Deep Purple

Released: June 3, 1970

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

Producer: Deep Purple

[Verse 1]
Spread the word around
The rat is leaving town
The message is a song
The misery is gone
Once I had a dream
To sing before the queen
She didn't want to know
She wouldn't see the show
What a fright
I couldn't do it right
Oh what a night
Mystic Demons fly
All about the sky
With memories of a clown
The saddest show in town
When I was seventeen
My mother said to me
Be careful what you touch
You shouldn't take so much
I blew my mind
She was so kind
I could have cried
In my mind
I had to find
A kind of new way
Of being oh so cool
Like a blue blooded
Well studded
English fool
Speak about the past
Times are changing fast
Once I was so weak
I couldn't even speak

[Pre-Chorus]
Shaking out a curse
Nothing could be worse
Walking through the door
Who could ask for more

[Chorus]
Now I'm free
And I can see
And I can see

[Bridge]
Spread the word around
The rat is leaving town
The message is a song
The misery is gone

[Pre-Chorus]

[Chorus]
Now I'm free
And I can see
And I am me

[Outro]
Please stay away

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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