BLACKMORE'S NIGHT

Under A Violet Moon

1. UNDER A VIOLET MOON
©Blackmore/Night
(Minstrel Hall Music/Haunted Song Music)

2. SELF PORTRAIT
©Blackmore/Dio
(Eule Music/Armchair Music)
                Paint me a picture and hold it on the wall
                Color it darkly, the lines will start to crawl
                Down... down... down...
                Spin me around and around...

                Draw me away to the night from the day,
                Leave not a trace to be found...
                Down... down...
                Nothing is real but the way the I feel and I feel like going -
                Down, down, down, down, down, down,
                Down, down, down, down, down, down...

                Paint me a picture of eyes that never see
                Flashes of lightning that burn for only me...
                Hey, hey, hey - there's only the devil to pay...
                I'm ready to go, pull me down from below
                Give me a place I can lay
                Hey Hey - nothing is real but the way that I feel
                And I feel like going
                Down, down, down, down, down, down,
                Down, down, down, down, down, down...
                Nothing is real but the way that I feel and I feel like going -
                Nothing is real but the way that I feel and I feel like going -
                Down, down, down, down, down, down,
                Down, down, down, down, down, down...

3. PAST TIME WITH GOOD COMPANY
- traditional by Henry VIII
arranged by Blackmore
                Past time with good company
                I love, and shall until I die
                Grutch who lust, but none deny
                So God be pleased, thus live will I
                For my pastance
                Hunt, sing and dance
                My heart is set;
                All goodly sport
                For my comfort
                Who shall me let?

                Youth must have some dalliance
                Of good or ill some pastance;
                Company methinks them best
                All thoughts and fancies to digest
                For idleness is chief mistress
                Of vices all; then who can say
                But mirth and play
                Is best fo all?

                Past time with good company
                I love and shall undil I die
                Grutch who lust but none deny
                So God be pleased, thus live will I
                For my pastance
                Hunt, sing and dance
                My heart is set;
                All goodly sport
                For my comfort
                Who shall me let?

                Company with honesty
                Is virtue, vices to flee;
                Company is good and ill
                The best ensure
                The worst eschew;
                My mind shall be
                Virtue to use
                Vice to refuse
                Thus shall I use me...

4. CASTLES AND DREAMS
©Blackmore/Night
(Minstrel Hall Music/Haunted Song Music)
                Solitare with a song in her heart
                But what a sad song to sing
                Turned her back on all that she knew
                In the hopes of a golden ring...

                CHORUS
                And the rains come down
                And the stars fell from the sky
                Oh, how dark the night...
                It always seems those Catles and Dreams

                Fade with the morning light...
                Such a sad story
                That time loves to tell
                Copper wins shine for the sun
                From the floor after wishing well

                REPEAT CHORUS

                So the jewel of jepordy
                Shines with each dangerous step
                So unsure of what we've become
                What we have and what we have left...

                REPEAT CHORUS

5. MORNING STAR
©Blackmore/Night
(Minstrel Hall Music/Haunted Song Music)
                There are shadows in the sky
                Dancing in the air
                Calling to my heart
                Saying, "If you dare,
                We're running fast
                We're running far
                Trying to catch the morning star..."
                And time and space
                Our only sheild
                Keeping secrets
                Unrevealed
                Falling night
                Breather in the dark
                Trying to catch the morning star...

                CHORUS
                I can fly through my mind
                When I see them as they shine
                Can it be so hard to try and
                Charm the elusive morning star...

                So within the chase
                We soon will find
                The light of the moon
                Those left behind
                Try to free the gypsy in their hearts
                By trying to catch the morning star...

                REPEAT CHORUS

                Now that the time
                Has come and gone
                Illusion has past
                And we've on our own
                Know the dream is never farE
                When trying to catch the Morning Star

6. AVALON
- traditional ©Blackmore/Night
(Minstrel Hall Music/Haunted Song Music)
arranged by Blackmore
                To the days of Avalon
                Where magic rules as kind
                The moon beneath the castle walls
                As the nightingale sings...

                The golden bird
                He gave to me
                What happiness he brings
                Like a star on a Christmas tree
                As the nightingale sings...
                * And so we sat, hand in hand
                And watch the fireflies
                And never spoke a single word
                But lived to do or die
                We lived to do or die

                Back to the days of Avalon
                Where magic ruled as kind
                The moon beneath the castle walls
                As the nightingale sings...

                We read of tales of treason
                A soldier legacy
                Blood beneath the crimson sky
                Fighting without reason
                But the crime of loyalty
                A tattered flag left to fly...

                Back to the days of Avalon
                Where magic rules as kind
                The moon beneath the castle walls
                As the nightingale sings...

                The branches bent
                Like and archers bow
                As he spread his wings
                And flew beneath the gentle snow
                As the nightingale sings...

                Back to the days of Avalon
                Where magic ruled as kind
                The moon beneath the castle walls
                As the nightingale sings...
                As the nightingale sings...

