Originally released on EMI's compilation "The Anthology" in 1985. Recorded in 1968

(Blackmore/Evans/Lord/Paice/Simper)

Walk through the night looking for your kind of smile?
Hoping to meet you I walk my love for miles
Your face, your eyes, I can't find the girl I look for

refrain:

Shadows can conceal you
you can't hide, so please don't try
Your life and my love
But to search just makes me cry

Life was so young and another day is gone
Love seems a lost word
How can my heart be strong?
When that was is again I wait for love to be there

refrain

Then in the shadows I see the face I look for
But then like the night you're gone just as before
A face in a crowd
A shadow once more

refrain

...shadows...shadows..shadows..shadows...shadows....shadows....shadows....

Single released July 1970

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.

Interview with Roger Glover from the Finnish magazine Rumba, November 1993:

RUMBA: At same time as In Rock was released, 'Black Night' was released as a single. It is one of the best known songs in the history of metal music.

- During that time albums were albums and singles were singles. Kind of strange marketing policy by the way. When we made In Rock, the record company insisted that we should also do a single. We thought we were non-commercial and wanted to be taken seriously, so we tried to refuse: "We are an album band, we don't want any hit-single." Anyway the record company insisted that we had to make something that the BBC and other radio stations could play.

- We went to the studio without any inspiration and tried this and that, but nothing seemed to work. Finally we went to lunch at a pub. Of course it turned out to uncontrolled drinking. We were in the pub until they closed and finally we all were totally drunk.

- Ritchie and I were first ones back in the studio. Ritchie took his guitar and played a riff, which sounded awfully great for me. "You did it, this is going to be our single", I was excited, but Ritchie said "Absolutely no way, it is 'Summertime' by Ricky Nelson". With drunken stubbornness I held on to that idea and finally I had my way. The backing track, over which we just played everything that fell into our minds, was ready less than hour later, and Gillan and I wrote as stupid lyrics as possible. The name 'Black Night' was stolen from a song by Episode Six and then we just invented some silly rhymes; night, bright, right - whatever came to our minds was alright.

Single 1971. Was released on the "Fireball" album in USA, 1971.

(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)

There once was a woman
A strange kind of woman
The kind that gets written down in history
Her name was Nancy
Her face was nothing fancy
She left a trail of happiness and misery

I loved her
Everybody loved her
She loved everyone and gave them good return
I tried to take her
I even tried to break her
She said I ain't for takin' won't you ever learn

I want you I need you I gotta be near you
I spent my money as I took my turn
I want you I need you I gotta be near you
Ooh I got a strange kind of woman

She looked like a raver
But I could never please her
On Wednesday mornings boy you can't go far
I couldn't get her
But things got better--she said
Saturday nights from now on baby you're my star

She finally said she loved me
I wed her in a hurry
No more callers and I glowed with pride
I'm dreaming
I feel like screaming
I won my woman just before she died

I want you I need you I gotta be near you
I spent my money as I took my turn
I want you I need you I gotta be near you
Ooh I had a strange kind of woman

Released as the b-side to the single "Never Before" 1972. Recorded during the "Machine Head" sessions 1971.

If you're leaving close the door.
I'm not expecting people anymore.
Hear me grieving, I'm lying on the floor.
Whether I'm drunk or dead I really ain't too sure.

I'm a blind man, I'm a blind man and my world is pale.
When a blind man cries, Lord, you know there ain't no sadder tale.

Had a friend once in a room,
had a good time but it ended much too soon.
In a cold month in that room
we found a reason for the things we had to do.

I'm a blind man, I'm a blind man, now my room is cold.
When a blind man cries, Lord, you know he feels it from his soul.

Originally released on "Powerhouse", 1977. Recorded during the "Deep Purple in Rock" sessions.

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

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

Single 1969

(Greenaway/Cook)

Hallelujah

I am a preacher with a message for my people
Over the world, scratching on the ground
Looking for the peace that nobody has found

I am a spokesman for a better way of living
Love is the word and it can be heard
If you are young the message can be sung

Let me hear you sing, Hallelujah

Oh tell it to the man who's power is the sermon on the wall
Tell it to the man who says you can misjudge them all
Tell it 'till it can be heard above the wailing of the crowd
Tell it on the field of war and hope you'll soon be justified

There is a better way of life and it's not so hard to find
If you live and let the people in your world speak its mind

I am the pupil who sells his life for freedom
All over the world and it can be heard
If you are young the message can be sung

Hallelujah

Originally released as the b-side to the "Strange Kind of Woman" single in Europe, early 1971. Recorded during the "Fireball" sessions.

