House Of Blue Light

(blackmore/gillan/glover)

Flying to salt
Lake city
Seats 3a and b
I was down and needed
A window
But in 3a sat mitzi dupree
She said hi i am mitzi
The queen of the ping pong
Where you going boy
I said nowhere
She said i'm movng on
I thought what is this
I cannot resist
Here she is
And i've always wanted a girl
With a name
A name like mitzi dupree

She said what do you do
I said 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
I said it must be cold up there
She said depends on who you know
Oh that look in her eye
I can tell you no lies
I'm just a man
She made me feel like a king in my mind
I love you mitzi dupree

I said what is this queen of the ping pong business
She smiled what do you think
It has no connection with china
I said oow have another drink
Well i knew 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
But i know she ain't the worst
She was mine but i ran out of time
I miss you i love you mitzi dupree
My darling mitzi dupree

(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 think i feel

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 you i had 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 think i feel

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)

Strange
Strange
I was 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 something i can do without
But strangeways is what i got

The indians are coming
I saw 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

And i think to myself in this academy of fear
Where am i going what am i doing here
But strangeways is all i got

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 word i am saying
But that ain't such a bad idea

And i think to myself in this cradle of
Lust
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
But strangeways is all you
Get

(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
I know 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
I don'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

I know you're guilty
But i'm carrying the blame
I took out much more than i put in
And i felt 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)
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 something i can 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