Тексты к альбому Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

Man On The Silver Mountain
(Blackmore/Dio)

I'm a wheel, I'm a wheel
I can roll, I can feel
And you can't stop me turning

'Cause I'm the sun, I'm the sun
I can move, I can run
But you'll never stop me burning

Come down with fire
Lift my spirit higher
Someone's screaming my name
Come and make me holy again

I'm the man on the silver mountain
I'm the man on the silver mountain

I'm the day, I'm the day
I can show you the way
And look - I'm right beside you

I'm the night, I'm the night
I'm the dark and the light
With eyes that see inside you

Come down with fire
Lift my spirit higher
Someone's screaming my name
Come and make me holy again

I'm the man on the silver mountain
I'm the man on the silver mountain

Come down with fire
And lift my spirit higher
Someone's screaming my name
Come and make me holy again

I'm the man on the silver mountain
I'm the man on the silver mountain

Well, I can help you, you know I can
I'm the man on the silver mountain
I'm the man on the silver mountain

Just look at me and listen
I'm the man, the man, give you my hand
I'm the man on the silver mountain

Come down with fire
And lift your spirit higher
I'm the man on the mountain
The man on the silver mountain

I'm the night, the light
The black and the white
The man on the silver mountain

Self Portrait
(Blackmore/Dio)

Paint me your picture
And hang it on the wall
Color it darkly
The lines must start to crawl

Down, down, down
Spin me around and around
Draw me away to the night from the day
Leave not a trace to be found

Down, down
Nothing is real but the way that I feel
And I feel like going down, down, down, down
Down, down, down, down, down

Paint me a picture
Of eyes that never see
With flashes of lightning
That burn for only me

Hey, hey, hey!
There's only the devil to pay
I'm ready to go, pull me down from below
Give me a place I can lay

Hey, hey!
Nothing is real but the way that I feel
I feel like going down, down, down, down
Down, down, down, down

Nothing is real but the way that I feel
And I feel like going down, down, down
Nothing is real but the way that I feel
And I feel like going down, down, down, down

Down, down, down, down
Down, down, down, down
Down

Black Sheep Of The Family
(Hammond)

I've got nothing in my head, got a floor for a bed
The future's at the bottom of a tea cup
I got a half a pair of shoes and no time to lose
I'm wondering when I'm going to wise up

So fortune, shine your light on me and my clothes
'Cause we need some security
You get a little bad luck and it grows and it grows
I'm the black sheep of the family

I've got half a pound of rice, a beard full of lice
A mission called retrogression
I've got pocket full of dust and eating is a must
You want to make a good impression

So fortune, shine your light on me and my dog
'Cause we need some security
While all the folks are living high up the hill
I'm the black sheep of the family

Don't talk to me about society
You got to pay the rules or pay the penalty
Because there's nothing to choose
Between a handful of blues, double indemnity

The hour was wrong and my shadow's getting long
My real life's a song, don't need much
But I've got an ache in my head, I wanna go to bed
Tomorrow I don't have to wake up, no

So wisdom, shine your light on me and my knees
'Cause it's true what they say about familiarity
There's nothing good this way and it's true what they say
I'm the black sheep of the family

My wisdom, shine your light on me and my knees
It's true what they say about familiarity
There's nothing good this way and it's true what they say
I'm the black sheep of the family

I'm the black sheep of the family
Just me and my dog
I'm the black sheep of the family

I'm the black sheep of the family
You've got me on my knees
I'm the black sheep of the family

Catch The Rainbow
(Blackmore/Dio)

When evening falls she'll run to me
Like whispered dreams your eyes can't see
Soft and warm, she'll touch my face
A bed of straw against the lace

We believed we'd catch the rainbow
Ride the wind to the sun
Sail away on ships of wonder
But life's not a wheel with chains made of steel

So bless me

Come the dawn
Come the dawn
Come the dawn
Come the dawn

We believed we'd catch the rainbow
Ride the wind to the sun
And sail away on ships of wonder
But life's not a wheel with chains made of steel

So bless me
Oh, bless me
Bless me

Come the dawn
Come the dawn
Come the dawn
Come the dawn

Snake Charmer
(Blackmore/Dio)

Old hollow eyes got no ties
Walking by the light of the moon
Hey, shiny boots with strings and flutes
Rising like a crazy balloon