(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)

On the lonely road I'm travelling on
The road that leads nowhere
As the ground and the sky wondering why
I'm alone so alone

I kept rolling on from tears for years
Sun is my only friend
With the wind on the bend and my pack in my hand
I'm alone so alone

I'm alone so alone
I'm alone so alone
I'm alone so alone
And I feel like going home

With my money spent, my clothes all torn
My spirit can't grow
I ain't got no friend where the power ends
I'm alone so alone

I'm alone so alone
I'm alone so alone
I'm alone so alone
And I feel like going home

Originally released on "Powerhouse" in 1977. Recorded during the "Who Do We Think We Are" sessions,

(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)

Child on a painted horse
Streams that will run their course
Gone to a far away shore
Ooh, ooh, ah
My painted horse is weeping

Days of another kind
Frost gets a bruising vine
Why did the carpenter die
Ooh, ooh, ah
My painted horse is weeping

Sweet as a rose so fine
Peaceful as a final time
How old could the lion man cry
Ooh, ooh, ah
My painted horse is weeping

Thoughts of a winter moon
Warm in a distant room
Why did I fall asleep so soon
Ooh, ooh, ah
My painted horse is weeping

All I wish, that I wasn't here
Don't you know, I've got a rotten feeling
Of dizzy heights
Its what they want you know
Oh well here I go

What a funny show

Take my time, its the odds that count
Who am I? What a silly sound
Hold my breath, talk of sudden death
Rhyme and reason must prevail
I need a glass of ale

I've gotta feeling now
No need for me to tell you how
It's really kind of easy now
Woa, like rock n' roll

It's gonna be alright
It's funky and it's outta sight
Feeling good, feeling right
It's gonna be alright

(Bolin/Teaser)

This baggage handcuffed to my wrists
i drag it everywhere i go
sometimes i fight you with my fists
but if i knew which way was home

Before the karma cut me loose
would bring me whisky and my water
sometimes i get the blues
though i know i shouldnt oughta
thats where i`d go

Run down ghost trail, no chance of love
no sign of life, just wild dogs howlin in the night
oh thats what i like

Before the karma cut me free
im sick of my own company
sometimes i miss the boat
most times i miss my home
thats where i`d go
if i new which way was home

Run down ghost trail, no chance of love
no sign of life
just wild dogs howlin' in the night

Hear `em howl

Recorded during the "Slaves and Masters" sessions 1990.

(Blackmore/Glover/Turner)

If you find me tugging at your sleeve
Oh yeah well maybe you'd better believe
I'm searching for the one to love
That's all I'm thinking of

If you see me running to extremes
Oh yeh well I'm only chasing my dreams
If you see me coming close the door
I'm coming back for more

Don't you worry if it starts to rain
Step aside if you can't stand the pain

From the mountain top to the valley below
Oh yeh well I'm fighting with the flow
I maybe burning in the frozen sun
Cos I'm gonna be number one

Cos I believe ..... in taking chances

From single b-side to "Love Conquers All", 1991. 
Recorded during the "Slaves and Masters" sessions 1990.

(Blackmore/Glover/Lord/Paice/Turner)

Go to the woman like a switchblade knife

Baby says we're gonna break the law tonight
Ooh...if your daddy could see you now

Rock'n'Roll rebel on a jailbreak run
This operator but a little high strung
There's one in every crowd

You got coming to you,  it happens  every time
that's what you get for a life of crime
You got it coming to you, if you cross the line

And you can't back up, when the going gets tough
And if you fly that high you'd better get some...

Slow down sister, you're burn, burn, burnin', at the speed of light
Better slow down  sister
Put on tile brakes or you won't get through the night

She don't love you, gonna shoot to thrill
I tell you that little girl's kiss could kill
She got me standing on a one way street

Can't break the chains, the ties that bind
Slave to the rhythm and my heart's in time
Beware the taste is bittersweet

When the lights go down, and you hit the ground
It'll happen so fast,.... 

Slow down sister
I said look out now, danger in a little girl's eyes
Slow down sister
Well you're gonna find out there's trouble in paradise
..that ain't nice...

You'll never stop... your butterfly ball
....in the black, you think you've done it all
Come on now baby, you know it's true

You want all the money and the price of fame
Ride to glory on another man's name
Now there's a lesson here for you

You'd better slow down sister
I said look out now, there's danger in a little girl's eyes
Slow down sister, slow down ,slow down
Well you're gonna find out there's trouble..trouble in paradise

I said slow!

(This is a new song which was played at the Montreux Jazz Festival 2000)

Hey, hey good looking, what's wrong with you
Hey bad looking, why do you feel so blue
You don't know, Jax hit a long bow out of the ground
Don't go fall you'll miss it all man you're looking down
I said there's no such shame as an ugly woman
No, there's no such thing as an ugly man
No such thing babe, it's hanging up on where you stand
While your eyes just watching out things are living grand

Oeh, hoe you're a long time gone
Oeh, hoe long time gone, oh yeah baby

(Montreux Jazz Night)
Get on now
Don't go fall you'll miss it all
Please stop these sky is grey
But the sun is shining somewhere every day
Ah, come on now baby

Baby, baby ,baby

Ah, changing weather, it's a beautiful thing
Just, being together, it's a beautiful thing
(Montreux Jazz Night)
Long straps hanging like a bear drape hanging down
They'll rock the shock of your paradise you have found

Woe, hoe, you're a long time gone
Woe, hoe, wow, long time gone
You long time gone
Yeah, hoe come on baby
Hoe, now long time gone
Yeah, baby come on
We hoe
Hey babe, come on