The House Of Blue Light lyrics

(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord)

take a look at
these dirty hands
take a look at this face these blazing eyes
do you see me as a broken man
tell me
are you really that blind

you got yourself a load of trouble now
you got yourself a bad deal
you say i've got a bad attitude
how d'you think i feel

you got me locked in a paper cage
you think i'm chained up but i'm just tied down

listen to

me

i've got a

warning for

you

you've got to

learn to take

more care

'cos if you swim in

dirty water

be careful how you dry

your hair

in a room within a room

in a hole within a hole

you've got to learn to share

your secrets

or you'll lose your soul

i've got the evidence

i know you broke the unwritten law

another town another one night stand

you know you broke the law

(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord)

operator i'm looking for a girl
you've got to help me get through
i don't know much about her
so i'm relying on you
she got rhythm but no sense of timing
she likes living but she's got no
address
operator you've got to get me out of
this mess
let me tell you about her

she ain't got a face
she ain't got a name
she ain't got a leg to stand upon
she's out of touch

don't

look too

long in my

face

it could be a

big mistake

i'm hanging on a

thread so fine

i need a little space

i shouldn't say but i

know i must

i've had enough of pain

i'm pissed off standing in

the rain

it makes me feel like a mad dog

i got nothing to lose

mad dog

you got nothing i can use

mad dog howling at the moon

a mad dog

i need no friends

read all about it tell me
have you heard the news
captain bob he don't pay no dues
you know he's looking in my window
he's stepping on my toes
don't want the truth and it goes to show

i got a joker up my sleeve
i know what to believe
it ain't right just because it's in black and
white

find yourself a hero
treat him like a friend
you build him up and tear him down again

(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)

she walked into the room
her hand upon her hip
said look out boy
i'll make your backbone slip
she looked straight at me
the devil in her eye
i knew what i was getting but took it by surprise
no fooling
she really knocked the stuffing out of me
some woman a hard lovin' woman
she chewed me up and spat me out

some woman
she's a hard lovin' woman

(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
well there must have been a reason for the smile that you had upon your
face last night
are you the cat that got the cream did you lick your lips did you close
your eyes
can you imagine how it feels it's so hard to reveal
oh i can't get through and i'm falling
i'm getting out i'm losing ground
the spanish archer's gonna bring you down

strange

strange

i was born into

confusion

my mother said to me when you

become a man you'll understand

but it's still a mystery

and if you want to get ahead

get some decent clothes

the only way to make it

dress the part

that gets right up my nose

and it think to myself in this river of doubt

this is something i can do without

but strangeways is what i got

the indians are coming

flying to salt

lake city

seats 3a and b

i was down and needed

a window

but in 3a sat mitzi dupree

she said hi i am mitzi

the queen of the ping pong

where you going boy

i said nowhere

she said i'm movng on

i thought what is this

i cannot resist

here she is

and i've always wanted a girl

with a name

a name like mitzi dupree

she said what do you do

i said i'm a singer in a band

don't turn off the light

you might draw the queen of spades

don't shut the door

you don't need to be alone

i won't bring you no food

there might be some poison in your meat

i've got to know are you dead or alive

don't shut the door are you dead or alive

dead or alive

pick your window you're leaving

don't look in the mirror

with a dollar up your face

you've got money to burn

read all about it tell me
have you heard the news
captain bob he don't pay no dues
you know he's looking in my window
he's stepping on my toes
don't want the truth and it goes to show

i got a joker up my sleeve
i know what to believe
it ain't right just because it's in black and
white

find yourself a hero
treat him like a friend
you build him up and tear him down again

listen to

me

i've got a

warning for

you

you've got to

learn to take

more care

'cos if you swim in

dirty water

be careful how you dry

your hair

in a room within a room

in a hole within a hole

you've got to learn to share

your secrets

or you'll lose your soul

i've got the evidence

i know you broke the unwritten law

another town another one night stand

you know you broke the law

(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)
well there must have been a reason for the smile that you had upon your
face last night
are you the cat that got the cream did you lick your lips did you close
your eyes
can you imagine how it feels it's so hard to reveal
oh i can't get through and i'm falling
i'm getting out i'm losing ground
the spanish archer's gonna bring you down

strange

strange

i was born into

confusion

my mother said to me when you

become a man you'll understand

but it's still a mystery

and if you want to get ahead

get some decent clothes

the only way to make it

dress the part

that gets right up my nose

and it think to myself in this river of doubt

this is something i can do without

but strangeways is what i got

the indians are coming

flying to salt

lake city

seats 3a and b

i was down and needed

a window

but in 3a sat mitzi dupree

she said hi i am mitzi

the queen of the ping pong

where you going boy

i said nowhere

she said i'm movng on

i thought what is this

i cannot resist

here she is

and i've always wanted a girl

with a name

a name like mitzi dupree

she said what do you do

i said i'm a singer in a band

don't

look too

long in my

face

it could be a

big mistake

i'm hanging on a

thread so fine

i need a little space

i shouldn't say but i

know i must

i've had enough of pain

i'm pissed off standing in

the rain

it makes me feel like a mad dog

i got nothing to lose

mad dog

you got nothing i can use

mad dog howling at the moon

a mad dog

i need no friends

(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover)

she walked into the room
her hand upon her hip
said look out boy
i'll make your backbone slip
she looked straight at me
the devil in her eye
i knew what i was getting but took it by surprise
no fooling
she really knocked the stuffing out of me
some woman a hard lovin' woman
she chewed me up and spat me out

some woman
she's a hard lovin' woman

don't turn off the light

you might draw the queen of spades

don't shut the door

you don't need to be alone

i won't bring you no food

there might be some poison in your meat

i've got to know are you dead or alive

don't shut the door are you dead or alive

dead or alive

pick your window you're leaving

don't look in the mirror

with a dollar up your face

you've got money to burn

(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord)

operator i'm looking for a girl
you've got to help me get through
i don't know much about her
so i'm relying on you
she got rhythm but no sense of timing
she likes living but she's got no
address
operator you've got to get me out of
this mess
let me tell you about her

she ain't got a face
she ain't got a name
she ain't got a leg to stand upon
she's out of touch

(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord)

take a look at
these dirty hands
take a look at this face these blazing eyes
do you see me as a broken man
tell me
are you really that blind

you got yourself a load of trouble now
you got yourself a bad deal
you say i've got a bad attitude
how d'you think i feel

you got me locked in a paper cage
you think i'm chained up but i'm just tied down