8. studio album

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RETURN TO FANTASY (Ken Hensley/David Byron)

Searching every day
Looking every way
Trying to make a connection
To find a piece of the action
Like the hungry poet
Who doesn't know
He is close to perfection 
Choice is the question
Moonlight night after moonlight night
Side by side they will see us ride
But if they cared to look
Then they would see
It's our return to fantasy, fantasy, fantasy

Can you understand 
That in every man
There's a need to unwind

That's never been defined 
Somewhere deep within
There's another being
You are somehow abusing
By the person you're using
Moonlight night after moonlight night 
Side by side they will see us ride
But if they cared to look
Then they would see
It's our return to fantasy, fantasy, fantasy
Travelling faster than lightning
Closer than ever before
We can go on for you
And take you nearer to
The legend of mystery from the beginning of time
Dreaming... TlME... Dreaming
We can return to the land of the good and the kind 
TIME... Dreaming... TIME... Dreaming
Why don't you come to our party and open your minds

In another place
There's a newer face
Like an unfinished painting
Your creator is waiting
The brush and pen describe
What it is inside
That will set your mind thinking
While the others are sinking
Moonlight night after moonlight night 
Side by side
They will see us ride
But if they cared to look
Then they would see
It's just our return to fantasy, fantasy, fantasy

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SHADY LADY (Ken Hensley/Mick Box/David Byron/Lee Kerslake)
 
Out from St. Louis I wasn't choosy
I just wanted to get back on the road 
I hitched in cars and worked in bars
Lookin' for a place to lay down my load
I met a lady, a shady lady
And someone told her I was all on my own
She poured a beer and said when I'm finished here 
Hang around cause I'm taking you home

Dont worry, I'll treat you alright
Don't worry, you can stay all night
I thought it was easy ride
But I didn't know where i was, until I got inside

She said okay sonny, give me your money 
And don't start any foolin' around
I said what, I said what
Dont you think you're turning me upside down
She said I don't care
I've been everywhere
And I've not been lookin' for you
But I'll take you in and give you a spin
You'll know some tricks by the time we get through

Shady lady, you want it all your own way
Shndy lady, you won't let go of your prey
Shady lady, eat me up and spit me out
But let's get started now I know what you're talkin' about

Now in the morning, as day was dawning
Shady asked me if I'd stay there awhile
I said stay, baby no way
But I couldn't keep myself from a smile
I said now no bye-bye's, go in and dry your eyes
That ain't fittin' for a lady like you
Why not be smart, and give your life another start
But take care now whatever you do

Shady lady, I'm on my way
Shady lady, we'll meet again one day 
And don't worry cause when we do
I'm gonna make sure that there ain't very much left of you

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DEVIL'S DAUGHTER (David Byron/Mick Box/Ken Hensley/Lee Kerslake) 

I don't believe in your kind of affection 
You're takin' me in the wrong direction 
Don't give me of that holy water
Comin' on like you're the Devils Daughter

Just take me to your Chapel
Show me to your leader 
Take me to your Chapel
I wanna meet your leader

How do you find the time to exist
I've got to keep my strength of mind to resist 
Don't give me of that holy water
Comin' on like you're the Devils Daughter 

Just take me to your Chapel
Show me to your leader
Take me to your Chapel
I wanna see your leader

Where do you come hom and where do you go
Can I touch without having to know
Don't give me none of that holy water
Comin' on like you're the Devils Daughter 

Just take me to your Chapel
Show me to your leader
Take me to your Chapel
Show me to your leader

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BEAUTIFUL DREAM (Ken Hensley/David Byron/Mick Box/Lee Kerslake) 

Sail down the stream, such a beautiful dream 
Never stopping never touching anything
Till dawn awakes you with a breath of the Spring

Far from the crowds, way above the clouds
We can take you to the edge of the day
And show you living in a new kind of way

We'll take you floating to
A sea of morning dew
Where everyone's the same 
And no-one knows your name
And there you'll see that you can
Live your life to the extreme
Such a beautiful dream

