compilation of previously unreleased and live songs



GYPSY (Mick Box/David Byron)
(1970) Very 'Eavy Very 'Umble
1989, live for Central TV 

I was only seventeen
I fell in love with gypsy queen
She told me: "Hold on"
Her father was the leading man
Said: "You're not welcome on our land" 
And then as a foe, told me to go

He took me to a little shack
And put a whip across my back
Then told her: "Leave me"
I was after quite a time
Came back with her on my mind
Sweet little girl, she means all the world

Oh, I want my gypsy queen
Will she still be torn between
Her father and lover
One day I will go to him
Strong enough to fight and win
The kind of man that he'll understand



LADY IN BLACK (Ken Hensley)
(1971) Salisbury
1989, live for Central TV 

She came to me one morning
One lonely Sunday morning
Her long hair flowing in the midwinter wind
I know not how she found me
For in darkness I was walking
And destruction lay around me
From a fight I could not win... Ah ah

She asked me name my foe then
I said the need within some men
To fight and kill their brothers
Without thought of love or God
And I begged her to give me horses 
To trample down my enemies
So eager was my passion
To devour this waste of life... Ah ah

But she would not think of battle that
Reduces men to animals
So easy to begin
And yet impossible to end
For she's the mother of our men
Who counselled me so wisely then
I feared to walk alone again
And asked if she would stay

Oh, lady lend your hand outright
And let me rest here at your side
Have faith and trust in peace she said 
And filled my heart with life

There is no strength in numbers 
Have no such misconception
But when you need me
Be assured I wont be far away... Ah ah

Thus having spoke she turned away
And though I found no words to say
I stood and watched until I saw
her black coat disappear
My labour is no easier
But now I know I'm not alone I'll find new heart
Each time I think upon that windy day
And if one day she comes to you
Drink deeply from he words so wise
Take courage from her as your prize
And say hello for me ...
Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah



JULY MORNING (David Byron/Ken Hensley)
(1971) Look At Yourself
1989, live for Central TV 

There I was on a July morning 
Looking for love
With the strength of a new day dawning
And the beautiful sun
At the sound of the first bird singing
I was leaving for home
With the storm and the night behind me
And a road of my own

With the day came the resolution
I'll be looking for you
la, la, la...

I was looking for love in the strangest places 
There wasn't a stone that I left unturned
I must have tried more than a thousand faces
But not one was aware of the fire that burned
In my heart, in my mind, in my soul la,la,la



EASY LIVIN' (Ken Hensley)
(1972) Demons And Wizards
1988, from album Live in Moscow 

This is a thing I've never known before
It's called easy livin'
This is a place I've never seen before
And I've been forgiven

Easy livin' and I've been forgiven
Since you've taken your place in my heart

Somewhere along the lonely road I had tried to find ya
Day after day on the windy road I had walked behind ya

Easy livin and I've been forgiven
Since you've taken your place in my heart

Waiting, watching
Wishing my whole life away
Dreaming, thinking
Ready for my happy day
And some easy livin'!

Somewhere along the lonely road I had tried to find you
Day after day on the windy road I had walked behind you

Easy livin' and I've been forgiven
Since you've taken your place in my heart
Easy livin' and I've been forgiven
Since you've taken your place in my heart



THE EASY ROAD (Ken Hensley)
(1974) Wonderworld

If you're looking for a place
You can fly together
And you're really afraid
Of what you're leaving behind
Take the easiest road
But take care my brother
For you'll never find peace
With a troubled mind

Far better to love each other
Than to worry so deeply
'Bout the place you're in
Far better to kiss her softly
Than looking back on a love
You'll never have again

Time's as fickle
As the sky in winter
And two hearts always
Were better than one
Love has the wings
Of a tireless angel
She'll stay beside you
Till the day is done



FREE ME (Ken Hensley)
(1977) Innocent Victim

Why should I worry that you might not love me
You're not the only love I ever had
Your sweet memory will always comfort me
So why should I be feeling sad

As far as I can tell you knew so well
I was always at the end of the line

I loved you as much as any man can 
But not enough to make you mine

So long easy rider I know I'll miss you for awhile
But sooner or later I know that I'll forget you