Close your door
He's on the loose
Here he comes
No hope for you

Snake charmer - we'll haunt you

So hey, mystery man! What's your plan?
I've got to tell the world to beware, you don't care
He'll hypnotize you and tell you lies
He's hiding at the top of the stairs

Close your door
He's on the move
I see him coming out
There's no hope for you

Snake charmer
Snake charmer - get out

Hey, fancy face! Got no place
Living from a hole in the ground
Old sparkle eyes, he never cries
One step ahead of the hounds

Close your door
He's on his way
He's coming out of the shadows now, now
No hope for you

Snake charmer
Snake charmer - now listen to me

Hey, hollow eyes! Got no ties
Oh, shiny boots, play your strings and flutes
Mystery man, what's your plan?
Fancy face got no place

Snake charmer - he'll harm ya

Oh, sparkle eyes got no ties
Ooh, shiny boots, close your door
He's on the loose
Snake charmer

My mystery man, what's your plan?
I've got to tell the world to beware
You don't care
Hypnotized, charming lies

The Temple Of The King
(Blackmore/Dio)

One day in the year of the fox
Came a time remembered well
When the strong young man of the rising sun
Heard the tolling of the great black bell

One day in the year of the fox
When the bell began to ring
Meant the time had cometh
For one to go to the temple of the king

There in the middle of the circle he stands
Searching, seeking
With just one touch of his trembling hand
The answer will be found

Daylight waits while the old man sings
Heaven, help me
And then like the rush of a thousand wings
It shines upon the one and the day had just begun

One day in the year of the fox
Came a time remembered well
When the strong young man of the rising sun
Heard the tolling of the great black bell

One day in the year of the fox
When the bell began to sing
It meant the time had cometh
For one to go to the temple of the king

There in the middle of the people he stands
Seeing, feeling
With just a wave of a strong right hand
He's gone to the temple of the king

Far from the circle at the edge of the world
He's hoping, wondering
Thinking back from the stories he's heard
Of what he's going to see

There in middle of the circle it lies
Heaven, help me
Then all could see by the shine in his eyes
The answer had been found

Back with the people in the circle he stands
Giving, feeling
With just one touch of a strong right hand
They know of the temple and the king

If You Don't Like Rock'n'Roll
(Blackmore/Dio)

You'd never know there was some music playing
Until you talked your way inside the door
And then a sound like rolling thunder
Begins to push you right through the floor

And there's a great white sign with big black letters
That just about explains it all

If you don't like rock 'n' roll
Well, if you don't like rock 'n' roll
If you don't like rock 'n' roll
Then it's too late now

Well, it's too late now

Of course there was the usual lady
And she was dressed the way the stories tell
So being cool I made a move to grab her
But you could see she read story well

And then she whipped out a card with big black letters
That just about explained it all

Well, if you don't like rock 'n' roll
If you don't like rock 'n' roll
Well, if you don't like rock 'n' roll
Then you're too late now

Then you're too late now

Well, if you don't like rock 'n' roll
Well, if you don't like rock 'n' roll
If you don't like rock 'n' roll
Well, it's too late now

Well, you're too late now

If you don't like rock 'n' roll
If you don't like my rock 'n' roll
Then you're too late now
Then you're too late now

Then you're too late, too late now

Sixteenth Century Greensleeves
(Blackmore/Dio)

It's only been an hour
Since he locked her in the tower
The time has come
He must be undone by the morning

Many times before
The tyrant's opened up the door
Someone cries
Still we close our eyes, not again

Meet me when the sun is in the western skies
The fighting must begin before another someone dies
Crossbows in the firelight, greensleeves waving
Madmen raving through the shattered night

Flames are getting higher
Make it leap unto the spire
Draw bridge down, cut it to the ground
We shall dance around the fire

No more night
We have seen the light
Let it shine on bright
Hang him higher, higher

Draw bridge down
Cut it to the ground
We shall dance all around
Around the fire, 'round the fire

No more night
We have seen the light
Let it shine on bright
Hang him higher, higher

Put the man on the fire

Draw bridge down
Cut it to the ground
We gotta dance around the fire
The fire, the fire

Still I'm Sad
(Samwell-Smith/Mc Carthy)

Instrumental track

Made by Coda, 2007
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