Uriah Heep: singles & rare tracks (Lyrics)
URIAH HEEP:   singles & rare tracks

Born In A Trunk
Here Am I
Simon The Bullet Freak
What's Within My Heart
Why
Home Again To You
Crystal Ball
Sunshine
What Can I Do
Love Hate And Fear
Stone's Throw
Shout It Out
The Time Will Come
Name Of The Game
Sundown
Crime Of Passion
A Far Better Way
Masquerade
The River
Cheater
Gimme Love (Struttin')
A Right To Live
Been Hurt
Let It Ride
Your Love
Love Stealer
Think It Over
My Joanna Needs Tuning
Lying
In Love
What About The Music
Proud Words
A Right To Live

Born In A Trunk

You were born in a trunk
Everyone talkin' about you
You were born in a trunk
Where would they be without you

You better move off the rails
People begin to look subways
You better move off the rails
You won't even listen to my way

I'm livin' in shame
People say I don't matter
I'm livin' in shame

You were born in a trunk
Everyone talkin' about you
You were born in a trunk
Where would they be without you

You better move off the rails
People begin to look subways
You better move off the rails
You won't even listen to my way

Here Am I

I sit in my sunny chair
With my head held low
I know the reason I'm dreaming
It's really been fun
But where is there left to go
Save to give my life a new meaning

And if by chance
You'd come my way
I'll have to say
Here am I, give me love....

How was I to know
Your heart was unsatisfied
When you never troubled to tell me
No wish that you made to me
Ever was denied
I played it just the way
That it should be

But then you turned
And walked away
I have to say
Here am I, give me love.....

I imagine I must sit here
Till the winter comes
And just watch the days
Growing shorter
To gather in dust won't go
Till my thinking's done
And I walk from this troubled water

By then my need won't be so bad
And I'll gladly say
Here am I, give me love.....

Simon The Bullet Freak

Greater than to face it, give me your money
Make my life sunny for a day
Road that leads to nowhere, please stop your crying
I ain't fit for dying this way
Go steal another with your eye
Go try some other heartless lie

Now I have hope of speaking, bring back the moon
Don't play your silly games with me
Oh what a waste of daydream
What is your need
I'm gonna bleed until you pay
You've lost all sign of your direction
You're only looking for the next one
The next one to kill

Ashes of destruction spread out so far
Blackened nurses crying over me
See a one time city, now just a scar
Tears of the flower man fill the sea
Give me a chance to fly away
There's nothing here for me today
Today

What's Within My Heart

Will I never see again
The smiling faces of my friends
Could it be they've gone completely
And though thoughts will linger
Sweetly in my heart

May I hear once more
The bird calls my name
May I be permitted just one friend
To share my game

The one who doesn't give a damn
For what I seem to be
And really cares for what I am and
What's within my heart

I believe the sun will shine
And I know that given time
The leaves will blow tumble and
Cry upon the autumn stone below

And my heart grows tired each day
As the sun grow cold
Weary uninspired each day
Til the story is told

You gave your love to one
Who only wants what you seem to be
And doesn't really care for you or
What's within your heart

On my grave lay one black rose
Do this for me but don't suppose
Because I'm gone, my soul is dead
For I'll be here in spirit
And our love once more

There must be a heart somewhere
In need of the love I have
That will reach out in sincerety and
Take my life in hand

Then I'll know it's not some one
Who wants just what I seem to be
The one who cares for what I am and
What's within my heart

What's within my heart ...

Why

Thought of no tomorrow
The pain, tears and sorrow
And you never told me why
The way you cheated
And mistreated
You could never tell me why

But I'm gonna find out
I'm gonna find out
What's been messing up your mind
Messing up your mind

Is there any true reason
Or anything I can explain
Can't we talk about it baby
Get together again
You see I have the feeling
That this isn't the end
And I feel it knowing
On you I depend

I'm gonna find out
Yeah, I'm gonna find out
What has been messing up your mind

Perhaps it's best for us
To stay together
And try to live our lives as one
And maybe we will find
We're still together
To watch the setting of the sun

Home Again To You

Don't throw it all away
Hear what I've gotta say
Because you're always on my mind
I've got an eye on you
And only you will do
And I don't wanna waste my time

So won't you hear me out
Because It's all about when
I come home again to you

You're such a little child
You're gonna drive me wild
As I just don't know what to say
I got an eye on you
And only you will do
And I don't wanna get in your play

Hesitate, because I cannot wait
Till I come home again to you

You make me feel so old
Just like I have been told
Because it's always up to you
Oh baby, hear me out
I've done all my time
I don't wanna be misused

So please don't hesitate
Because I cannot wait
Till I come home again to you

Home to you

Crystal Ball

Do we live our lives in moderation?
Does this appear when you're around?
And the deeper in debt
The harder the bet
Your thoughts are one of a clown

Look out before you sign
Your soul away
The crystal ball, it seems
Is not reading to - reading today

Does the time seem right
For some rethinking?
It seems a gift that you have
Are you living a dream
Of express progress?
It's just a thought that you have

Oh, you should've know better
When the warning light was lit
As it did for others
You preach a sermon
When you talk of the Messiah
We are yet to discover

Thinkin', lovin', feelin'
But disbelievin' ...

