Black Sabbath

Songwriter: Tony Martin (heavy metal vocalist) Tony Iommi Geoff Nicholls Cozy Powell Neil Murray

Producer: Ernie C.

So you lie awake and think about tomorrow
And you try to justify the things you've done
But there's no one here, to hear your tears falling
When you turn around, you find out, that you're the lonely one

And it feels like someone's treading on your shadow
And you always thought that Heaven knows for sure
And it feels like you're drowning, in your tears

So I won't cry for you, no I ain't gonna cry for you
And I ain't gonna lie for you, no I ain't gonna cry for you
Ain't gonna cry for you

So you lie awake and think about the sorrow
Does it really still the fears in your mind
And you try to realise the things you wanted
But you take it all for granted and now it makes you blind

And it feels like someone's treading on your shadow
And you always thought that Heaven knows for sure
And it feels like you're drowning, in your tears

So I ain't gonna cry for you, no I ain't gonna die for you
And I ain't gonna lie for you, no I ain't gonna cry for you
Ain't gonna cry

I ain't gonna cry for you, I ain't gonna cry

So I ain't gonna cry for you, no I ain't gonna die for you
No I ain't gonna lie for you, no I ain't gonna cry for you
Ain't gonna cry, ain't gonna cry for you no more
Ain't gonna die, I ain't gonna die for no more
Ain't gonna lie, I ain't gonna lie for no more
Ain't gonna cry, I ain't gonna cry for you no more

From their start as a heavy blues-rock band called Earth in 1968, Black Sabbath survived over four decades with a total of 19 studio albums and numerous hits, but only “Paranoid” reached the top 10 UK Singles Chart, putting together one of the greatest rock bands of all time and setting the standards for music in their genre.

Virtually every single heavy metal band has cited the early Black Sabbath albums as a major musical influence and Black Sabbath have at least played some part in laying the foundations for most of heavy metal’s sub-genres, including thrash metal (“Symptom of the Universe” and “Into the Void”), doom metal (“Black Sabbath”) and stoner metal (“Sweet Leaf”). The band also explored many rock sub-genres, including hard rock (“Paranoid”), blues rock (“N.I.B.”), psychedelic rock (“Planet Caravan”) and, of course, the traditional heavy metal, being one of the precursors of this genre.

They were ranked by MTV as the “Greatest Metal Band” of all time and placed second in VH1’s “100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock” list. Rolling Stone magazine ranked them number 85 in their “100 Greatest Artists of All Time.” They have sold over 70 million records worldwide. Black Sabbath were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. They have also won two Grammy Awards for Best Metal Performance.

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