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

It's a loaded dice, that you throw this time
If you turn the Ace, it'll turn out fine
When you spin the wheel, and you get your call
South of the line, well the loser gets it all

One too many days, one too many nights
You cried too many tears, had too many fights
And you know it's a bad time, Bad time to lose

Every face you see, has the staring eyes
Every passing glance, makes you realize
And you know it's a bad time, Bad time to lose

God knows there's no good time

Too many days, and too many nights
You cried too many tears, had too many fights
And you know it's a bad time, Bad time to lose
Yeah, yeah, Bad time to lose
Bad time to lose, Bad time to lose

Black Sabbath

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.