We'll take you floating to 
A sea of morning dew
Where everyone's the same 
And no-one knows your name
Live your life to the extreme
Such a beautiful dream
Such a beautiful dream
Such a beautiful dream

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PRIMA DONNA (David Byron/Mick Box/Lee Kerslake/Ken Hensley)

I'll go down fighting but I'd rather be delightin' 
All the people who come to see
The Devil's from Chicago, now where the hell do they go 
When we get in our limousnes

We just want to be, where it's all going on
Bur tell me what do you do when it's over
and everyone who loved you is gone

You're our kind of people you're the church and we're the steeple
But we're all inside the hall
If we've got what you need then we'll give you the speed
To get up and have a ball

We just want to be where it's all going on

But tell me what do you do when it's'over
and everyone who loved you is gone

And you're just another Prima Donna of rock'n'roll
So please let me know when you want me to go

You're our kind of people you're the church and we're the steeple
But we're all inside the hall
If we've got what you need then we'll give you the speed
To get up and have a ball

We just want to be where it's all going on
But tell me what do you do when it's over 
and everyone who loved you is gone

You're just another Prima Donna of rock'n'roll
So please let me know when you want me to go

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YOUR TURN TO REMEMBER (Ken Hensley) 

I was always the one who did the thinkin' 
It was me, I'm sorry I, who made the plans
There was never thought we might do somethin' between us
It's so clear I think I'm beginning to understand
I would the one who had to lay it out and pay it out
I would work all night even though
I wanted to play out and stay out

Now it's your turn to remember
It's your turn to try to understand

When the time came for staying together 
You refused to even talk about for ever
It was easy telling me you love me
I was a little late in finding out the truth
The rule of love as there you had to bend it
Now the damage is done it's impossible to mend it 

Now it's your turn to remember
It's your turn to feel a little pain

I feel a little better
Talking about her yet her
Memory's not for me 
The skies are not so gray
I've found a new tune to play now
It's a beter song
It'll be foIlowin' on

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SHOWDOWN (Ken Hensley/David Byron/Mick Box/Lee Kerslake) 

It's gonna happen before too long
It's getting hard to tell who's right and who's wrong
I can see it coming so I gotta be strong

There's gonna be a showdown
There's gonna be changes in this town
We're gonna see a showdown

A time's gonna in the future when
A whole lotta people gonna think again
We're gonna keep right on till you break and then

There's gonna be a showdnwn
There's gonna be changes in this town
We're gonna see a showdown

Do you want to be out of touch, only you can decide
For somethlng different you're out of luck
Cause on we will ride, on we will ride

The music explodes like a gun in your hand
We're gonna give you more than your head can stand
Then we'll sit down and talk man to man

There's gonna be a showdown
There's gonna be changes in this town
We're gonna see a showdown

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WHY DID YOU GO (David Byron/Mick Box/Ken Hensley/Lee Kerslake) 

I woke up today with my head in a daze
Cause my love had gone
With nothing to do, just to dream about you
And how we went wrong

But oh oh oh
Why did you go
I loved you so
Didn't you know

I waik into town with my head hanging down
Tryin' to hide my pain
The people I meet, as I float down the street
Tell me try again

But oh ah oh
Why did you go
I loved you so
Didn't you know

When I remember how good it was
It makes me cry
Cause my life's been turned upside down
All I want is someone, but how do you say
Please will you stay
Please will you stay

I'll settle down to the life of a clown
To remain alive
I'll work till I bleed, and if I can succeed
Maybe I'll survive

But oh oh oh
Why did you go
I loved you so
Didn't you know

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A YEAR OR A DAY (Ken Hensley) 

Seen from a height of a thousand miles 
The earth looks the same as it did
How is it we can fly faster man day
but we can't find the things we need

Young man said the old man
Let the youth in your heart be at rest 
We may all be dead in a year or a day
When the devil is put to the test

