DEEP PURPLE
DEEP PURPLE IN ROCK


SPEED KING (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)

Good Golly, said little Miss Molly when she was rockin'
in the house of blue light
Tutti Frutti was oh so rooty when she was rockin' to the east and west
Lucille was oh so real when she didn't do her daddies will
Come on baby, drive me crazy, do it, do it

I'm a speed king you go to hear me sing
I'm a speed king see me fly

Saturday night and I just got paid
Gonna fool about ain't gonna save
Some people gonna rock some people gonna roll
Gonna have a party to save my soul
Hard headed woman and a soft hearted man
They been causing trouble since it all began
Take a little rice take a little beans
Gonna rock and roll down to New Orleans

[repeat first two stanzas in inverse order]


BLOODSUCKER (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)

Gotta black breast Chinese eyes
Got an English brain that's gonna make me wise
Got a long story that I wanna tell
To a rhythm that I know so well
Really got a lot of lovin' that I wanna give
Baby I'm a mystery but you know I gotta live
I tried another but she didn't want to know
Oh, no no no!

Take a hold now if you can
Take a lesson from a hard lovin' man
I'm a long way from where I wanna go
Guess I'll stay awhile I really love you so
How's about another sip of all the wine you got
Take a tip from me and give it here I'll drink the lot
I'm not a winey, I'm a puttin' on a show
Oh, no no no!

You really really grab me but I've gotta move
Before they know I'm here and spread the news
Maybe in while when I've moved around
I can find a way to pay you back your twenty pounds
Really got a lot of lovin' that I wanna give
Baby I'm a mystery but you know I gotta live
I tried another but she didn't want to know
Oh, no no no!


CHILD IN TIME (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)

Sweet child in time you'll see the line
The line that's drawn between the good and the bad
See the blind man shooting at the world
Bullets flying taking toll
If you've been bad, Lord I bet you have
And you've not been hit by flying lead
You'd better close your eyes and bow your head
And wait for the ricochet.
Oooh, oooh, oooh!

Sweet child in time you'll see the line
The line that's drawn between the good and the bad
See the blind man shooting at the world
Bullets flying taking toll
If you've been bad, Lord I bet you have
And you've not been hit by flying lead
You'd better close your eyes and bow your head
And wait for the ricochet.
Oooh, oooh, oooh!
I gotta hear you sing.


FLIGHT OF THE RAT (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)

Spread the word around
The rat is leaving town
The message is a song
The misery is gone
Oh, yes he did.

Once I had a dream
To sing before the queen
She didn't want to know
She wouldn't see the show

What a fright
I couldn't do it right
Oh what a night,
Oh what a sight.

Mystic demons fly
All about the sky
With memories of a clown
The saddest show in town, oh yes.

When I was seventeen
Me mother said to me
Be careful what you touch
You shouldn't take so much.

I blew my mind
She was so kind
I could have cried, oh no.

In my mind
I had to find
A kind of new way
Of being oh so cool
Like a blue blooded
Well studded
English fool

Speak about the past
Times are changing fast
Once I was so weak
I couldn't even speak
Not a word.

Shaking put a curse-
Nothing could be worse
Walking through the door
Who could ask for more?

Now I'm free
And I can see,
And I am me,
Yes I am free

Spread the word around -
The rat is leaving town
The message is a song
The misery is gone

Shaking out a curse
Nothing could be worse
Walking through the door
Who could ask for more

Now I'm free
And I can see,
And I am me,
Yes I am free

Please stay away!


INTO THE FIRE (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)

Take the trouble to decide the things you do
Will not be the things that don't appeal to you
See the mess your makin' can't you see your fakin'
Gonna make it hard for you, you're gonna-into the fire!

Turn on the mandrake that was given to you
See if you can make it like the others do
Feel the blood a knockin' when you're finger poppin'
Gonna make it hard for you, you're gonna-into the fire!

Stop your bleeding mind before it's over and done
Listen very closely to the message I've sung
Feel the blood a knockin' when you're finger poppin'
Gonna get a message through, you're gonna-into the fire!


LIVING WRECK (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)

You came along for a weekend
But you only stayed for one night
You pulled off your hair
You took out your teeth
Oh I almost died of fright

You'd better do something for your own sake
Yes it's a shame
Ah you know you're a living wreck.

You said you were a virgin
Full of promise and mystery
But I know that you
Would bring me down
'Cos everyone calls you big G

You'd better do something for your own sake
Yes it's a shame
Ah you know you're a living wreck.

You said you're gonna love me,
You said you're gonna set me free
But I knew the true-
You bring me down
And caused me misery.

You'd better do something for your own sake
Yes it's a shame
Ah you know you're a living wreck.


HARD LOVING MAN (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)

Break my back with hard lovin'
Take my hand and keep movin'
Don't slow down we're nearly there now
Oh can you stand the pain
I'm a hard lovin' man

What's your name? It's alright now
Trick or treat we're uptight now
Wanna feel ya I wanna hear ya
Oh here we go again
I'm a hard lovin' man

Come back here it's not over
Can't you see there's still time girl
I can last make if fast now
Oh gotta catch a train
I'm a hard lovin' man.


BLACK NIGHT (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
"Black Night / Speed King" single © 1970
"Deep Purple In Rock Anniversary Edition" bonus track © 1995

Black night is not right,
I don't feel so bright,
I don't care to sit tight.
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line
That I'm free, free to be me.
Black night is a long way from home.

I don't need a dark tree,
I don't want a rough sea,
I can't feel, I can't see.
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line
That I'm free, free to be me.
Black night is a long way from home.

Black night, black night,
I don't need black night,
I can't see dark night.
Maybe I'll find on the way down the line
That I'm free, free to be me.
Black night is a long way from home.


CRY FREE (Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)
Unreleased studio track © 1970
"Deep Purple In Rock Anniversary Edition" bonus track © 1995

Pass your mother, lose your brother
Be a lover, too
Well all together make it better
You gotta cry free

Bridges burnin', eyes are turnin'
Now they're learnin' fools
They're gonna talk it over
While they're talkin'
You gotta cry Free

Cry free

Fists are shakin', homes are breakin'
Know what's makin' blues
Oh true convictions, satisfaction
While you cry free.


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