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Rainbow lyrics - Album: Long Live Rock'n'Roll [1978]
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<blockquote data-quote="Floyd" data-source="post: 699" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><strong>Long Live Rock'n'roll</strong></p><p>( Blackmore / Dio )</p><p></p><p>At the end of the dream</p><p>If you know where I mean</p><p>When the mist just starts to clear</p><p>In a similar way</p><p>At the end of today</p><p>I could feel the sound of writing on the wall</p><p></p><p>It cries for you</p><p>It's the least that you can do</p><p>Like a spiral on the wind</p><p>I can hear it screaming in my mind</p><p></p><p>Chorus:</p><p></p><p>Long live rock'n'roll } 3 times</p><p></p><p>In a different time</p><p>When the words didn't rhyme</p><p>You could never quite be sure</p><p>Then on with the change</p><p>It was simple but strange</p><p>And you knew the feeling seemed to say it all</p><p></p><p>It cries for you</p><p>It's the least that you can do</p><p>Like a spiral on the wind</p><p>I can hear it screaming in my mind</p><p></p><p>Chorus:</p><p></p><p>Long live rock'n'roll } 3 times</p><p></p><p>If you suddenly see</p><p>What was happened with me</p><p>You should spread the word around</p><p>And tell everyone here</p><p>That it's perfectly clear</p><p>They can sail above it all on what they've found</p><p></p><p>It cries for you</p><p>It's the least that you can do</p><p>Like a spiral on the wind</p><p>I can hear it screaming in my mind</p><p></p><p>Chorus:</p><p></p><p>Long live rock'n'roll } 3 times</p><p><strong>Lady Of The Lake</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>( Blackmore / Dio )</p><p></p><p>There's a magical sound sliding over the ground</p><p>Making it shiver and shake Refrain 1</p><p>And a permanent cry falling out to the sky</p><p>Slippery and sly like a snake</p><p></p><p>With a delicate move kind of shifty and smooth</p><p>A shadow has covered light Refrain 2</p><p>Then e beam in the shade from a silvery blade</p><p>Has shattered the edge of the night</p><p></p><p>Chorus:</p><p></p><p>I know she waits below</p><p>Only to rise on command</p><p>When she comes for me</p><p>She's got my life in her hands</p><p></p><p>When a movement behind hit the side of my mind</p><p>I trembled and shook it away</p><p>Then another assault and I started to faulter</p><p>Fibres of steel turned to clay</p><p></p><p>With a bubbly turn now the water should churn</p><p>And push it way from the core</p><p>And a lady in white will bring sun the night</p><p>Brighter than ever before</p><p></p><p>Chorus:</p><p></p><p>Lady of the lake</p><p></p><p>Refrain 1</p><p></p><p>Refrain 2</p><p></p><p>Chorus:</p><p></p><p>Straight down I'm swirling around</p><p>Blinded and bruised by the strain</p><p>There must be some way to see</p><p>Diamonds out of the rain</p><p></p><p>Chorus:</p><p></p><p>Lady of the lake</p><p><strong>L. A. Connection</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>( Blackmore /Dio )</p><p></p><p>Carry home my broken bones and lay me down to rest</p><p>Forty days of cries and moans I guess</p><p>I've failed to pass the test</p><p>I've been sent away not a thing to say</p><p>I'm banished from the fold</p><p>I'm a fallen angel who's lost his wings</p><p>And left out in the cold</p><p></p><p>Chorus:</p><p></p><p>Ooooh L. A. Connection</p><p>Oh L. A. Connection</p><p>L. A. Connection</p><p></p><p>Operator place a call keep a secret put it through</p><p>Investigator knows it all he's at the window I wonder who</p><p>I've got to cut the line and let me drift</p><p>Find a haven in the storm</p><p>I got no time I need a lift to where</p><p>It's sweet and close and warm</p><p></p><p>Chorus:</p><p>ننننننن</p><p></p><p>Carry home my broken bones and lay me down to rest</p><p>Forty days of cries and moans well</p><p>I've just failed test</p><p>Feel I'm balanced on the brim should I lean another way</p><p>Like a flame that's going on the dim</p><p>Needs blessing from the day</p><p></p><p>Chorus:</p><p></p><p>Ooooh L. A. Connection</p><p>Oh take me away I got nothing to say</p><p>It's got to be an L. A. Connection</p><p>L. A. Connection</p><p></p><p>Chorus:</p><p><strong>Gates Of Babylon</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>( Blackmore / Dio )</p><p></p><p>Refrain I:</p><p>Look away from sea</p><p>I can take you anywhere.