(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord)
take a look at these dirty hands take a look at this face these blazing eyes do you see me as a broken man tell me are you really that blind you got yourself a load of trouble now you got yourself a bad deal you say I've got a bad attitude how d'you thinkIfeel you got me locked in a paper cage you think I'm chained up but I'm just tied down step aside get out of my way I won't hurt youIhad enough being pushed around you got yourself a load of trouble now you got yourself a bad deal you say I've got a bad attitude how d'you thinkIfeel don't want a number I got a name take a look at my face talk about a bad attitude things have got to change
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Paice)
listen to me I've got a warning for you you've got to learn to take more care 'cos if you swim in dirty water be careful how you dry your hair in a room within a room in a hole within a hole you've got to learn to share your secrets or you'll lose your soul I've got the evidence Iknow you broke the unwritten law another town another one night stand you know you broke the law it's so hard to hold back when the fire is in your eyes a silver dollar in my pocket Idon't like surprises I've got your souvenir is that the price I've got to pay it ain't been that long since the last charade Iknow you're guilty but I'm carrying the blame Itook out much more thanIput in andIfelt the pain in a dirty little room with nowhere left to hide you told the truth with your eyes but you lied inside
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord)
operator I'm looking for a girl you've got to help me get through Idon't know much about her so I'm relying on you she got rhythm but no sense of timing she likes living but she's got no address operator you've got to get me out of this mess let me tell you about her she ain't got a face she ain't got a name she ain't got a leg to stand upon she's out of touch but not out of mind and I've got to see again that gypsy child operator this is the call of the wild she's a hitch hiker never gets a ride but you can bet she's on time she's always around but so hard to find she causes trouble she never takes offence dirty mind a heart of gold operator don't you put me on hold
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
don't look too long in myface it could be a big mistake I'm hanging on a thread so fine Ineed a little space Ishouldn't say butI knowImust I've had enough of pain I'm pissed off standing in the rain it makes me feel like a mad dog Igot nothing to lose mad dog you got nothingIcan use mad dog howling at the moon a mad dog Ineed no friends I'm on the edge of a broken dream laughing at the pain but it makes me want to scream Ishould have known she'd be no good she tore my heart in two butIdon't need to talk to you you make me feel like a mad dog Igot nothing to lose mad dog you got nothingIcan use mad dog howling at the moon a mad dog she said a hard man is good to find and then she raised a doubt all thatIcould give she took and then she threw me out wellIdon't careIdon't care anymore I'm going to lose my grip I'm going to let it rip
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord)
read all about it tell me have you heard the news captain bob he don't pay no dues you know he's looking in my window he's stepping on my toes don't want the truth and it goes to show Igot a joker up my sleeve Iknow what to believe it ain't right just because it's in black and white find yourself a hero treat him like a friend you build him up and tear him down again it don't hold a candle hold it to the light check it out is it wrong or right is this the news of the world it's just a pretty girl she's all the news that's fit to print in black and white inside information taken down note by note a silent footstep that's all she wrote shit that's all she wrote no need to worry the baby's gone to bed dreaming dirty dreams in black and white and read nowIgot nothing to fear is this the scoop of the year headlines on my bathroom wall in black and white
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
she walked into the room her hand upon her hip said look out boy I'll make your backbone slip she looked straight at me the devil in her eye Iknew whatIwas getting but took it by surprise no fooling she really knocked the stuffing out of me some woman a hard lovin' woman she chewed me up and spat me out some woman she's a hard lovin' woman some woman a hard lovin' woman she didn't wear nothing but a smile upon her face licking her lips butIhad the taste her temperature was rising Iwas coming to the boil her fires were burning she was pouring on the oil Ido not jest she really took me to the cleaners some woman Ifelt just great when she pulled her 38's it started with a smile it turned into a laugh it ended with a scream Isaid enough's enough never heard a word she wouldn't let go a man's a man and every woman ought to know and thereIwas and she was dancing some woman here we go again
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
Well there must have been a reason for the smile that you had upon your face last night are you the cat that got the cream did you lick your lips did you close your eyes can you imagine how it feels it's so hard to reveal oh I can't get through and I'm falling I'm getting out I'm losing ground the spanish archer's gonna bring you down is there someone somewhere waiting in the wings to take my place let's not drag it out like a cagney death scene in this season of change it's not hard to explain like the leaves on the trees I'm falling and as you turn don't look away the spanish archer's gonna make you pay do you remember when the sky was blue we used to talk for miles and now we drive along in this thundering silence it's such an obvious lie with that easy smile of yours I'm letting go and I'm falling I'm getting out losing ground the spanish archer's gonna bring you down well is there somethingIcan say as we stumble to the edge have we gone too far why don't we call it a day before we call it a nightmare darlin' if we made a mistake then all that it takes to be free is the wave of a hand and you're falling and as you turn don't look away the spanish archer's gonna make you pay
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
strange strange Iwas born into confusion my mother said to me when you become a man you'll understand but it's still a mystery and if you want to get ahead get some decent clothes the only way to make it dress the part that gets right up my nose and it think to myself in this river of doubt this is somethingIcan do without but strangeways is whatIgot the indians are coming Isaw it on tv they're 20,000 strong but they always get depleted by the cavalry salvation is at hand it's guaranteed just send a donation straight to god 1-800 toll free andIthink to myself in this academy of fear where amIgoing what amIdoing here but strangeways is allIgot have you seen the headlines princess engaged 3 million out of work but that's on the 2nd page the alien has landed finger in his ear can't hear a wordIam saying but that ain't such a bad idea andIthink to myself in this cradle of lust ashes to ashes and dust to dust but strangeways is all you get
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
flying to salt lake city seats 3a and b Iwas down and needed a window but in 3a sat mitzIdupree she said hiIam mitzi the queen of the ping pong where you going boy Isaid nowhere she said I'm movng on Ithought what is this Icannot resist here she is and I've always wanted a girl with a name a name like mitzIdupree she said what do you do Isaid I'm a singer in a band she said ya I'm an entertainer reached out and took my hand she was going to a mining town way up north to do her show Isaid it must be cold up there she said depends on who you know oh that look in her eye Ican tell you no lies I'm just a man she made me feel like a king in my mind Ilove you mitzIdupree Isaid what is this queen of the ping pong business she smiled what do you think it has no connection with china Isaid oow have another drink wellIknew right away that I'd seen her act before in a room behind a kitchen in bangkok and three or four times more in singapore she may not be the first butIknow she ain't the worst she was mine butIran out of time Imiss youIlove you mitzIdupree my darling mitzIdupree
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
don't turn off the light you might draw the queen of spades don't shut the door you don't need to be alone Iwon't bring you no food there might be some poison in your meat I've got to know are you dead or alive don't shut the door are you dead or alive dead or alive pick your window you're leaving don't look in the mirror with a dollar up your face you've got money to burn you're cheap at half the price oh don't powder your nose don't blow your brains just for the the crack I've got to know are you dead or alive just for the crack are you dead or alive dead or alive pick your window you're leaving you're running so fast but you know you're standing still I'm afraid of your shadow and the knife in it's hand you're dancing with death to the tune of the dealer and he don't care don't give a toss don't want to know if you're dead or alive don't want to know if you're dead or alive dead or alive pick your window you're leaving