(Ritchie Blackmore-Candice Night) AUTUMN SKY Highland Looking out and I'm wondering where I am While I'm stuck in the daily traffic jam I decide to get out and leave the car behind me Everywhere there are people passing by Empty faces and not a friendly smile Under stress, loneliness, a part of our city Now I finally have decided I will leave it all behind And discover something better And l know where I will find Find a place of harmony, of laughter and of dreams It you want me, that is where I'll be I'll be waiting on the Highland With its wonderful serenity Where the stars glow and the brooks flow That's my way of life When the mountains on the Highland And the nature is surrounding me When the wind blows That's all I need, all I need On the highland when I was a child l would play with my friends and we were wild And we all loved the moors, the nature and it's freedom And we went for ghost hunt in the mist l remember the first time I got kissed By the shy neighbour guy, who whispered "be my girlfriend" But I longed for some excitement So l travelled 'round the world After that I seattled down and l became a city girl Want to parties every night and lived intensively Now l know it's not a life for me I'll be waiting on the Highland With it's wonderful serenity Where the stars glow and the brooks flow That's my way of life When the mountains on the Highland And the nature is surrounding me When the wind blows that's all I need Bonnie Highland, Bonnie Highland, you're sweet Oh my darling, out of date to leave it whitout you I'm sure you love the highland too If you join me I can promise You'll stay until eternity I'll be waiting on the Highland With it's wonderful serenity Where the stars glow and the brooks flow That's my way of life When the mountains on the Highland And the nature is surrounding me When the wind blows that's all I need Bonnie Highland Bonnie highland All the mountains on the highland are embracing and surrounding me Vagabond (Make A Princess Of Me) There s been many a crooked path That has ended me here Tired, broken and wearing rags Wild eyed with fear
Make a princess of me Door to door with a heavy heart Try to stave off the cold In the distance a gypsy cart Filled with thieves and rogues Make a princess of me Sing for supper and sing for pence A song s all I have to give With a fiddle and with no rest Singing only to live Make a princess of me Through the window a golden glow Families gather round Here outside it starts to snow Silence the only sound Make a princess of me Journeyman Many years I ve been away from home I have faced too many battles Hours here upon the endless road Have left me bruised and battered I have heard the secrets of the streets But I keep them to myself On display but here inside my soul Like a trophy on the shelf Hand upon my heart I know The moon will light my way Oh my friend the winding road Will the life of a journeyman never change? Round the corner down the narrow trail My boots are wearing thin I can feel the heat upon my back The sun against my skin Far away I could ve sworn I heard the ringing of a bell Through the miles you know it s hard to tell when it s you against yourself Hand upon my heart I know The moon will light my way Oh my friend the winding road Will the life of a journeyman never change? None of us will ever know What lies around the bend All the world becomes your home On the road that never ends Hand upon my heart I know The moon will light my way Oh my friend the winding road Will the life of a journeyman never change? Believe In Me it's a reflection that you see in me but I know it's not reality beneath the glitter and beneath all the lace do you see my face? I'll be the mirror the spaces in between it's not the truth it's just a dream but I guess we all have to believe in something
in anything but do you love me just the way I am? do you need me? will you take a chance? Do you see me for all that I can be do you believe, believe in me? Sometimes you need to be lost just to be found you need to go to come back around you need to set someone free for them to return you live and learn I've heard it said that true love is blind all this is just a state of mind if you're not looking you will never find you'll be left behind but do you love me just the way I am? do you need me? will you take my hand? Do you see me through the mystery do you believe, believe in me? Sake Of The Song The moon must be an angel Her halo surely heaven sent Watching from above should the bells forget to ring And we but lonely travellers Following a ray of light All become the same when we begin to sing Round and round we all go Where we stop nobody knows Heaven meets on the earth Could you ever fly without the fear of falling? Does the nightbird cease just because it s dawn? Could a candle burn with any less resilience? Should we never love for the fear that it may fade? Round and round we all go Where we stop nobody knows Heaven meets on the earth Could you ever be just for the sake of being? Could a melody ever be wrong? Could you ever sing just for the sake of singing? Set your spirit free for the sake of the song Round and round we all go Where we stop nobody knows Heaven meets on the earth Celluloid Heroes Everybody s a dreamer and everybody s a star And everybody s in movies, it doesn t matter who you are There are stars in every city, in every house, on every street And if you walk down Hollywood boulevard their names are written in concrete! Don t step on Greta Garbo as you walk down the boulevard She looks so weak and fragile that s why she tried to be so hard But they turned her into a princess and they sat her on a throne But she turned her back on stardom because she wanted to be alone You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood boulevard Some that you recognize, some that you ve hardly even heard of People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain If you covered him with garbage, George Sanders would still have style And if you stepped on Mickey Rooney, he d still turn round and smile But please don t tread on dearest Marilyn cos she s not very tough She should have been made of iron or steel but she was only flesh and blood You can see all the stars as you walk down Hollywood boulevard