</p><p>Spend a vision with me</p><p>A chase with the wind.</p><p></p><p>Refrain II:</p><p>Move close to me</p><p>I can make you anyone</p><p>I think you're ready to see</p><p>The gates of Babylon</p><p></p><p>Chorus:</p><p>The power of what has been before</p><p>Rises to trap you within</p><p>A magic carpet ride a genie may be more</p><p>A city of heavenly sin</p><p>Sleep with the devil and then you must pay</p><p>Sleep with the devil the devil will take you away</p><p>Oh Gates of Babylon</p><p></p><p>You can see but you're blind</p><p>Someone turned the sun around</p><p>But you can see in your mind</p><p>The Gates of Babylon</p><p></p><p>Chorus:</p><p>You're riding the endless caravan</p><p>Bonded and sold as a slade</p><p>A sabre dance removing all the veils</p><p>Getting as good as you gave</p><p>Sleep with the devil and then you must pay</p><p>Sleep with the devil the devil will take you away</p><p></p><p>Refrain I</p><p>Refrain II</p><p></p><p>Chorus:</p><p>The power of what has been before</p><p>Rises to trap you within</p><p>A magic carpet ride a genie may be more</p><p>A city of heavenly sin</p><p>Sleep with the devil and then you must pay</p><p>Sleep with the devil the devil will take you away</p><p>Black Gates of Babylon</p><p></p><p>The devil is me</p><p>And I'm holding the key</p><p>To the gates of sweet hell</p><p>Babylon</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>SIDE TWO</p><p><strong>Kill The King</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Blackmore/Dio/Powell)</p><p></p><p>Danger, danger the Queen's about to kill</p><p>There's a stranger, stranger and life about to spill</p><p>Oh no move me out of harm</p><p>I need a spell and a charm</p><p>Fly like the wind</p><p>I'm no pawn, so be gone, speed on and on</p><p>Kill the King</p><p>Tear him down</p><p></p><p>Chorus:</p><p>Kill the King</p><p>Strike him down</p><p></p><p>Power, power it happens every day</p><p>Power, devour all a long the way</p><p>Oh no move me out of harm</p><p>I need a spell and a charm</p><p>Fly like the wind</p><p>I'm no pawn, so be gone, speed on and on</p><p>Kill the King</p><p></p><p>Treason, treason, the spectre looms again</p><p>Treason, reason, the realm is safe and then</p><p>Oh no move away from harm</p><p>I need a spell and a charm</p><p>Fly like the rainbow</p><p>I'm no pawn, so be gone, speed on and on</p><p></p><p>Chorus:</p><p>Kill the King</p><p>Tear him down</p><p>Kill the King</p><p>Got to take him crown</p><p></p><p>Chorus:</p><p>Kill the King</p><p>He'll role no more</p><p>Strike him dead</p><p>The people roar</p><p>Kill the King</p><p>Take his dead</p><p>Down, down, down, down</p><p>Oh, kill, oh, kill, oh, oh</p><p><strong>The Shed</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Subtle)(Blackmore/Dio/Powell)</p><p></p><p>I'm like a freight train</p><p>Feelin' no pain</p><p>I never turn back one track</p><p>Better step aside</p><p></p><p>Like a shot gun</p><p>I'm really someone</p><p>You'll feel my heat wave</p><p>Won't save anyone near to me</p><p></p><p>Chorus:</p><p>I'm steel</p><p>So come and try to bend me if you can</p><p>I don't feel</p><p>Before you know it it's over</p><p>Get out of my way</p><p>I'm street walking</p><p></p><p>No reputation</p><p>You better quick run</p><p>Cause I got no time I'll climb</p><p>All over you</p><p></p><p>You need a strong hand</p><p>To be a mean man</p><p>You've got to think fast</p><p>I'll last longer than you could I know</p><p></p><p>Chorus:</p><p>I'm steel</p><p>So come and try to bend me if you can</p><p>I don't feel</p><p>Before you know it it's over</p><p>Out of my way</p><p>I'm street walking</p><p></p><p>I'm a wild cat</p><p>Don't need to prove that</p><p>I'm always howlin' prowlin'</p><p>Stalkin' my prey</p><p></p><p>It could be your night</p><p>To feel the