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Deep Purple lyrics - Album: The Book of Taliesyn [1969]
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<blockquote data-quote="Floyd" data-source="post: 823" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong>Listen, Learn, Read On</strong></p><p>(Blackmore/Lord/Evans)</p><p></p><p>In ages past when spells were cast</p><p>In a time of men in steel</p><p>When a man was taught no special thing</p><p>It was all done by feel</p><p></p><p>So listen, so learn, so read on</p><p>You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn</p><p></p><p>Hear the song of lovely Joan</p><p>Her sound so sweet and clear</p><p>In the courtroom of the King</p><p>Among children and the peers</p><p></p><p>So listen, so learn, so read on</p><p>You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn</p><p></p><p>"Now hear ye the words of Taliesyn,</p><p>on the foaming beach of the ocean,</p><p>in the day of trouble,</p><p>I shall be of more service to thee</p><p>than three hundred salmon..."</p><p></p><p>The hare he bounds across the page</p><p>Past castles white and fair</p><p>Past dreaming chessmen on their boards</p><p>With a fool's mate as a snare</p><p></p><p>So listen, so learn, so read on</p><p>You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn</p><p></p><p>"Three times I have been born</p><p>I know this from meditation..."</p><p></p><p>The bird he flies the distance</p><p>From pages two to six</p><p>Past minstrels in their boxes</p><p>To the waters of the Styx</p><p></p><p>So listen, so learn, so read on</p><p>You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn</p><p></p><p>Don't take the pictures lightly</p><p>Listen to their sound</p><p>For from their coloured feeling</p><p>Experience is found</p><p></p><p>So listen, so learn, so read on</p><p>You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn</p><p></p><p>"All the sciences of the world are collected in my breast,</p><p>for I know what has been, what is now,</p><p>and what hereafter will occur..."</p><p><strong>Wring That Neck</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice)</p><p></p><p>(Instrumental)</p><p><strong>Kentucky Woman</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Neil Diamond)</p><p></p><p>Kentucky Woman</p><p>She shines in her own kind of light</p><p>She looks at you once in a day</p><p>And what's wrong is alright</p><p>And I love her,</p><p>God knows I love her</p><p></p><p>Kentucky Woman</p><p>She gets to know you</p><p>She gets to hold you</p><p>Kentucky Woman</p><p></p><p>She ain't the kind to turn</p><p>at the drop of her name</p><p>Well all the things she does</p><p>they turn you on just the same</p><p>And I love her,</p><p>God knows I love her</p><p></p><p>Kentucky Woman</p><p>She gets to know you</p><p>She gets to hold you</p><p>Kentucky Woman</p><p></p><p>I don't want much</p><p>The Good Lord's earth beneath my feet</p><p>A gentle touch</p><p>Cause that one girl in life is sweet and good</p><p>There ain't no doubt, I'm talking about</p><p></p><p>Kentucky Woman</p><p>She gets to know you</p><p>She gets to hold you</p><p>Kentucky Woman</p><p></p><p>Kentucky Woman she shines in her own kind of light</p><p>She looks at you once in a day</p><p>And what's wrong is alright</p><p>And I love her, yes I do, I love her</p><p></p><p>Kentucky Woman</p><p>She gets to know you</p><p>She gets to hold you</p><p>Kentucky Woman</p><p>Kentucky Woman</p><p>Kentucky Woman</p><p>Kentucky Woman</p><p><strong>A) Exposition</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice)</p><p>(instrumental)</p><p><strong>B) We Can Work It Out</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Lennon/McCartney)</p><p></p><p>Try to see it my way</p><p>Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go wrong</p><p>While you see it your way</p><p>Run the risk of knowing that our love will soon be gone</p><p></p><p>We can work it out</p><p>We can work it out</p><p></p><p>Think of what you're saying</p><p>You can get it wrong and still you think that it's alright</p><p>Think of what I'm saying</p><p>We can work it out and get it straight or say goodnight</p><p></p><p>We can work it out</p><p>We can work it out</p><p></p><p>Life is very short and there's no time</p><p>For fussing and fighting my friend</p><p>I have always thought that it's a crime</p><p>So I will ask you once again</p><p>I'll ask you once again</p><p></p><p>Try to see it my way</p><p>Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong</p><p>While I see it your way</p><p>There's a chance that we might fall apart before too long</p><p></p><p>We can work it out</p><p>We can work it out</p><p></p><p>Life is very short and there's no time</p><p>For fussing and fighting my friend</p><p>I have always thought that it's a crime</p><p>So I will ask you once again</p><p>I'll ask you once again</p><p></p><p>Try to see it my way</p><p>Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong</p><p>While I see it your way</p><p>There's a chance that we might fall apart before too long</p><p></p><p>We can work it out</p><p>We can work it out</p><p></p><p>At least we can try</p><p>We can try out to work it out someday</p><p><strong>Shield</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Lord/Blackmore/Evans)</p><p></p><p>Mama plays a queen on the hill built on a dream</p><p>While the children play in the field</p><p>Papa smokes the pipe of a sweet and better life</p><p>But how strong is the shield?