7. POSSUM GOES TO PRAGUE
©Blackmore
(Minstrel Hall Music)
                (INSTRUMENTAL)

8. WIND IN THE WILLOWS
©Bell
(Tamlun Music)
                As I went a walking
                One morning in spring
                I met with some travelers
                On an old country lane
                One was an old man
                The second a maid
                The third was a young boy who smiled as he said

                CHORUS
                "With the wind in the willows
                The birds in the sky
                There's a bright sun to warm us wherever we lie...
                We have bread and fishes and jug of red wine
                To share on our journey with all of mankind."

                So I asked them to tell me their name and their race
                So I could remember each smile on their face
                "Our names, they mean nothing...
                They change throughout time
                So come sit beside us and share in our wine"

                REPEAT CHORUS

                So I sat down beside them
                With flowers all around
                We et from a mantle
                Spread out on the ground
                They told me of prophets
                And peoples and kings
                And all of the one got that knows everything

                "We've travelling to Glaston
                Oer England's green Lanes
                To hear of men's troubles
                To hear of their pains
                We travel the wide world
                Over land and the sea
                To tell all the people
                Haw they can be free..."

                REPEAT CHORUS

                So sadly I left them
                On that old country Lane
                For I knew that I'd never see them again
                One was an old man
                The second a maid
                The third was a young boy who smiled as he said...

                REPEAT CHORUS

9. GONE WITH THE WIND
- traditional (Knipper)
©Blackmore/Night
(Minstrel Hall Music/
Haunted Song Music)
Arranged by Blackmore
                Twisting turning
                The winds are burning
                Leaving me without a name
                How will we ever find our way...

                Snow was falling
                I could hear the frightened calling
                Fear taking over every more than sand...

                Wind will sleep away
                The traces I was here
                A story in a teardrop
                That's all I have to give

                Rage inferno swallowing the life that know
                Strength is the only way to fight
                You must look up to see the light...

                Gone With The Wind...
                Gone With The Wind...
                Gone With The Wind

                Take all I know
                Turn it into darkened shadows
                They'll disappear in the sun
                When a new story has begun
                She survived the nightmare
                Began a whole new life here
                But I can see behind those eyes
                She still sees those fires in the night...

                Twisting and turning
                Oh, the wind are burning
                Leaving me without a name
                How will we ever find our way...

10. BEYOND THE SUNSET
©Blackmore
(Minstrel Hall Music)
                (INSTRUMENTAL)

11. MARCH THE HEROES HOME
- traditional
©Blackmore/Night
(Minstrel Hall Music/
Haunted Song Music)
Arranged by Blackmore
                I sing the praise of honored wars of glory and of kings
                The bravery of soldiers, The joy that peace can bring
                The captains on their way home, The ribbons on their chests
                They've packed away the firearms the trumpets lay to rest...

                They've taken in the battlefields with one last weary breath
                And let their sights on something new while there's still
                Something left
                The poets and the dreamers thank the stars above
                Fore leaving hatred in the dust and bringing back the love...

                Over land and over sea
                March The Heroes Home
                For the faithful, for the free
                March The Heroes Home
                We'll be waiting when you
                March The Heroes Home
                All the night and day through
                March The Heroes Home

                The flowers laughing in the fields boast colors bright and new
                A hint of freedom in the air, the chimes are ringing true
                They're bringing in the New Year and ringing out the old
                Becoming the springtime through winter winds blow cold...

12. SPANISH NIGHTS (I REMEMBER IT WELL)
- traditional
©Blackmore/Night
(Minstrel Hall Music/
Haunted Song Music)
Arranged by Blackmore
                Silent she rose
                From the cold desert sands
                Painted in shadows
                A dark caravan...

                Quiet as a whisper
                With moves like a cat
                She ruled like a storm cloud
                Her eyes gloving black...

                CHORUS
                Oh, and they cried Malaguena
                Wait for me Malaguena
                I remember it well...
                Oh, and they cried Malaguena
                Wait for me Malaguena
                I remember it well...
                Oh, too well...

                And so they rode
                On the wings of a song
                Spinning in silence
                The world was their own...
                Two lovers locked in the arms of the dance
                Freedom begins with the game of the dance

                REPEAT CHORUS

                And now they rise
                Like a wave on the seas
                Lost in a rhythm
                And ever they'll be...

13. CATHERINE HOWARD'S FATE
©Blackmore/Night
(Minstrel Hall Music/
Haunted Song Music)
                Oh, to my dearest and ruler and lord
                Merciful husband
                Nobelest of kings...
                Your heart of gold has long since tarnished
                In my chamber
                What will the morning bring?
                Was it my heart that doth betray me
                Cause I loved more that one man?
                Is it true you wear a wounded spirit?
                Pray let me mend and make our love anew...
                Allow me to be your humble servant
                Once again, as before...
                Are you like the others, so quick to judge
                And for this the queen must fall
                Was it my heart that doth betray me
                Cause I loved more than one man?
                Truth withing the writting of a letter
                Signed and sealer poor Catherine Howards fate...
                Truth withing the writtings of a letter
                Signed and sealer poor Catherine Howards fate...

