Deep Purple - Live At The Royal Albert Hall

Live At The Royal Albert Hall (2000) Album
1. Pictured within 2. Wait a while 3. Sitting in a dream 4. Love is all 5. Via Miami 6. That's why God is singing the blues 7. Night meets light 8. Take it off the top	9. Wring that neck 10. First movement 11. Second movement 12. Third movement 13. Ted the mechanic 14. Watching the sky 15. Sometimes I feel like screaming 16. Smoke on the water

Pictured within

Here be friends...
Here be heroes...
Here be sunshine...
Here be grey...
Here be life...
Here love lies bleeding...
Memories so hazy...
and dreams that drove me crazy

Here be down...
Here be paradise...
Here be starbright...
Here be pain...
Here be smiles in eyes like rainbows...
My father and my mother...
My sisters and my brother -
pictured within

Where there're shadows ill met by moonlight...
There are dragons I have slain...
And here be bright eyes with hair so golden...
Sunrise and sunset and running free...
And laughing at the rain

Here be home...
Here be travellin'...
Here be thunder...
Here be blue...
And Sometimes heaven and thoughts of wonder...
The Miracle of children...
a poet and a pilgrim

kith and kin - pictured within
lose and win - pictured within

Wait a while

Wait before you go
so you will know
what I am feeling as you leave
I understand
your need for some time
some solitude

wait a while before you go
you should know
by now my heart belongs to you

I know that you must leave
and I can see
that it's not easy for you
know, that my soul
is always near you

wait a while before you go
you should know
by now my heart belongs to you

Shake off all
and the leaves start falling
spill the wine
and our dreams come tumbling down
all around
the sounds of time
are slipping through my fingers.

Sitting in a dream

I'm just passing time before the Ball
Playing my guitar
I don't have to be where I don't want to be at all
Maybe I'll go far
Going nowhere, sitting in a dream...
Ah, in a dream

Sitting in a landscape full of sighs
Dream away the day
Making up a tune about the blueness of the skies
This is where I'll stay
Going nowhere, sitting in a dream...
Oh, in a dream

Watching as a red and white balloon
Sails across my mind
In between the images that drift along my tune
Smile as they unwind
Going nowhere, sitting in a dream...
Ah, in a dream

Love is all

Everybody's got to live together
All the people got to understand
So, love your neighbour
Like you love your brother
Come on and join the band

Well, all you need is love and understanding
Ring the bell and let the people know
We're so happy and we're celebratin'
Come on and let your feelings show

Love is all, well love is all,
Love is all, can't you hear the call
Oh, love is all you need
Love is all you need at the Butterfly Ball

Ain't you happy that we're all together
At the ball in nature's countryside
And although we're wearing different faces
Nobody wants to hide

Love is all and all is love and
It's easy, yes it's so easy
At the Butterfly Ball where love is all
And it's so easy

All you need is love and understanding
Hey, ring the bell and let the people know
We're so happy and we're celebratin'
Let your feelings show

Love is all, yes love is all at the Butterfly Ball
Love is big, love is small
Love is free, love is all
At the Butterfly Ball

When you back's to the wall
When you're starting to fall
You got something to lean on
Love is everything
It can make you sing at the Butterfly Ball
Love is all, I say love is all, yes love is all
At the Butterfly Ball

Via Miami

Well I got a dirty feeling I need a change of clothes
Where's my suitcase nobody knows
I checked my bags in London, I waited in Japan
here I am hiding in the can, well
giransanvellybadamellicatobrame
it must have gone via Miami, yeh

I work hard every day saving up my cash
looking at my wallet she said no trash
honey I can tell you where you gotta invest
I'm blessed with a treasure chest
now sitting all alone at my table for two
she musta gone via Miami

Well lady luck, I'll be a fool for you

I said you, you
you wanna ticket to the moon baby don't you know
I'd even get a ticket for a Springsteen show

I coulda been a winner if I'd played my cards
now I'm picking up junk in my backyard
coulda been a doctor but I caught a cold
I coulda been... or so I'm told
any chance that ever came my way
it musta gone via Miami

Well lady luck, I'll be a fool for you
I said you, you
if I offered you some advice
would you push my hand away and say no not tonight I'm
losing my mind, I've flipped my lid
mental ain't the word, 'cos she's done my head
I ain't a full shilling I've lost the plot
gone bananas I'm over the top
well, she checked the computer
what happend to my brain
it musta gone via Miami
via Miami

That's why God is singing the blues

We took the p out of paradise
just to produce this hell
And all we're going to leave behind is this decaying
putrid smell
We've lived in this world
seen her used and abused
That's why god is singing the blues

They felled a great oak over there
they filled a duck pond over here
We've got a glass and concrete monster now that feeds
and caters to
our fears
Maybe it's too late
to spoil another view
That's why god is singing the blues

Forgive us father
for we know not what we do
Blame it on each other
and in the name of you
Forgive us mother
for the pain we caused
we destroyed what's yours
That's why papa's singing the blues