dog bite</p><p>And hear the slashing, crashin'</p><p>Tearin' inside of you</p><p></p><p>Chorus:</p><p>I'm steel</p><p>So come and try to break me if you can</p><p>Like a wheel</p><p>About to roll you over</p><p>Get out my way</p><p>I'm street walkin'</p><p><strong>Sensitive To Light</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Blackmore/Dio)</p><p></p><p>I was feeling rather good</p><p>Should've touched some wood</p><p>Here she comes again</p><p>Reachin' out to bend my ear</p><p></p><p>She's worth another look</p><p>All the time it took</p><p>Pleasin' to the eye</p><p>How can I just disappear</p><p>It ain't clear</p><p>She's a bright and shining star</p><p>But I just must be sensitive to light</p><p>Oh I just might</p><p></p><p>I could have let her in</p><p>Give her just a spin</p><p>Let her think it's love</p><p>Better rise above it all</p><p></p><p>She's knockin' at the door</p><p>Seem to want some more</p><p>Never gets the clue</p><p>What am I to do she's fall</p><p>And she might call</p><p>She's a bright and shining star</p><p>But I just must be sensitive to light</p><p></p><p>She could dome well</p><p>I can always tell</p><p>She's ready for the kill</p><p>But I think that I will go</p><p></p><p>Sure I'm gonna see</p><p>Something just for me</p><p>Till it comes alone</p><p>When it's feeling wrong I'll know</p><p>Gotta take it slow</p><p>She's a bright and shining star</p><p>But I just must be sensitive to light</p><p></p><p>She's a bright and blazing star</p><p>But I just must be sensitive to light</p><p><strong>Rainbow Eyes</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>(Blackmore/Dio)</p><p></p><p>She's been gone since yesterday</p><p>Oh I didn't care</p><p>Never cered for yesterdays</p><p>Fancies in the air</p><p></p><p>Chorus:</p><p>No sighs or mysteries</p><p>She lay golden in the sun</p><p>No broken harmonies</p><p>But I've lost my way</p><p>She had rainbow eyes</p><p></p><p>Rainbow eyes, rainbow eyes,</p><p>Love should be a simple blend</p><p>A wispering on the shore</p><p>No clever word you can't defend</p><p>They lead to never more</p><p></p><p>Chorus:</p><p></p><p>Rainbow eyes,rainbow eyes</p><p>Summer nights are colder now</p><p>They taken down the fayre</p><p>All the lights have died somehow</p><p>Or were they ever there</p><p></p><p>Chorus:</p><p>_______</p><p></p><p>They've taken down the fair.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Floyd, post: 699, member: 1"] [B]Long Live Rock'n'roll[/B] ( Blackmore / Dio ) At the end of the 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 Chorus: Long live rock'n'roll } 3 times 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 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 Chorus: Long live rock'n'roll } 3 times If you suddenly see What was happened with me You should spread the word 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 least that you can do Like a spiral on the wind I can hear it screaming in my mind Chorus: Long live rock'n'roll } 3 times [B]Lady Of The Lake[/B] ( Blackmore / Dio ) There's a magical sound sliding over the ground Making it shiver and shake Refrain 1 And a permanent cry falling out to the sky Slippery and sly like a snake With a delicate move kind of shifty and smooth A shadow has covered light Refrain 2 Then e beam in the shade from a silvery blade Has shattered the edge of the night Chorus: I know she waits below Only to rise on command When she comes for 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 faulter Fibres of steel turned to clay With a bubbly turn now the water should churn And push it way from the core And a lady in white will bring sun the night Brighter than ever before Chorus: Lady of the lake Refrain 1 Refrain 2 Chorus: Straight down I'm swirling around Blinded and bruised by the strain There must be some way to see Diamonds out of the rain Chorus: Lady of the lake [B]L. A. Connection[/B] ( Blackmore /Dio ) 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 Chorus: Ooooh L. A. Connection Oh L. A. Connection L. A. Connection 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 