ELF • Trying To
Burn The Sun
| 1975 | MGM | M3G 4994
| US | LP |
01) Black
Swampy Water (Ronnie
James Dio/Mickey Lee Soule) 3:43
02) Prentice
Wood (Ronnie
James Dio/Mickey Lee Soule) 4:37
03) When
She Smiles (Ronnie James Dio/Mickey
Lee Soule) 4:54
04) Good
Time Music (Ronnie
James Dio/Mickey Lee Soule) 4:30
05) Liberty
Road (Ronnie
James Dio/Mickey Lee Soule) 3:22
06) Shotgun
Boogie (Ronnie James Dio/Mickey Lee
Soule) 3:08
07) Wonderworld (Ronnie
James Dio/Mickey Lee Soule) 5:04
08) Streetwalker (Ronnie
James Dio/Mickey Lee Soule) 7:07
Produced by Roger Glover
Engineered by Simon Heyworth
Recorded and Mixed at Kingsway Recorders
Ronnie James Dio - Lead Vocals
Steve Edwards - Guitars
Craig Gruber - Bass
Mickey Lee Soule - Keyboards/Vocals
Gary Driscoll - Drums/Percussion
Mark Nauseef - Percussion
Additional Musicians
Gavyn Wright - Background Vocals
Oh yeah
Uh back in the wood
Where it's good
And the days are yellow
Well I saw me a child
She was wild
Like a lady going all out
Dark as the night
She was ripe
For a little conversation
So I pulled her right in
And she said
She had some imagination
Black swampy water
That's where I caught her
Black swampy water
Black swampy water
We didn't speak
For a week
Got tangled up in her hair
So we lay in the grass
What a gas
You can't know that you were there
So then I let it all go
And the show
Was like blowing up a freight train
And round the world I would go
Like jumping on a jet plane
Black swampy water
That's where I caught her
Black swampy water
Uh, what I taught her, yeah
Oh, back in the wood
Where it's good
And the days are yellow
Gotta saw me a child
She was wild
Like a lady going all out
I've been
Black swampy water
All right
That's where I caught her, oh
Black swampy water
Oh all the things that I taught her
Yes, again
Black swampy water, my my
Where I saw here, oh
Black swampy water
What I did when I caught her, oh yeah yeah
Watching all the flowers grow
Soon they'll be around
I love to watch the English countryside
Watch the bird with purple wings
Doesn't make a sound
He's waiting for the wind to take a ride
Ain't it looking fine
I wish that it were mine
Oh, feels good
Oh, feels good
In Prentice Wood, yeah
Ah
Men are coming out to play
Hit the ball around
Jump the net and change the sides again, yeah
Feeling foolish splash your name
Look what we've found
Don't you even use another friend
Ain't it looking fine
I wish that it were mine
Oh, feels good
Oh, feels good
Come with me lady, give us a smile
Try to believe that it's real
Watching all the flowers grow
Soon you'll be around
Feeling all the magic in the air
Seems the sun is only mine
Never going down
Love is in the wind it's everywhere
Ain't it lookin fine
Open up the wine
Oh, feels good
Oh, feels good
In Prentice Wood
Yeah
Oh
Well ain't she lovely
When she's blue
And ain't she lovely
Looking at you
And I'm not one for speaking out loud
But you can't miss her face in a crowd
When she smiles
When she smiles, yeah
She makes me happy
When she's high
She'd even make you happy
Just waving bye-bye
And like some things way up in the air
She's got more than seems to be there
When she smiles
When she smiles, yeah
Well, hey you with your head in the noose
Look like you swallowed your shoes
Don't be called a fool
Ain't you really cool
Won't you even give it a try
My, my, my
Well, hey you with your head in the noose
Look like you swallowed your shoes
Don't be called a fool
Ain't you really cool
Won't you even give it a try
Won't you even give it a try
Won't you even give it a try
She's lovely
When she's blue
She looks so damn lovely, yeah
Looking at you
My baby makes me happy
She's lovely
I'm happy
When she's waving bye-bye
Makes you feel good
She's sure
Every time I see I'm high
Hey, my my
Are there hard days ahead
Should we put it away
For a rainy day
Is my moon out tonight
Should I wake up today
I think I've just gotta say
Life's too complicated
To do much more creating
Waiting for the man to take us down
And you can't have no money
The cloudy days aren't sunny
And all the women that you know
Look just like men
Ah but it's smiling time again
And everybody wins
Good time music Is coming back today
Will the sun shine today
Should we keep it alive
Or lock it all up inside
Can we all find a way
To be happy again
When's it all gonna end
Life's too complicated
To do much more creating
Waiting for the man to take us down
