on the way, oh yeah
Outta here
Adios muchachos, au revior
Outta here
Avidazen, my dariling
Get me outta here
All fingers to my mind (I could not find a translation anywhere for this line. I am thinking he means a salute?)
See ya, suckers
The Surprising
It wasn’t quite the curse of Tutankhamen
Or the kiss of death from Judas in the night
And it felt so far beyond the blue horizon
Tempting me with transports of delight
And when the devil took my hand and said
Come along with me
Well, there I was, wide awake and dreaming
Reaching out for something in the sky
But I could not control that trembling feeling
Everything I want is slipping by
And when the devil took my hand and said
Something you should see
Come along with me
I never knew what happened to my nightmare
Everything went dark that August day
And the eclipse was on the other side of somewhere
In that I was on the upside of afraid
And then an angel took my hand and said
Come along with me
Johnny’s Band
Oh, Johnny Jones woke up one day from dreaming
Told Bill the bass and soon they had a plan
He passed it on to Pete and Crazy Benny
Yeah, suddenly they had a band
Hey Johnny’s Band
He sure knew how to work up a crowd
The sound that they made put the rest in the shade
And the word soon got around
They played every dance hall in the city
Wrote themselves a cool forty-five
With a bullet it shot to the top of the pops
Oh man it’s good to be alive
Well, hail Johnny’s Band
Hear them on the radio
Smash after smash now they’re rolling in the cash
Whatever they touch turns to gold
Poor old Benny went down with the hard stuff
And Pete joined a cult in LA
Johnny and Bill started going downhill
And the crowds began melting away
Yeah but hey, it’s Johnny’s Band
Playing Saturday nights at The Crown
The beards may be long and the money’s long gone
It’s a wonder that they’re still around
But hey, it’s Johnny’s Band
Playing all those wonderful songs
Making the rounds with that old fashioned sound
And here we are singing along
On Top of the World
Hot summer night, the working girls were on their way back home
It was getting late so I tagged along, couldn’t let them walk alone
I followed them up some greasy steps to a rooftop in the sky
No walls around just a sea of stars, my throat was getting dry
Everyone could feel the heat that’s why we all disrobed
Our clothes and inhibitions went off flying ‘cross the globe
Dancing crazy getting loose and closer to the edge
I could feel my blood was up and it was pounding in my head
So there I was, just me and the girls
Under the moonlight, on the top of the world
So there I was, just me and the girls
Under the moonlight, on the top of the world
As things were dying down we retreated from the precipice
I lay beside the most beautiful girl in the universe
Her name was Venus in Heaven
She fed me rice and offered me wine
I accepted ambrosia and nectar
From an amber goddess
I collapsed between the thighs of Morpheus
Next thing I felt was a sharp pain of sunrise
My mouth was open and full of rice
As I managed to prize open one of my eyes
I saw Luigi the cockroach carry off his prize
And there lay Venus still sprawled out and naked for sure
But not quite what she was the night before
I made my excuses and left through the door
Stepped into space off the twentieth floor
And that’s why I don’t like heights no more
Birds of Prey
Alarm bells ringing clear
Break the calm before the fall
Bad news travels at the speed of flight
Good news not at all
And here we are again
Playing endless games of war
Birds of prey
Without a word of warning
We dive in to attack
Vengeful and self-righteous
We turn the blue sky black
And wretched few escape
They’ll be forever looking back
At our sacrifice
And the golden sun is rising
At the dawn of a beautiful day
In the name of all that’s holy
In the name of history
In the face of life and nature
We are driven by belief
Our faith a crumbling fortress
Once perfect and sublime
Will fail again and rise again
Until the death
Until the death of time
Roadhouse Blues
Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel
Keep your eyes on the road, your hands upon the wheel
Yeah, we’re going to the roadhouse
We’re gonna have a real good time, oh yeah
Back at the roadhouse, some bungalows
Well, back at the roadhouse they got some bungalows
And that’s for the people who like to go down slow
Well, let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, all night long
Woah, yeah
Hey Stevie, what’s up?
Oh, ashen lady, mmm ashen lady
You gotta give up your vows, said you gotta give up your vows, babe
You got to save our city
You got to save our city
Right now, baby, right now
I woke up this morning, I got myself a beer
I woke up this morning, I got myself a beer
The future’s uncertain, and the end is always near
Well, let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
All night long
Let it roll, roll, roll
Let it roll, baby, roll
(Can’t make out all the Gillan musings)