let 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 Chorus: ننننننن Carry home my broken bones and lay me down to rest Forty days of cries and moans well I've just failed 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 Chorus: Ooooh L. A. Connection Oh take me away I got nothing to say It's got to be an L. A. Connection L. A. Connection Chorus: [B]Gates Of Babylon[/B] ( Blackmore / Dio ) Refrain I: Look away from sea I can take you anywhere. Spend a vision with me A chase with the wind. Refrain II: Move close to me I can make you anyone I think you're ready to see The gates of Babylon Chorus: The power of what has been before Rises to trap you within A magic carpet ride a genie may be 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 Chorus: You're riding the endless caravan Bonded and sold as a slade A sabre dance removing all the veils Getting as good as you gave Sleep with the devil and then you must pay Sleep with the devil the devil will take you away Refrain I Refrain II Chorus: The power of what has been before Rises to trap you within A magic carpet ride a genie may be 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 Black Gates of Babylon The devil is me And I'm holding the key To the gates of sweet hell Babylon SIDE TWO [B]Kill The King[/B] (Blackmore/Dio/Powell) Danger, danger the Queen's about to kill There's a stranger, stranger and life about to spill Oh no move me out of 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 Chorus: Kill the King Strike him down Power, power it happens every day Power, devour all a long the way Oh no move me out of 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 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 the rainbow I'm no pawn, so be gone, speed on and on Chorus: Kill the King Tear him down Kill the King Got to take him crown Chorus: Kill the King He'll role no more Strike him dead The people roar Kill the King Take his dead Down, down, down, down Oh, kill, oh, kill, oh, oh [B]The Shed[/B] (Subtle)(Blackmore/Dio/Powell) I'm like a freight train Feelin' 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 Chorus: 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 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 I know Chorus: I'm steel So come and try to bend me if you can I don't feel Before you know it it's over Out of my way I'm street walking I'm a wild cat Don't need to prove that I'm always howlin' prowlin' Stalkin' my prey It could be your night To feel the dog bite And hear the slashing, crashin' Tearin' inside of you Chorus: I'm steel So come and try to break me if you can Like a wheel About to roll you over Get out my way I'm street walkin' [B]Sensitive To Light[/B] (Blackmore/Dio) I was feeling rather good Should've touched some wood Here she comes again Reachin' out to bend my ear She's worth another look All the time it took Pleasin' to the eye How can I just disappear It ain't clear She's a bright and shining star But I just must be sensitive to light Oh I just might I could have let her in Give her just a spin Let her think it's love Better rise above it all She's knockin' at the door Seem to want some more Never gets the clue What am I to do she's fall And she might call She's a bright and shining star But I just must be sensitive to light She could dome 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 alone When it's feeling wrong I'll know Gotta take it slow She's a bright and shining star But I just must be sensitive to light She's a bright and blazing star But I just must be sensitive to light [B]Rainbow Eyes[/B] (Blackmore/Dio) She's been gone since yesterday Oh I didn't care Never cered for yesterdays Fancies in the air Chorus: 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 wispering on the shore No clever word you can't defend They lead to never more Chorus: Rainbow eyes,rainbow eyes Summer nights are colder now They taken down the fayre All the lights have died somehow Or were they ever there Chorus: _______ They've taken down the fair. 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