From Nobody's Perfect (1988) by Deep Purple

Strange Kind of Woman

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 a good return
I tried to take her, I even tried to break her
She said I ain't for taking, 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
Oh 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
Oh I got a strange kind of woman

Dead or Alive

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
I won'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

Perfect Strangers

Can you remember... remember my name?
As I flow through your life
A thousand oceans I have flown ooh
And cold... cold spirits of ice ah ah
All my life
I am the echo of your past

I am returning the echo of a point in time
And distant faces shine
A thousand warriors I have known ooh
And laughing as the spirits appear
All your life
Shadows of another day

If you hear me talking on the wind
You've got to understand
We must remain perfect strangers

Auh I know I must remain
Inside this silent well of sorrow
A strand of silver hanging through the sky
Touching more than you see
The voice of ages in your mind ooh
Is aching with the dead of the night
Oouh precious life
Your tears are lost in falling rain

And if you hear me talking on the wind
You've got to understand
We must remain perfect strangers...

Hard Lovin' Woman

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 eyes
I knew what I was getting but I 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
She's some woman, she's a hard lovin' woman
Mm some woman, a hard lovin' woman

She didn't wear nothing but a smile upon her face
Licking her lips but I had the taste
Her temperature was rising, I was coming to the boil
Her fires were burning, she was pouring on the oil
I do not jest, she really took me to the cleaners
Some woman, some woman
I felt just great when she pulled her 38's
Some woman, a hard lovin' woman
Some woman oh a hard lovin' woman
Ouh no ouh

It started with a smile, it turned into a laugh
It ended with a scream, I said enough's enough
Never heard a word, she wouldn't let go
A man's a man and every woman ought to know
And there I was and she was dancing
Some woman, some woman oh ouh here we go again
Some woman, she's a hard lovin' woman
Mm some woman, a hard lovin' woman
Some woman, a hard lovin' woman
Some woman, hard hard hard lovin' woman ouh
She-she-she-she-she was a... she was as a...
She was a hard lovin' woman

Bad Attitude

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

Knocking at Your Back Door

Sweet Lucy was a dancer
But none of us would chance her
Because she was a samurai
She made electric shadows
Beyond our fingertips
And none of us could reach that high
She came on like a teaser
I had to touch and please her
Enjoy a little paradise
The log was in my pocket
When Lucy met the rockett
She never knew the reason why

I can't deny it with that smile on her face
Oh it's not the kill, it's the thrill of the chase

Feel it coming, it's knocking at the door
You know it's no good running, it's not against the law
The point of no return an' now you know the score
An' now you're learning aha what's knockin' at your back door

Sweet Nancy was so fancy
To get into her pantry
We had to be the aristocracy
The members that she toyed with
At her city club
Were something in diplomacy
So we put her on the hit list
Of a common cunning linguist
A master of many tongues
And now she eases gently
From her Austin to her Bentley
Suddenly she feels so young

I can't deny it with that smile on her face
Oh it's not the kill, it's the thrill of the chase

Feel it coming, it's knocking at the door
You know it's no good running no it's not against the law
The point of no return, now you know the score
An' now you're learning aha what's knockin' at your back door

Sweet Lucy was a dancer
But none of us would chance her
Because she was a samurai
She made electric shadows
Beyond our fingertips
And one of us could reach that high

I can't deny it with that smile on my face
Oh it's not the kill, it's the thrill of the chase

Feel it coming, knocking at the door
You know it's no good running
Now it's knockin' at your door
Aaha knockin' at your back door

Child in Time

Sweet child in time, you'll see the line
Line that's drawn between good and bad
See the blind man shooting at the world
Bullets flying taking toll
If you been bad - Oh Lord I bet you have
And you've not been hit oh by flying lead
You'd better close your eyes aahouh bow your head
Wait for the ricochet
Ooh ooh ooh...

Sweet child in time, you'll see the line
Line that's drawn between good and bad
See the blind man shooting at the world
Bullets flying taking toll
If you've been bad - Lord I bet you have
And you've not been hit by flying lead
You'd better close your eyes aahaah bow your head
Wait for the ricochet
Ooh ooh ooh...

