Songwriter: David Coverdale Glenn Hughes Jon Lord
Producer: David Coverdale Michael McIntyre Reb Beach
[Verse 1]
I called to Madonna
To give me a line
She said boy what have you done
You've been passing your time with a holy man
Talking about the moon and sun
And I can't tell the difference
Between the fool and wise
Show me a river to follow
Away from all these lies
[Verse 2]
I called to the captain
To put me ashore
For it looked like no man's land
Is this the way to follow
I cried as I shook his hand
He told me had no answer
He didn't really hold the key
I am a simple man
Was all he said to me
[Hook]
I've been on my own so long
Won't you lend me a hand
I've been out in the cold too long
Won't you understand
[Verse 3]
I heard my mother crying
She was calling out my name
Whisper in the dark night
Saying who's to blame
The hour glass keeps turning
With not enough sand to see
I am a holy man
So don't you bother me
[Hook x 2]
I've been on my own so long
Won't you lend me a hand
I've been out in the cold too long
Won't you understand
I've been on my own so long
Won't you lend me a hand
I've been out in the cold too long
Won't you understand
I called to Madonna
To give me a line
She said boy what have you done
You've been passing your time with a holy man
Talking about the moon and sun
And I can't tell the difference
Between the fool and wise
Show me a river to follow
Away from all these lies
[Verse 2]
I called to the captain
To put me ashore
For it looked like no man's land
Is this the way to follow
I cried as I shook his hand
He told me had no answer
He didn't really hold the key
I am a simple man
Was all he said to me
[Hook]
I've been on my own so long
Won't you lend me a hand
I've been out in the cold too long
Won't you understand
[Verse 3]
I heard my mother crying
She was calling out my name
Whisper in the dark night
Saying who's to blame
The hour glass keeps turning
With not enough sand to see
I am a holy man
So don't you bother me
[Hook x 2]
I've been on my own so long
Won't you lend me a hand
I've been out in the cold too long
Won't you understand
I've been on my own so long
Won't you lend me a hand
I've been out in the cold too long
Won't you understand
The Purple Album
- Mistreated
- Soldier of Fortune (Alternate Mix)
- Comin’ Home
- Stormbringer
- Lay Down Stay Down
- Soldier of Fortune
- You Keep On Moving
- Holy Man
- Lady Double Dealer
- The Gypsy
- Sail Away (Featuring ’Elegy for Jon’)
- You Fool No One (Interpolating ’Itchy Fingers’)
- Love Child
- Burn
- Might Just Take Your Life
- Lady Luck
- The Purple Album (2015)
- Here I Go Again
- Is This Love
- Still of the Night
- Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City
- Sailing Ships
- Rough an’ Ready
- Woman Trouble Blues
- Ready an’ Willing
- Don’t Mess with Me
- Too Many Tears
- Love Hunter
- Guilty of Love
- Tell Me How (Acoustic Version)
- Can’t Go On
- Good To Be Bad (Acoustic Version)
- A Fool in Love
- Love and Treat Me Right
- Can You Hear the Wind Blow by Whitesnake
- Forevermore (Acoustic Version)
- Sweet Lady Luck
- Take Me Back Again
- Stay with Me
- She’s a Woman
- All in The Name of Love