On The Wings Of A Russian

Deep Purple On The Wings Of A Russian Lyrics
1.Burn

The sky is red, i don't understand,
Past midnight i still see the land.
People are sayin' the woman is damned,
She makes you burn with a wave of her hand.
The city's a blaze, the town's on fire.
The woman's flames are reaching higher.
We were fools, we called her liar.
All i hear is 'burn!'

I didn't believe she was devil's sperm.
She said, 'curse you all, you'll never learn!
When i leave there's no return.'
The people laughed till she said, 'burn!'
Warning came, no one cared.
Earth was shakin', we stood and stared.
When it came no one was spared.
Still i hear 'burn!'

You know we had no time,
We could not even try.
You know we had no time.

You know we had no time,
We could not even try.
You know we had no time.

The sky is red, i don't understand,
Past midnight i still see the land.
People are sayin' the woman is damned,
She makes you burn with a wave of her hand.
Warning came, no one cared.
Earth was shakin, we stood and stared.
When it came no one was spared.
Still i hear 'burn!'

- ritchie blackmore, david coverdale, jon lord & ian paice


2.Gettin' Tighter

(bolin/hughes)

When night time comes
And i'm ten thousand miles away
Just lose yourself
And watch the band kick back and play

Get up - keep in line
It's gettin' tighter all the time
You say you're feelin' fine
It's gettin' tighter all the time

Get a load off your mind
This place is right
It's hard to find
The mood is set alright
It's gonna be a long long night
You keep spinnin' 'round
You find it hard to touch the ground
And time is all it takes
You'll find it easy once you make

Get up - keep in line
It's gettin' tighter all the time
Gettin' tighter
Gettin' tighter


3.Going Down


4.Highway Star

Nobody gonna take my car
I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car
It's gonna break the speed of sound
Oooh it's a killing machine
It's got everything
Like a driving power big fat tyres
And everything

I love it and i need it
I bleed it yeah it's a wild hurricane
Alright hold tight
I'm a highway star

Nobody gonna take my girl
I'm gonna keep her to the end
Nobody gonna have my girl
She stays close on every bend
Oooh she's a killing machine
She's got everything
Like a moving mouth body control
And everything

I love her i need her
I seed her
Yeah she turns me on
Alright hold on tight
I'm a highway star

Nobody gonna take my head
I got speed inside my brain
Nobody gonna steal my head
Now that i'm on the road again
Oooh i'm in heaven again i've got everything
Like a moving ground an open road
And everything

I love it and i need it
I seed it
Eight cylinders all mine
Alright hold on tight
I'm a highway star

Nobody gonna take my car
I'm gonna race it to the ground
Nobody gonna beat my car
It's gonna break the speed of sound
Oooh it's a killing machine
It's got everything
Like a driving power big
Fat tyres and everything

I love it and i need it
I bleed it
Yeah it's a wild hurricane
Alright hold on tight
I'm a highway star
I'm a highway star
I'm a highway star


5.Homeward Strut

(bolin)

Instrumental, orginally from bolin's solo album 'teaser'.


6.Lady Luck

(cook/coverdale)

She was a juke-box dancer
A blue eyed gypsy queen
She always had an answer
For what she'd done
And where she'd been
A feathercane lady midnight
For all around to see
She spoke with words of wisdom
And this is what she said to me

Lady luck
C'mon give me what i want
Pull me up
Lady luck
If i see you again
I will call you my friend

I have always been a sinner
But then the lady came along
She stole my heart and turned me 'round
'till i didn't know right from wrong
She whispered words of kindness
I'd never ever heard before
Golden words and silver tongue
Till i really couldn't take no more

Lady luck
C'mon give me what i want
Pull me up
Lady luck
If i see you again
I will call you my friend
C'mon shake me


7.Lazy

You're lazy just stay in bed
You're lazy just stay in bed
You don't want no money
You don't want no bread

If you're drowning you don't clutch no straw
If you're drowning you don't clutch no straw
You don't want to live you don't want to cry no more

Well my trying ain't done no good
I said my trying ain't done no good
You don't make no effort no not like you should

Lazy you just stay in bed
Lazy you just stay in bed
You don't want no money
You don't want no bread


8.Love Child

(bolin/coverdale)

You can walk thro' fire,
Make the north wind blow
Squeeze 'n' tease me honey
When you shake your body
You move my soul...
Let me be your lover
Won't you let me be your child
Take me through your universe
Y'know that when you smile
You drive me wild...

Love child
Driving me wild
Love child
Always teasin' me

You can ride your pony
Day dream in fairy tales
All i know, is i need more,
When i see you dance the seven veils...


9.Smoke On The Water

We all came out to montreux
On the lake geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time
Frank zappa and the mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky

They burned down the gambling house
It died with an awful sound
Funky claude was running in and out
Pulling kids out the ground
When it all was over
We had to find another place
But swiss time was running out
It seemed that we would lose the race
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky

We ended up at the grand hotel
It was empty cold and bare
But with the rolling truck stones thing just outside
Making our music there
With a few red lights and a few old beds
We make a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this
I know we'll never forget
Smoke on the water, fire in the sky


10.Stormbringer

(blackmore/coverdale)

Comin' out of nowhere
Drivin' like rain
Stormbringer dance
On the thunder again
Dark cloud gathering
Breaking the day
No point running
'cause it's coming your way

Ride the rainbow
Crack the sky
Stormbringer coming
Time to die
Got to keep running
Stormbringer coming
He's got nothing you need
He's gonna make you bleed

Rainbow shaker
On a stallion twister
Bareback rider
On the eye of the sky
Stormbringer coming down
Meaning to stay
Thunder and lightning
Heading your way

Ride the rainbow
Crack the sky
Stormbringer coming
Time to die
Got to keep running
Stormbringer coming
He's got nothing you need
He's gonna make you bleed

Coming out of nowhere
Drivin' like a-rain
Stormbringer dance
On the thunder again
Dark cloud gathering
Breaking the day
No point running
'cause it's coming your way


11.This Time Around

(bolin/lord/hughes)

The world around us hangs in doubt
You face a crime that we'll hear about
To pay the cost would never be the same
Eternal lovers we're not to blame
There's no mistake there's no refrain
The same surroundings that stood
Are here again - this time...

As i look around you can't be found
To lose you i'd rather see
The endless time of space go passing by
This time around...
This time around...
So look around we all will be found
In love...

The world around us hangs in doubt
You face a crime that we'll hear about
To pay the cost would never be the same
Eternal lover you're not to blame
There's no mistake there's no refrain
The same surroundings that stood
Are here again - this time...

As i look around you can't be found,
To lose you, i'd rather see
The endless time of space go passing by
This time around...
This time around...
To lose you i'd rather see
The endless time of space go passing by
Fly...
By...