Deep Purple

Released: July 19, 1971

Songwriter: Ritchie Blackmore Ian Gillan Roger Glover Jon Lord Ian Paice

Producer: Deep Purple

[Intro]
I'm crying I'm dying

[Verse 1]
I can see what's wrong with me
It's in my head
I can see what's going to be
As I lie in my bed
Man is not my brotherhood
I am of the dead

[Chorus]
I died as I lived as I loved and was born
On some distant hill
The reasons to hide were the reasons I cried
Fools pass laughing still

[Verse 2]
There can be bad blood in all I can see
It's in my brain
You don't know the pain I feel
As I must live again
Rocks and stones can't bruise my soul but
Tears will leave a stain

[Chorus]
They smile to themselves as they lay down my head
On some distant hill
The blind and the child sweep a tear from their eye
Fools smile as they kill

[Instrumental break 3:40-6:23]

[Verse 3]
I got my own way to go and now I want
To take your minds
I believe if you could see
The blood between the lines
I believe that you could be
A better kind

[Chorus]
Please lead the way so the unborn can play
On some greener hill
Laugh as the flames eat their burning remains
Fools die laughing still

Deep Purple is one of the defining Hard Rock bands of the 70’s, and is co-credited with such bands as Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin of creating the genre of Heavy Metal. They are best known for their song “Smoke on the Water”, as well as utilizing heavily distorted organ playing to mold their own unique heavy sound.

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