Lazy

You're lazy... Just stay in bed
You're lazy... Just stay in bed
You don't want no money
You don't want no bread oh no

If you're drowning
You don't clutch no straw
No no, if you're drowning
You don't clutch no straw
You don't want to live
You don't want to cry no more no no

Well my trying ain't done no good
I said my trying ain't done no good
You don't make no effort
No not like you should

Lazy... You just stay in bed
Lazy... You just stay in bed
You don't want no money
You don't want no bread
Yeah

Space Trucking

We had a lot of luck on Venus
We always had a ball on Mars
Meeting all the groovey people
We've rocked the Milky Way so far
We danced around with Borealice
We're space truckin' round the the stars
Come on let's go Space Truckin'

Remember when we did the moonshot
And Pony Trekker led the way
We'd move to the Canaveral moonstop
And everynaut would dance and sway
We got music in our solar system
We're space truckin' round the stars
Come on let's go Space Truckin'

The fireball that we rode was moving
But now we've got a new machine
Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah the freaks said
Man those cats can really swing
They got music in their solar system
They've rocked around the Milky Way
They dance around the Borealice
They're Space Truckin' everyday
Come on

Black Night

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

Woman From Tokyo

Fly into the rising sun
Faces smiling everyone
Yeah she is a whole new tradition
Aoh I feel it in my heart

My woman from Tokyo, she makes me see
My woman from Tokyo, she's so good to me

Talk about her like a queen
Dancing in an eastern dream
Yeah she makes me feel like a river
Aoh that carries me away

My woman from Tokyo, she makes me see
My woman from Tokyo, she's so good to me

But i'm at home and I... I just don't belong

So far away from the garden we love
She is what moves in the soul of a dove
Ooooooh...

Soon I shall see just how black was my night
When we're alone in her city of light
Ooooooh...

Rising from the neon gloom
Shining like a crazy moon
Yeah she turns me on like a fire
Aoh I get... high

My woman from Tokyo, she makes me see
My woman from Tokyo, she's so good to me

My woman from Tokyo, she makes me see
My woman from Tokyo, she's so good to me

My woman from Tokyo
My woman from Tokyo
My woman from Tokyo
My woman from Tokyo...

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 & 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 - A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water

They burned down the gambling house - It died with an awful sound
Funky & Claude was running in and out, pulling kids out of the ground
When it all was over, we had to find another place
Swiss time was running out - It seemed that we would lose the race

Smoke on the water - A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water

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 an' a few old beds, we made a place to sweat
No matter what we get out of this, I know... I know we'll never forget

Smoke on the water - A fire in the sky
Smoke on the water

Hush

Naa na na naa na na naa na na naa
Naa na na naa na na naa na na naa

I got a certain little girl, she's on my mind
No doubt about it, she looks so fine
She's the best girl that I ever had
Sometimes she's gonna make me feel so bad

Naa na na naa na na naa na na naa
Naa na na naa na na naa na na naa

Hush hush - I thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush hush - She broke my heart but I love her just the same now
Hush hush - I thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush hush - I need your love and I'm not to blame now

Love love - They got it early in the morning
Love love - They got it late in the evening
Love love - Well I want that needing
Love love - Oh I gotta get ahead of it

She's got a love like quicksand
Only took one touch of her hand
Blow my mind and I'm in so deep
That I can't eat and I can't sleep

Naa na na naa na na naa na na naa
Naa na na naa na na naa na na naa

Listen...

Hush hush - I thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush hush - She broke my heart but I love her just the same now
Hush hush - Thought I heard her calling my name now
Hush hush - I need that love and I'm not to blame now

Love love - They got it early in the morning
Love love - They got it late in the evening
Love love - Ooh I want that needing
Love love - Hey I gotta get ahead of it

Naa na na naa na na naa na na naa
Naa na na naa na na naa na na naa
Naa na na naa na na naa na na naa

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