Whitesnake

Released: January 30, 1984

Songwriter: David Coverdale Mel Galley

Producer: Martin Birch

I've been a gypsy for a thousand years
A victim of circumstance
I go wherever my destiny calls
I'm caught in a game of chance
I stand on the outside, looking at love
I wanna get inside
I stand on the outside, looking at love
Just trying to get inside
No fame or fortune, no luck of the draw
When I dance with the queen of hearts
A jack of all trades but a loser in love
It's tearing my soul apart
Still I stand on the outside, looking at love
I wanna get inside
(I'm on the outside, looking in)
I stand on the outside, looking at love
Just trying to get inside
(I'm on the outside, looking in)
The jack of diamonds an' the ace of spades
Try to use me, and to abuse me
It seems the dealer, won't give me a chance
I'm victim of circumstance
So I stand on the outside, looking at love
I wanna get inside
(I'm on the outside, looking in)
So I stand on the outside, looking at love
Just trying to get inside
(I'm on the outside, looking in)
So I stand on the outside, looking at love
I wanna get inside
(I'm on the outside, looking in)
So I stand on the outside, looking at love
Just trying to get inside
(I'm on the outside, looking in)

Whitesnake are a rock band formed in England in 1978 by David Coverdale, after his departure from his previous band Deep Purple. Their early material has been compared by critics to the blues rock of Deep Purple, but they slowly began moving toward a more commercially accessible rock style. By the turn of the decade, the band’s commercial fortunes changed and they released a string of UK top 10 albums, Ready an' Willing (1980), Come an' Get It (1981), Saints & Sinners (1982) and Slide It In (1984), the last of which was their first to chart in the US and is certified 2x platinum.

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