"With a delicate move, kind of shifty and smooth, a shadow has covered the light"...RJD

1978 - Long Live Rock 'n' Roll

1. Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
2. Lady Of The Lake
3. L.A. Connection
4. Gates Of Babylon
5. Kill The King
6. The Shed (Subtle)
7. Sensitive To Light
8. Rainbow Eyes





1. LONG LIVE ROCK 'n' ROLL

All right
Rock and roll, yeah
At the end of a dream
If you know where I mean
When the mist just starts to clear
In a similar way
At the end of the day
I can feel the sound of writing on the wall
It cries for you
It's the least that you can do
Like a spiral on the wind
I can hear it screaming in my mind

Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Let it live

In a different time
When the words didn't rhyme
You could never quite be sure
Then on with the change
It was simple but strange
And you knew the feeling seemed to say it all
It cries for you
It's the least that you can do
Like a spiral on the wind
I can hear it screaming in my mind

Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll
I'm losing control

Long live rock ’n’ roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll, yeah
Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Look you

If you suddenly see
What has happened to me
You should spread the word around
And tell everyone here
That it’s perfectly clear
They can sail above it all on what they've found
It cries for you
It's the best that you can do
Like a sound that's everywhere
I can hear it screaming through the air

Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Let it live, let it live, let it live

Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll, yeah
Long live rock ‘n’ roll

Banners held high with a curse and a cry and it's
Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll
You feel it, now spread it ‘round, make a sound, it’s got to be

Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Live, live, live, live

Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Let it live, let it live, let it live, let it live

Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Let it live
Long live rock ‘n’ roll

2. LADY OF THE LAKE

There's a magical sound sliding over the ground
Making it shiver and shake
And a permanent cry falling out of the sky
Slippery and sly like a snake

With a delicate move kind of shifty and smooth
A shadow has covered the light
And then a beam in the shade from a silvery blade
Has shattered the edge of the night

I know she waits below
Only to rise on command
When she comes for me
She's got my life in her hands

When a movement behind hit the side of my mind
I trembled and shook it away
Then another assault and I started to falter
Fibers of steel turned to clay

With a bubbly turn now the water should churn
And push it way from the core
And a lady in white will bring sun to the night
Brighter than ever before

I know she waits below
Only to rise on command
When she comes for me
She's got my life in her hands
Lady of the lake

There's a magical sound sliding over the ground
Making it shiver and shake
And a permanent cry falling out of the sky
Slippery and sly like a snake

With a delicate move kind of shifty and smooth
A shadow has covered the light
Then a beam in the shade from a slivery blade
Has shattered the edge of the night

Straight down I'm swirling around
Blinded and bruised by the strain
There must be some way to see
Diamonds out of the rain

I know she waits below
Only to rise on command
When she comes for me
She's got my life in her hands
Lady of the lake

3. L.A. CONNECTION

Oh, carry home my broken bones and lay me down to rest
Forty days of cries and moans I guess I've failed to pass the test
I've been sent away and not a thing to say, I'm banished from the fold
I'm a fallen angel who's lost his wings and left out in the cold

Ooh L.A. connection
Oh L.A. connection
L.A. connection, yeah

Operator place a call, keep a secret, put it through
Investigator knows it all he's at the window I wonder who
I've got to cut the line and let me drift find a haven in the storm
I got no time I need a lift to where it's sweet and close and warm

I said ooh L.A. connection
Oh L.A. connection
L.A. connection

Ooh, ooh, hey, carry home my broken bones and lay me down to rest
Forty days of cries and moans, well I've just failed the test
I feel I'm balanced on the brim should I lean another way
Like a flame that's going on the dim needs blessing from the day, oh

Ooh L.A. connection, (L.A. connection)
Oh take me away I got nothing to say
It's got to be an L.A. connection, oh, woo
Ooh L.A. connection, (L.A. connection)

Oh, L.A., L.A., L.A., L.A., L.A. connection
Connection, woo

Ooh L.A. connection, (L.A. connection)
Oh L.A., oh, L.A. connection
(L.A., L.A.) inspection, woo
Ooh L.A. connection, (L.A. connection)

Oh I'm down, oh I'm down
I can't take a rejection (L.A.)
Need another connection (L.A.)
Woo, ooh, L.A. connection (L.A. connection)
I’ll fly away, take me back home, gotta get home to L.A., (L.A.)
L.A. connection, (L.A.)
Woo Ooh, L.A. connection, (L.A. connection)
Oh, oh, L.A. connection, (L.A., L.A., L.A.)
Woo, oh

4. GATES OF BABYLON

Look away from the sea
I can take you anywhere
Spend a vision with me
A chase with the wind
Move closer to me
I can make you anyone
I think you're ready to see
The gates of Babylon
The power of what has been before
Rises to trap you within
A magic carpet ride, a genie, maybe more
A city of heavenly sin
Sleep with the devil and then you must pay
Sleep with the devil, the devil will take you away
Oh gates of Babylon