Free me Somebody Free me Won't you
Free me Free me from your spell

We let a good love die
We let it pass us by
Though you try to keep me hangin' on
But with all this doubt
It'll never work out
So tomorrow I'll be travellin' on



THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT (Mick Box/Bob Daisley/Peter Goalby/John Sinclair)
(1983) Head First

Late at night I've been knocking
On your door
Late tonight I'll be calling
You can be sure
I'll be waiting
Standing in the shadows once again
Sneaking, creeping, howling 
Like a tomcat once again

Oh, there'll be nowhere you can hide
When I take you
On the other side of midnight

You know I don't love you
But I love what you can do
Some more of that hot persuasion
This town its just like you

Oh, there'll be nowhere you can hide
When I take you
On the other side of midnight
I'll be knocking
The other side of midnight
I'll be calling
The other side of midnight
Knock, knocking
The other side of midnight

I'm gonna take you
I'm gonna take you
At midnight, at midnight

Late at night
I'll be knock, knock, knocking
On your door
I said late tonight I'll be calling
You can be sure
I'm gonna take you
Oh, it's gonna hurt so good
I'm gonna make you 
Do what a bad girl should

Oh, there'll be nowhere you can hide
I'll take you
On the other side of midnight
I'll be knocking
The other side of midnight
I'll be calling
The other side of midnight  ...


 
MR. MAJESTIC (Phil Lanzon)
1989, live for Central TV 

Mister Majestic fires a gun
Mister Majestic
He got a lie on his tongue
You can't help but listen
He got a way with words
Don't ask useless questions
Unless you want to
Leave this world

Madam Odessa carries a knife
Across to the jailhouse
In her pretty style
She ain't looking out for business
She got a way with words
She is gonna take that man
For what he done to her

This was how the West was won
Lawless and unruly
Now I guess what's done, is done

She took her old man in cold blood
He hit the deck
With that si-si-si-sickening thud
Life was cheap, that's what we
Always heard about
It was over something stupid
They could have talked it out

This was how the West was won
Lawless and unruly
Now I guess what's done, is done
Billy thought that Billy was right

Where is the killer, nobody knows
He's waiting in the dark saloon
For night to close
He tried to cheat
At the gambling table
A stranger pulls and fires
As he falls he sees the stranger is
Madam in disguise

This was how the West was won ...



RICH KID (Trevor Bolder)
(1989) Raging Silence

She's a rich kid, she wears diamond rings
Knows how to walk, knows everything
About love, she's not too sure ...
What she's looking for
Fresh from the woods, out on the street
She's looking good, looking so neat
She don't know if she should
Cos she don't know it she's bad or good
She don't care if it hurts her father
She don't care if it breaks her mother
She don't care anymore
'Cos she just wants what she's never had before

All she wants is love - she's ready
She wants love and she's gonna get it
All she needs is love - she's s gotta have it
Someone to love

All she wants is love - she's ready
Gotta have love, she'll get it
All she needs is love - she never had it
Someone to love

She was a school boy's dream, a high school queen
She had it all when she was sixteen
Stayed away from boys 'cos she thought she'd get hurt
Why did she Iisten to her mother's words
Couldn't go out - had to stay home
How she hated being on her own
She needs love like everybody else
So now she's gonna get some for herself

She don't care if it hurts her father
She don't care il it breaks her mother
She don't care anymore
'Cos she just wants what she's never had before



BLOOD RED ROSES (Peter Goalby)
(1989) Raging Silence
remixed version

Heavens above - what on earth has this come to
What have I done - what can I do now to show you
There's still a chance if you're ready to make up
It's not too late, cause I'm not ready to break up

I try to call, but you don't hear at all

I'm sending roses
I'm sending blood red roses
This burning in my heart is tearing me apart
I'm sending roses
I'm sending blood red roses
You've got to understand
That's my heart in your hand

No ...
Don't walk away - we can get this heart mended
Or am I the fool - and has this love just ended
I tried to call, but you don't hear at all
I'm sending roses
I'm sending blood red roses
This burning in my heart is tearing me apart

I'm sending roses
I'm sending blood red roses

I gotta keep on trying
To stop this love from dying

You've got to understand
That my heart is in your hand