Some that you recognize, some that you ve hardly even heard of People who worked and suffered and struggled for fame Some who succeeded and some who suffered in vain (2x) Rudolph Valentino looks very much alive And he looks up ladies dresses as they sadly pass him by Avoid stepping of Bela Lugosi cause he s liable to turn and bite But stand close by Bette Davis hers was such a lonely life I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes Because celluloid heroes never feel any pain And celluloid heroes never really die Everybody s a dreamer and everybody s a star And everybody s in show biz, it doesn t matter who you are And for those who are successful be always on your guard Success walks hand in hand with failure along Hollywood boulevard Keeper Of The Flame Once was a legend of old In a time of days long ago The clattering beat of a horse on the street He appeared from the fog like a ghost I could feel him heading this way A storm was filling the air If truth will be told when the winds blow cold They are warning you to beware No the wild cannot be tamed Keeper of the flame We wondered what devil is this Who appears from out of the mist With a crack of a whip and a wave of his fist He was cursed and I was bewitched Haunted by seeing his face Through the mirror, the smoke and the haze So hard to see through the dark mystery The illusion was part of the game No the wild cannot be tamed Keeper of the flame Be careful of what you wish for And make sure when it knocks at your door It ll be what you need, not some fantasy That will haunt you forever more Let it be what you need, Not some fantasy that will haunt you forever more Strawberry Girl Through the long days of summer Where the air was as sweet as perfume We walked through the golden meadows And danced by the light of the moon She was a lonely angel Sitting there by the side of the road On the edge of the forest That s where the wild things grow And blue skies of promise opened before us There in her eyes held the dreams of the world Blue skies of promise rained down upon us Life is so sweet with a Strawberry Girl In her hand was a basket Sticks and branches were woven as one She smiled bright like a child Bright as the afternoon sun It was filled with her treasures A whole cradle of nature s bounty Wild flowers were chosen To lay amongst forest berries And blue skies of promise opened before us
There in her eyes held the dreams of the world Blue skies of promise rained down upon us Life is so sweet with a Strawberry Girl It s a great day for a gatherer You can say that I told you so In these uncertain days It s the simple things you need the most And blue skies of promise opened before us There in her eyes held the dreams of the world Blue skies of promise rained down upon us Life is so sweet with a Strawberry Girl All The Fun Of The Fayre In and out of a thousand stories Here I stand somewhere in between Kings and Queens, knights and glory Flash before my eyes unseen. Laughing and loving and living for summer Dancing romancing the moon like a lover Secrets and mysteries kept undercover All in the fun of the faire. I have entered through the gates To see the Queen in her finery Playing chess with the King of the spades It is all part of the fantasy. Laughing and loving and living for summer Dancing romancing the moon like a lover Secrets and mysteries kept undercover All in the fun of the faire. Painted ladies with haunted eyes Dance for you as they hypnotize I can feel your heart beat faster When the gypsy becomes your master. I see you but you're not the same The eye can see what it wants to see Through the veil anything can change You can be what you want to be! Laughing and loving and living for summer Dancing romancing the moon like a lover Secrets and mysteries kept undercover All in the fun of the faire. All in the fun of the Darkness Once upon a dark autumn night I was so very far from sleep I longed to walk beneath the stars Into the forest, so dark and deep Neither myth nor faerie tale Could keep me from the path to the maze But eyes upon me I could feel Hidden in the shadows, watching always Something in the darkness pulled me deeper Something in the madness eased my mind Was I awake or was I dreaming Cut the strings that bind me to mankind Once while I was sitting in my room One cold and silver winter s day I could hear an otherworldly call Try as I might, I couldn t turn away Something in the darkness pulled me deeper Something in the madness eased my mind Was I awake or was I dreaming Cut the strings that bind me to mankind Somewhere in between The moss and the stone
The wind and the wood Became my home I lay myself down upon the green When the ivy overgrew I could never leave Something in the darkness pulled me deeper Something in the madness eased my mind Was I awake or was I dreaming Cut the strings that bind me to mankind Health To The Company Kind friends and companions, come join me in rhyme Come lift up your voices in chorus with mine So here s a health to the company and one to my lass Let us drink and be merry all out of one glass Our ship lies at harbour she s ready to dock I wish her safe landing without any shock And if we should meet again by land or by sea I will always remember your kindness to me So here s a health to my company and one to my lass Let us drink and be merry all out of one glass My footsteps may falter my wit it may fail My course may be challenged by November gale Ere fortune shall prove to be friend or be foe You will always be with me wherever I go So here s a health to the company and one to my lass Let us drink and be merry all out of one glass Barbara Allen Twas in the merry month of May The green buds were a swelling Sweet William on his death bed lay For the love of Barbara Allen He sent his servant unto her To the place where she was dwelling Saying you must come to his bedside now If your name be Barbara Allen So slowly, slowly she got up And slowly she drew nigh him And the only words to him she said Young man I think you re dying As she walked slowly o er fields She heard the death bell knelling And with every stroke it seemed to say Hardhearted Barbara Allen Oh mother, mother make my bed Make it long and narrow Sweet William died for me today And I will die for him tomorrow They buried her in the old churchyard They buried him beside her And from his grave grew a red, red rose And from her grave a green briar They grew and grew to the steeple top Till they could not grow higher And there they tied in a true love s knot Red rose around green briar