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Listen, Learn, Read OnDeep Purple

Released: October 11, 1968

Songwriter: Ritchie Blackmore Rod Evans Jon Lord Ian Paice

Producer: Derek Lawrence

[Intro]
In ages past when spells were cast
In a time of men in steel
When a man was taught no special thing
It was all done by feel

[Chorus]
So listen, so learn, so read on
You got to turn the page
Read the Book of Taliesyn

[Verse 1]
Hear the song of lovely Joan
Her sound so sweet and clear
In the courtroom of the King
Among children and the peers

[Chorus]
So listen, so learn, so read on
You got to turn the page
Read the Book of Taliesyn

[Bridge]
"Now hear ye the words of Taliesyn
On the foaming beach of the ocean
In the day of trouble
I shall be of more service to thee
Than three hundred salmon
The hare he bounds across the page
Past castles white and fair
Past dreaming chessmen on their boards
With a fool's mate as a snare

[Chorus]
So listen, so learn, so read on
You got to turn the page
Read the Book of Taliesyn

[Verse 2]
Three times I have been born
I know this from meditation
The bird he flies the distance
From pages two to six
Past minstrels in their boxes
To the waters of the Styx

[Chorus]
So listen, so learn, so read on
You got to turn the page
Read the Book of Taliesyn

[Verse 3]
Don't take the pictures lightly
Listen to their sound
For from their coloured feeling
Experience is found

[Chorus]
So listen, so learn, so read on
You got to turn the page
Read the Book of Taliesyn

[Outro]
All the sciences of the world
Are collected in my breast
For I know what has been, what is now
And what hereafter will occur

Deep Purple

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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