Polluted all the oceans
pulped all the trees
Plagued by chronic boredom
we blew a hole in the atmosphere
We tore out her heart
left her battered and bruised
That's why god is singing the blues

Forgive us father
for we know not what we do
Blame it on each other
and in the name of you
Forgive us mother
for the pain we caused
we destroyed what's yours
That's why papa's singing the blues

You may believe in evolution
you may believe in god's great creation
The only thing we know for sure
we got a man made situation
We turned this whole world
into a dying zoo
That's why god is singing the blues

You better live on your feet
than die on your knees
I stole that from some graffiti
lord have mercy please
Living in this babylon
keeps us confused
That's why god is singing the blues

Night meets light

[instrumental]

Take it off the top

[instrumental]

Wring that neck

[instrumental]

First movement

[instrumental]

Second movement

How can I see the light has gone out
How can I hear when you speak so silently
More than enough is never too much
Hold out a hand - I'm so out of touch

You want to feel as your heart would have you do
Looks on my head cannot get the message through
So that my hand can cut through
Peace in my heart can suffer too

What shall I do when they stand smiling at me
Look at them all and be so cool, oh so cool

How shall I know when to start singing my song
What shall I do when they all go by

What shall I do...

Third movement

[instrumental]

Ted the mechanic

He was playing pool and drinking beer
Nothing more'n the occasional tear
But this man's life goes on
He gets greased all over from time to time
At the strip joint, where we met
He said: "Hi! My name is Ted
See that one over there, that ball of thunder?
Every time she goes Vavoom, I wiggle in my chair
Eh oh can I buy you a beer?"
Erh what a guy!

"Well I've had a few myself" he said
"But I never quit when I'm ahead
Too many rules and regulations, stupid laws designed by
fools behind closed doors
And another thing I won't discuss is religion, it always
causes a fight"
Vavoom
"There she goes again"
Huh ah how does she do that, Ted?

Yeah! Aaaah haah!

And he told me of those injustices that he had suffered
in his life
His wife and kids and boss and dogs and neighbours
raising cain and causing strife
They were forever whining, bleating, howling, yapping,
screeching, moaning, crying
Vavoom
He fed them well
Aaaah he keep them warm
Ted - Ted the Mechanic

Thing about Ted, didn't really care
Nothing much got in his hair
The beauty of it was that he was right
He was big as a truck, fast as a door (what's that?)
He was always right
The banjo player took a hike
And what's that song I used to like
Vavoom
Big as a truck
Uh he was fast as a door
Ted - What a guy!
Mmm top man, our Ted
Top man, our Ted
Top man, our Ted

Watching the sky

I sit here alone
I sit here alone
I look at the walls
Look at the walls
Look at the walls
I look at the walls

You shouldn't be out on your own
Oh no, not with a condition like that
Oh no, sir, constant care
A condition like that, a condition so rare
A penny for the guy, a penny for your thoughts
One a penny, two a penny, penny in your pocket
Ding dong bell, who can tell
Wild Man Fisher got nothing on me

I sit by the water
I sit by the water
Watch it go by
I'm watching the sky
Clouds going by
I'm watching the sky

I left my luggage at the station
Didn't know how to say goodbye
I walked away from all the fury and the madness
And the fury and the madness
And the fury and the madness
Woaah

I smile to myself
I smile to myself

You're on the blind side, I'm on the other side
Now I'm on the outside looking for another side
Upside down side, I'm still lucid
Maybe crazy but I'm not stupid
Try to get out, the parking lot's full
No matter, no matter
What's a man going to do?
One two buckle my shoe
Zip my lip

Sometimes I feel like screaming

While you were out... the message says
You left a number an' I tried to call
But they wrote it down in a perfect Spanish scrawl
Perfect Spanish scrawl

Yet again, I'm missing you
King size bed in a hotel someplace
I hear your name, I see your face
I see your face

Yeah...
Back street dolls and the side door Johnnies
Wide eyed boys with their bags full of money
Back in the alley going bang to the wall
Tied to the tail of a midnight crawl
Heaven wouldn't be so high, I know
If the times gone by hadn't been so low
Best laid plans come apart at the seams
Shatter all my dreams

Sometimes I feel like screaming, close my eyes
It's times like this my head goes down
The only thing I know is the name of this town
Name of this town

Yet again, I'm missing you
Won't be long, I'm coming home
'Til that distant time, I'll be moving on
I'll be moving on

Back street dolls and the side door Johnnies
And the wide eyed boys with their bags full of money
Back in the alley going bang to the wall
Tied to the tail of a midnight crawl
Heaven wouldn't be so high, I know
If the times gone by hadn't been so low
Best laid plans come apart at the seams
Shatter my dreams

It's all in the mind
Ouh it's all in the mind
It's all in the mind
It's all in the mind
Ouh

Back street dolls and the side door Johnnies
It's all in the mind
Wide eyed boys with their bags full of money
Back in the alley going bang to the wall
Aaah...
Tied to the tail of a midnight crawl
Heaven wouldn't be so high, I know
All in the mind
If the times gone by hadn't been so low
Best laid plans come apart at the seams
Aaah...
Shatter my dreams

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