14. FOOL'S GOLD
©Blackmore/Night
(Minstrel Hall Music/
Haunted Song Music)
                Somewhere in a market square
                The cobblestones still shine
                Glassy eyes behold the sight
                Through another cup of wine...
                The one eyes jester skips and turns
                As he makes his way through the crowd
                While the travern's royalty try not to laugh aloud...
                The jester does another spin
                And then falls to the floor
                Ashow of hands, a short "Hurrah!"
                A plea for him to do more...
                The ease of laughter comes so fast
                When you're not in jester's shoes
                Cause when you've only Fools Gold,
                You've got nothing more to loose...
                Who holds the riches
                The jester or the king?
                A fortress made from Fools Gold
                Or the tears that treasure can bring?

                The king he sits upon his throne
                The worlds weight on his chest
                When your mind begins to race
                You've got no time to rest
                "Where is my clown?
                I need him now, to take my troubles away..."
                The harlequin rushes in
                As his work begins for the day...
                While somewhere in a market square
                The cobblestones still shine...

15. DURCH DEN WALD ZUM BACH HAUS
©Blackmore
(Minstrel Hall Music)

16. NOW AND THEN
©Night
(Minstrel Hall Music)
                The past is so familiar
                But that's why you couldn't stay
                Too many ghosts, too many haunted dreams
                Besides you were built to find your own way...
                But after all these years, I thought we'd still hold on
                But when I reach for you and search your eyes
                I see you've already gone..

                CHORUS
                That's OK
                I'll be fine
                You've got myself, I'll heal in time
                But when you leave just remember what we had...
                There's more to life than just you
                I may cry but I'll make it through
                And I know that the sun will shine again
                Though I may think of you now and then...

                Can't do a thing with ahes
                But throw them to the wind...
                Though his heart may be in pieces now
                You know I'll build it up again and
                I'll come back stronger that I ever did before
                Just don't turn around when you walk out that door...

                REPEAT CHORUS

                That's OK
                I'll be fine
                I've got myself, I'll heal in time
                And even though our stories at the end
                I still may think of you now and then...

                BLACKMORE'S NIGHT is:
                RITCHIE BLACKMORE - all guitars, mandolin, bass, renaissance drum, tambourine
                CANDICE NIGHT - vocals, pennywhistle

                Additional Musicians:
                JOHN FORD - vocals, bass on 'WIND IN THE WILLOWS';
                background vocals on 'UNDER A VIOLET MOON' and 'MARCH THE HEROES HOME'

                MIRI BEN-ARI - violin on 'MORNING STAR' and 'SPANISH NIGHTS (I REMEMBER IT WELL)';
                (Courtesy of HALFNOTE RECORDS).

                MICK CHERVINO - additional bass on 'MORNING STAR';
                ADAM FORGIONE - additional keyboards on 'MORNING STAR';
                KEVIN DUNNE - drums
                PETER ROOTH - bass on 'UNDER A VIOLET MOON', 'SELF PORTRAIT';
                drum programming on 'WIND IN THE WILLOWS' and 'GONE WITH THE WIND'
                JENS JOHANSSON - keyboards on 'WIND IN THE WILLOWS', 'UNDER A VIOLET MOON',
                'MORNING STAR', 'NOW AND THEN'
                JEFF GLIXMAN - additional keyboards
                ROY McDONALD - additional keyboards
                JASON CHAPMAN - trumpet and flugerhorn on 'GONE WITH THE WIND'
                SCOTT HAZELL, SUE GOLDBERG, JOHN GOULD and FRISH - backing vocals
                MIKE "METAL" GOLDBERG - military drum on 'PAST TIME WITH GOOD COMPANY'
                DES GEYER SCHWARZER HAUFEN - THOMAS ROCH - (This is more than fun!) bagpipes, vocals
                ALBERT DANNEMAN - bagpipes, vocals
                ALBRECHT SCHMIDT - REINTHALER - harpsichord
                JOST POGRZEBA - percussion on 'MARCH THE HEROES HOME'
                CHRISTOF HEUS - trumpet on 'MARCH THE HEROES HOME'
                ADOLF LEHNBERGER - trombone on 'MARCH THE HEROES HOME'
                GELL SPITZ - trumpet on 'MARCH THE HEROES HOME'
                ROLF SPITZ - trombone on 'MARCH THE HEROES HOME'
                Recording engineer PETER WASCHELEWSKI at WASTELAND STUDIOS, GERMANY
                MARK PENDER - trumpet
                MR. and MRS. HELLER - hurdy gurdys
                All other instruments - THE MINSTREL HALL CONSORT

                Pre-production engineer and additional string arrangements on track 2, 5, 6, 9 & 13 - JOE JAMES
                Final production on track 2, 5, 12 & 13 - RITCHIE BLACKMORE and
                ROY McDONALD at APRES MIDI STUDIOS
                MIKE "METAL" GOLDBERG - engineer at APRES MIDI STUDIOS
                Final production all tracks except 2, 5, 12 & 13 - RITCHIE BLACKMORE and
                JEFF GLIXMAN at LOBO STUDIOS
                PETER ROOTH and JEFF GLIXMAN - engineers at LOBO STUDIOS
                Mastered by GEORGE MARINO at STERLING STUDIOS in NYC
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