You can see but you're blind
Someone turned the sun around
But you can see in your mind
The gates of Babylon
You're riding the endless caravan
Bonded and sold as a slave
A saber dance removing all the veils
Getting as good as you gave
Sleep with the devil and then you must pay
Sleep with the devil, the devil will take you away

Look away from the sea
I can take you anywhere
Spend a vision with me
A chase with the wind
Move closer to me
I can make you anyone
I think you're ready to see
The gates of Babylon

The power of what has been before
Rises to trap you within
A magic carpet ride, a genie, maybe more
A city of heavenly sin
Sleep with the devil and then you must pay
Sleep with the devil, the devil will take you away
Black gates of Babylon

The devil is me
And I'm holding the key
To the gates of sweet hell, Babylon

5. KILL THE KING

Danger, danger the Queen's about to kill
There's a stranger, stranger, life about to spill
Oh no move away from harm
I need a spell and a charm
Fly like the wind
I'm no pawn, so be gone, speed on and on
Kill the king
Tear him down
Kill the king, yeah
Strike him down

Power, power it happens every day
Power, devour all along the way
Oh no, move me out of harm
I need a spell and a charm
And fly like the wind
I'm no pawn, so be gone, speed on and on
Kill the king

Treason, treason, the specter looms again
Treason, reason, the realm is safe and then
Oh no, move away from harm
I need a spell and a charm
And fly like the rainbow
I'm no pawn, so be gone, speed on and on

Kill the king, yeah
Tear him down
Kill the king, yeah
Got to take his crown, now
Kill the king
He'll rule no more
”Strike him dead”
The people roared
Kill the king, yeah
Take his head
Down, down, down, down
Oh, kill, oh, kill, oh

6. THE SHED (SUBTLE)

I'm like a freight train, feeling no pain
I never turn back, one track, better step aside
Like a shotgun, I'm really someone
You'll feel my heat wave, won't save anyone near to me

I'm steel, so come and try to bend me if you can, ha
I don't feel, before you know it it's over
Get out of my way, I'm street walking
Street walking, night stalking, I'm street walking

No reputation, you better quick run
’Cause I got no time, I'll climb all over you
You need a strong hand to be a mean man
You've got to think fast, I'll last longer than you could know

I'm steel, so won't you come and try to bend me if you can
I don't feel, before you know it it's over
Out of my way, I'm street walking

Hey I'm a wild cat, don't need to prove that
I'm always howling, prowling, stalking my prey
It could be your night to feel the dog bite
And hear the slashing, crashing, tearing inside of you

I'm steel, so come and try to break me if you can, no way
Like a wheel, about to roll you over
Get out of my way, I'm street walking, street walking
No talking, street walking, night stalking, street walking
No talking, I'm street walking, yeah
Street walking, street walking, night stalking, street walking

7. SENSITIVE TO LIGHT

I was feeling rather good, Should've touched some wood
Here she comes again, reaching out to bend my ear
She's worth another look, all the time it took
Pleasing to the eye, how can I just disappear, oh
It ain't clear, no
She's a bright and shining star
Well I just must be sensitive to light
Oh I just might, yeah

I could have let her in, give her just a spin
Let her think it's love, better rise above it all
She's knocking at the door, seems to want some more
Never gets the clue, what am I to do, she'll fall
And she might call, oh no
I say she's a bright and shining star
Well I just must be sensitive to light
Oh, I just might, oh

She could do me well, I can always tell
She's ready for the kill, but I think that I will go now
Sure I'm gonna see something just for me
’Till it comes along, when it's feelin' wrong I'll know
Got to take it slow, yeah
She's a bright and shining star
Well I just must be sensitive to light
Oh, I might, yeah
She's a bright and blazing star
Well I just must be sensitive to light, yeah
Sensitive to light, oh

8. RAINBOW EYES

She's been gone since yesterday, oh I didn't care
Never cared for yesterdays, fancies in the air
No sighs or mysteries, she lay golden in the sun
No broken harmonies, but I've lost my way
She had rainbow eyes, rainbow eyes, rainbow eyes

Love should be a simple blend, A whispering on the shore
No clever words you can defend, they lead to never more
No sighs or mysteries, she lay golden in the sun
No broken harmonies, but I've lost my way
She had rainbow eyes, rainbow eyes, rainbow eyes

Summer nights are colder now, they've taken down the fair
All the lights have died somehow, or were they ever there
No sighs or mysteries, she lay golden in the sun
No broken harmonies, but I've lost my way
She had rainbow eyes
Ooh, mmm












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