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You Won’t Change MeBlack Sabbath

Released: September 25, 1976

Songwriter: Geezer Butler Tony Iommi Ozzy Osbourne Bill Ward

Producer: Tony Iommi

[Verse 1]
I’m just a man and I am what I am, yeah
Nobody will ever change my ways
I don’t need money and I don’t need no lies
I only need to live for today
But I’d like to talk things over with you
I want to hear the things you say, today
Although you won’t change me anyway, oh no way

[Verse 2]
I wish you’d come and see me, I’d like to hold you
I want to set my mind all free
You understand me woman, you give me time, yeah
But I don’t need no sympathy
Still I wonder what it’s like to be loved
Instead of hiding in myself
Nobody will change me anyway, no no way

[Chorus]
Nobody’s gonna change my world
That’s something too unreal
Nobody will change the way I feel

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
So listen to me now hear what I say, yeah
Please give me time and maybe love
If there’s a God up there, well I hope he helps me
I need you now to set me free
’Cause it may be that it’s over for me
If you don’t hear the things that I say, today
Nobody will change me anyway, no no way

[Chorus]
Nobody’s gonna change my world
That’s something too unreal
Nobody will change the way I feel

[Guitar Solo]

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.

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