</p><p>Can peace be found on the carpet above ground</p><p>Where sky is forever blue</p><p></p><p>So let it pass baby now, the slow and riding cloud</p><p>Which may take me from you</p><p></p><p>Many things a man can lose</p><p>His self, his rights, his views</p><p>But never his heart or his love</p><p>So take this hand of mine and climb baby, climb</p><p>To the hill up above</p><p></p><p>Now you can play a queen on the hill built on a dream</p><p>While our children play in the field</p><p>I can smoke the pipe of a sweet and better life</p><p>And trust in the strength of the shield</p><p></p><p>So trust in you love, and Lucy of above</p><p>And let light pass like a wheel</p><p>Don't take the chance of life's hectic dance</p><p>Kiss the strength of the shield</p><p></p><p>The seeker will be found by the looker on the ground</p><p>And to his wish he will yield</p><p></p><p>Fate will have it's word, of course [think this line is wrong...]</p><p>And time will change its course</p><p>And hold the strength of the shield</p><p><strong>Anthem</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Lord/Evans)</p><p></p><p>When the night wind softly blows through my open window</p><p>Then I start to remember the girl that brought me joy</p><p>Now the night wind softly blows sadness to tomorrow</p><p>Bringing tears to eyes so tired</p><p>Eyes I thought could cry no more</p><p></p><p>If the day would only come</p><p>Then you might just appear</p><p>even though you'd soon be gone</p><p>When I reached out my hand</p><p></p><p>If I could see you</p><p>If only I could see you</p><p>To see if you are laughing or crying</p><p>When the night winds softly blow</p><p></p><p>In my dark and whispering room</p><p>Memories still bring me a numbness to my feelings</p><p>Take my hand and brush my brow</p><p>In the warm and fevered dark</p><p>Heart is madly beating</p><p>My crazy thoughts are burning</p><p>When the night winds softly blow</p><p></p><p>If the day would only come</p><p>Then you might just appear</p><p>even though you'd soon be gone</p><p>When I reached out my hand</p><p></p><p>If I could see you</p><p>If only I could see you</p><p>To see if you are laughing or crying</p><p>When the night winds softly blow</p><p></p><p>If the day would only come</p><p>Then you might just appear</p><p>even though you'd soon be gone</p><p>When I reached out my hand</p><p></p><p>If I could see you</p><p>If only I could see you</p><p>To see if you are laughing or crying</p><p>When the night winds softly blow</p><p><strong>River Deep, Mountain High</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Spector/Greenwich/Barry)</p><p></p><p>When you were a young girl</p><p>Did you have a rag doll</p><p>The only doll you've ever owned</p><p>Now I'll love you just the way you loved that rag doll</p><p>Only now my love has grown</p><p></p><p>It gets stronger as the river flows</p><p>Deeper baby, heaven knows</p><p>Higher, as it goes</p><p></p><p>Do I love you, my oh my</p><p>River Deep, Mountain High, yeah, yeah, yeah</p><p>Do I love you, would I cry</p><p>Oh I love you baby, how I love you baby</p><p></p><p>When you were a young girl</p><p>Did you have a puppy</p><p>That always followed you around</p><p>Well I'm gonna be as faithful as that puppy</p><p>No I'll never never let you down</p><p></p><p>Cos it gets stronger as the river flows</p><p>It gets deeper baby, heaven knows</p><p>It gets higher, so much higher, as it goes</p><p></p><p>Do I love you, my oh my</p><p>River Deep, Mountain High, yeah, yeah, yeah</p><p>Do I love you, would I cry</p><p>Oh I love you baby, how I love you baby</p><p></p><p>I love you baby like a flower loves a spring</p><p>I love you baby like a robin likes to sing</p><p>I love you baby like a schoolboy likes his pie</p><p>And oh I love you baby, River deep, Mountain high</p><p></p><p></p><p>Do I love you, my oh my</p><p>River Deep, Mountain High, yeah, yeah, yeah</p><p>Do I love you, would I cry</p><p>Oh I love you baby, how I love you baby</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Floyd, post: 823, member: 1"] [B]Listen, Learn, Read On[/B] (Blackmore/Lord/Evans) In ages past when spells were cast In a time of men in steel When a man was taught no special thing It was all done by feel So listen, so learn, so read on You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn Hear the song of lovely Joan Her sound so sweet and clear In the courtroom of the King Among children and the peers So listen, so learn, so read on You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn "Now hear ye the words of Taliesyn, on the foaming beach of the ocean, in the day of trouble, I shall be of more service to thee than three hundred salmon..." The hare he bounds across the page Past castles white and fair Past dreaming chessmen on their boards With a fool's mate as a snare So listen, so learn, so read on You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn "Three times I have been born I know this from meditation..." The bird he flies the distance From pages two to six Past minstrels in their boxes To the waters of the Styx So listen, so learn, so read on You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn Don't take the pictures lightly Listen to their sound For from their coloured feeling Experience is found So listen, so learn, so read on You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn "All the sciences of the world are collected in my breast, for I know what has been, what is now, and what hereafter will occur..." [B]Wring That Neck[/B] (Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice) (Instrumental) [B]Kentucky Woman[/B] (Neil Diamond) Kentucky Woman She shines in her own kind of light She looks at you