The day of creation was our finest hour
it's something that we ought to defend
But it's been so abused since the first day of light
that no glory can come in the end

Young man cried the old man
There is victory in staying alive
And if you care so little for the world we're in 
Why and what do you want to survive

Can't we try, let the past go by
with it's lessons firmly settled in o minds
To our children one by one and before the darkness comes
let us leave a world full of light of a different kind

In truth they should meet and with love their hearts should beat
And with patience solve the problems of our time
It wouldn't be so hard to do it's only up to me and you
Let us not bequeath a life that is a crime

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Bonus tracks:

SHOUT IT OUT (Ken Hensley)

She took me for a ride in her car
From the moment it started I knew
We wouldn't get far
That didn't matter it seemed
Though I knew it went schemed
And it was just like a dream

Oh, the joy of love was grand
That's when I heard the little birds sing
The day I first met my love
Oh, the day I first met my love

Then we went walking in the park
Away with the day
Till the day became dawn
Man hand in hand with the son
Laughed at the rain
When it came along

Oh, the joy of love was brand
As well the birds
As well the stars would sing
The day I first met my love
Oh, the day I first met my love

Am I really standing here with you
Are you telling me you love me too
Will it grow
Can we let the world know
Put it about, shout it out

The day I first met my love

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THE TIME WILL COME (David Byron/Mick Box/Ken Hensley/Lee Kerslake)

Riding on together
Forever till the end
Some people try to come between us
But we know they're not our friends

So come on join our party
Let the hours slip on by
No more cares or worries
No more asking yourself why

Can you hear us, can you hear us
We're never far away
Can you hear us, can you hear us
This is all we have to say

All our love is true
Even just for you
Don't push us away
Like we're of yesterday
We never ask for more
And we give in return

The time will come
When everyone will listen
The time will come
When everyone will care
Just look ahead
What we said will glitter
Like a jewel sailing softly
Through the air

With everything to live for
Sometimes you're seeing just ahead
Wear your vision and find that
You're together in five different ways

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BEAUTIFUL DREAM (Ken Hensley/David Byron/Mick Box/Lee Kerslake) 

Sail down the stream, such a beautiful dream 
Never stopping never touching anything
Till dawn awakes you with a breath of the Spring

Far from the crowds, way above the clouds
We can take you to the edge of the day
And show you living in a new kind of way

We'll take you floating to
A sea of morning dew
Where everyone's the same 
And no-one knows your name
And there you'll see that you can
Live your life to the extreme
Such a beautiful dream

We'll take you floating to 
A sea of morning dew
Where everyone's the same 
And no-one knows your name
Live your life to the extreme
Such a beautiful dream
Such a beautiful dream
Such a beautiful dream

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RETURN TO FANTASY (Ken Hensley/David Byron)

Searching every day
Looking every way
Trying to make a connection
To find a piece of the action
Like the hungry poet
Who doesn't know
He is close to perfection 
Choice is the question
Moonlight night after moonlight night
Side by side they will see us ride
But if they cared to look
Then they would see
It's our return to fantasy, fantasy, fantasy

Can you understand 
That in every man
There's a need to unwind

That's never been defined 
Somewhere deep within
There's another being
You are somehow abusing
By the person you're using
Moonlight night after moonlight night 
Side by side they will see us ride
But if they cared to look
Then they would see
It's our return to fantasy, fantasy, fantasy
Travelling faster than lightning
Closer than ever before
We can go on for you
And take you nearer to
The legend of mystery from the beginning of time
Dreaming... TlME... Dreaming
We can turn to the land of the good and the kind 
TIME... Dreaming... TIME... Dreaming
Why don't you come to our party and open your minds

In another place
There's a newer face
Like an unfinished painting
Your creator is waiting
The brush and pen describe
What it is inside
That will set your mind thinking
While the others are sinking
Moonlight night after moonlight night 
Side by side
They will see us ride
But if they cared to look
Then they would see
It's just our return to fantasy, fantasy, fantasy

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