And you can't have no money
The cloudy days aren't sunny
And all the women that you know
Look just like me
Ah but it's smiling time again
And everybody wins
'Cause good time music is coming back
'Cause good time music is coming back
'Cause good time music is coming back today
Oh
Good time music's coming back
Good time music's getting back
Good time music's coming back to stay
Do-do-doo
Do-do-doo
Do-do-doo
Do-do-doo
Anytime of day
See her on her way
Straight down Liberty Road
Slinky like a cat
Trying to catch a rat
Oh, my
She's got crazy looking wheels
Love the way it feels
Just plain watching her move
Could you let her go
Stop the river flow
Now, now
Well come on, well come on
Down Liberty Road
Well come on, well come on
Down Liberty Road
She's lightning, frightening
Oh, oh, she's lightning, Lord, Lord
Got no way to say
Follow me home
Get on home
She's lightning, frightening
Oh my, she's lightning
Got no way to say
Follow me home
Yes right home, say
Anytime of day
See her on her way
Straight down Liberty Road
Slinkin' like a cat
Trying to catch a rat
Oh, my
Well come on, well come on
Down Liberty Road
Get down down
Well come on, well come on
Down Liberty Road
Set me free
Well come on, well come on
Down, down down, down down, down down, down down
Well come on, well come on
Down Liberty Road
Hey-hey
Oh my soul
Oh yeah
Someone in the front of the shop needed a bar
Heard the boogie-woogie from the back of the car
Rooting, tooting, shooting by the man with the horn
Wailing since the day he was born
To get me on the scheme you gotta keep me alive
Jitter-bugging baby doing nothing but jive
Padded in the shoulders but your front is all wrong
You got me coming can you keep it on going
I wanna reach you baby
Got to put the phone down
And let it ring in my ear
Maybe in the morning
We can see if something's dawning
Am I making myself very clear
Oh, hands come alive
Move from side to side
Hands come alive
Shotgun boogie make it low down
All right, oh yeah
All right, oh yeah
Ooh, ooh, baby
Oh, hands come alive
Move from side to side
Hands come alive
Do that boogie jive
Oh, hands come alive
Move from side to side
Hands come alive
Baby, shotgun boogie make it low down
Hands come alive
Move from side to side
Hands come alive
Do the shotgun boogie make it low down
Hands come alive
Move from side to side
Hands come alive
The shotgun boogie make it low down
Hands come alive
Move from side to side
Hands come alive
Do the shotgun boogie make it low down
Low down, low down
Oh
Shotgun boogie make it l low down
Aaa
Touch me, I feel
Take me, I'm real
Sail away, into the sun
I'm everyone
Wake me, I dream
I'm what I seem
Drift away, into the night
I'm the light
I am the sky
Help you to fly
Catch your wind
It's love I bring
I'm everything
I am the sea
Always to be
Drift away, into the night
I'm the light
I'm a fire
Burning higher
Trying to burn the sun
But don't you know
The rules just won't apply
Who am I
Wake me, I dream
Now I'm what I seem
So sail away, into the sun
'Cause I'm everyone, yeah
Touch me, I feel
Take me, I'm real
Drift away, into the night
I'm the light
Streetwalker
You've been so good to me
Sweet talker
You've sure been so good to me
You make a lonely hearted stranger feel
Magic
There's magic in the way you make me feel like
Magic
I can't believe it's true, no
Magic
So spooky in the way you always get me higher
Voodoo woman you've cast a spell on me
Woman
Woman I know that you're the only
Woman
I believe in you
Woman
You're having everyone who comes your way
You woman
Got me on my knees, what can I do
Gotta get to the well
Before the well runs dry
And shuts me out again
You got something to sell
Beneath the midnight sky
Lady I'm in need of a friend, yeah
Magic
There's magic in the way you make me feel like
Magic
Well I can't believe it's true, no
Magic
So spooky in the way you always get me higher
Voodoo woman you've cast a spell on me, yeah
Streetwalker
You've been so good to me
You sweet talker
You've sure been so good to me
You make a lonely hearted stranger
Feel like he ought to be
Love woman
Dressed like a neon sign, ah, oh, oh
Love woman
Dressed like a neon sign
Just a hoochie-koochie baby
Loving with anyone you find
Remember you're mine
Streetwalker
You've been so good, good to me
Oh, sweet talker, sweet walker, sweet talker
You've been so good to only me
Make a lonely hearted stranger
Feel like it just got to be, ooh, ooh, ooh