once in a day And what's wrong is alright And I love her, God knows I love her Kentucky Woman She gets to know you She gets to hold you Kentucky Woman She ain't the kind to turn at the drop of her name Well all the things she does they turn you on just the same And I love her, God knows I love her Kentucky Woman She gets to know you She gets to hold you Kentucky Woman I don't want much The Good Lord's earth beneath my feet A gentle touch Cause that one girl in life is sweet and good There ain't no doubt, I'm talking about Kentucky Woman She gets to know you She gets to hold you Kentucky Woman Kentucky Woman she shines in her own kind of light She looks at you once in a day And what's wrong is alright And I love her, yes I do, I love her Kentucky Woman She gets to know you She gets to hold you Kentucky Woman Kentucky Woman Kentucky Woman Kentucky Woman [B]A) Exposition[/B] (Blackmore/Lord/Simper/Paice) (instrumental) [B]B) We Can Work It Out[/B] (Lennon/McCartney) Try to see it my way Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go wrong While you see it your way Run the risk of knowing that our love will soon be gone We can work it out We can work it out Think of what you're saying You can get it wrong and still you think that it's alright Think of what I'm saying We can work it out and get it straight or say goodnight We can work it out We can work it out Life is very short and there's no time For fussing and fighting my friend I have always thought that it's a crime So I will ask you once again I'll ask you once again Try to see it my way Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong While I see it your way There's a chance that we might fall apart before too long We can work it out We can work it out Life is very short and there's no time For fussing and fighting my friend I have always thought that it's a crime So I will ask you once again I'll ask you once again Try to see it my way Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong While I see it your way There's a chance that we might fall apart before too long We can work it out We can work it out At least we can try We can try out to work it out someday [B]Shield[/B] (Lord/Blackmore/Evans) Mama plays a queen on the hill built on a dream While the children play in the field Papa smokes the pipe of a sweet and better life But how strong is the shield? Can peace be found on the carpet above ground Where sky is forever blue So let it pass baby now, the slow and riding cloud Which may take me from you Many things a man can lose His self, his rights, his views But never his heart or his love So take this hand of mine and climb baby, climb To the hill up above Now you can play a queen on the hill built on a dream While our children play in the field I can smoke the pipe of a sweet and better life And trust in the strength of the shield So trust in you love, and Lucy of above And let light pass like a wheel Don't take the chance of life's hectic dance Kiss the strength of the shield The seeker will be found by the looker on the ground And to his wish he will yield Fate will have it's word, of course [think this line is wrong...] And time will change its course And hold the strength of the shield [B]Anthem[/B] (Lord/Evans) When the night wind softly blows through my open window Then I start to remember the girl that brought me joy Now the night wind softly blows sadness to tomorrow Bringing tears to eyes so tired Eyes I thought could cry no more If the day would only come Then you might just appear even though you'd soon be gone When I reached out my hand If I could see you If only I could see you To see if you are laughing or crying When the night winds softly blow In my dark and whispering room Memories still bring me a numbness to my feelings Take my hand and brush my brow In the warm and fevered dark Heart is madly beating My crazy thoughts are burning When the night winds softly blow If the day would only come Then you might just appear even though you'd soon be gone When I reached out my hand If I could see you If only I could see you To see if you are laughing or crying When the night winds softly blow If the day would only come Then you might just appear even though you'd soon be gone When I reached out my hand If I could see you If only I could see you To see if you are laughing or crying When the night winds softly blow [B]River Deep, Mountain High[/B] (Spector/Greenwich/Barry) When you were a young girl Did you have a rag doll The only doll you've ever owned Now I'll love you just the way you loved that rag doll Only now my love has grown It gets stronger as the river flows Deeper baby, heaven knows Higher, as it goes Do I love you, my oh my River Deep, Mountain High, yeah, yeah, yeah Do I love you, would I cry Oh I love you baby, how I love you baby When you were a young girl Did you have a puppy That always followed you around Well I'm gonna be as faithful as that puppy No I'll never never let you down Cos it gets stronger as the river flows It gets deeper baby, heaven knows It gets higher, so much higher, as it goes Do I love you, my oh my River Deep, Mountain High, yeah, yeah, yeah Do I love you, would I cry Oh I love you baby, how I love you baby I love you baby like a flower loves a spring I love you baby like a robin likes to sing I love you baby like a schoolboy likes his pie And oh I love you baby, River deep, Mountain high Do I love you, my oh my River Deep, Mountain High, yeah, yeah, yeah Do I love you, would I cry Oh I love you baby, how I love you baby [/QUOTE]
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