Sunshine

For many years I thought like a man
Feeling his way through darkness
This priceless treasure for which I've searched
Appeared to me nothing more than a mirage in the sea

But when the vision faded
From this struggle and dream
Suddenly my illusion was staring
I now discovered was reality

Sunshine, Sunshine, Sunshine, I've found you
Even if you're only, even if you're only
Even if you're only just in for a while
Sunshine, Sunshine, Sunshine, I've found you
Even if you're only destined for a while

I devote most depressions
And I write this with a smile
As the picture book shows Stanley
Standing at the source of the Nile

But when the vision faded
From this struggle and dream
Suddenly my illusion was staring
I now discovered was reality

Sunshine, Sunshine, Sunshine, I've found you
Even if you're only just in for a while
Sunshine, Sunshine, Sunshine, I've found you
Even if you're only destined for a while

What Can I Do

I wish you'd stop and
Give a helping hand
For I guess I'm only half a man
I feel the only way for me to leave
Is just to give you
Everything I can give

'Cause without you, without you
What can I do

I will give you all the love I have
Just to know you stop me
Being so sad
I hope you won't think
So badly of me
'Cause I had to tell you
This could break myself in

Being helpless is a habit of mine
No one else can understand
You are the one to
Help me to survive
If you're any friend of mine

Yesterday you gave a helping hand
To some one you'll never understand
Though I tried to tell you of this way
You said I had nothing
Constructive to say

But without you, without you
What can I do...

Love, Hate & Fear

Dream in a lonely room
Fly on a star
Feel of the forcing time
Then you know where you are

Fear is the strongest force
Love, love is the key
Where is my hatred now?
Love rules over me

Something I have failed to see
The haunted of a memory
Darkness keeps my thoughts at bay
But I will find my dream one day

Hate, hate is my only thought
Blame, the blame is on you
Why, why, why, why
Why did you leave my side?
Heaven knows quite a few

Something I have failed to see
Like a haunted of a memory
Darkness keeps my thoughts at bay
But I will find my dream one day

Dream, yeah...

Stone's Throw

I was a stone's throw
From happiness
Feeling love grow in your caress
It was like nothing
I had felt or seen
And I waited impatiently

Oh, stone's throw
And I can't stand to see you go
You hurt me bad, cut me down
But it just don't work without you
Without you around

It was a short walk
Now it's a lonely ride
It turned my day
Into a lifeless night
It was my belief and
Now it's my regret
I've got a one way ticket
That I can't accept

Oh, just a stone's throw
And I can't stand to see you go
You hurt me bad, you cut me down
But it just don't work without you
Without, without, without
Without you around

Oh, stone's throw
And I can't stand to see you go
You hurt me bad, cut me down
But it just don't work without you
Gotta have you around

Gotta have you around...

Shout It Out

She took me for a ride in her car
From the moment it started I knew
We wouldn't get far
That didn't matter it seemed
Though I knew it went schemed
And it was just like a dream

Oh, the joy of love was grand
That's when I heard the little birds sing
The day I first met my love
Oh, the day I first met my love

Then we went walking in the park
Away with the day
Till the day became dawn
Man hand in hand with the son
Laughed at the rain
When it came along

Oh, the joy of love was brand
As well the birds
As well the stars would sing
The day I first met my love
Oh, the day I first met my love

Am I really standing here with you
Are you telling me you love me too
Will it grow
Can we let the world know
Put it about, shout it out

The day I first met my love

Time Will Come

Riding on together
Forever till the end
Some people try to come between us
But we know they're not our friends

So come on join our party
Let the hours slip on by
No more cares or worries
No more asking yourself why

Can you hear us, can you hear us
We're never far away
Can you hear us, can you hear us
This is all we have to say

All our love is true
Even just for you
Don't push us away
Like we're of yesterday
We never ask for more
And we give in return

The time will come
When everyone will listen
The time will come
When everyone will care
Just look ahead
What we said will glitter
Like a jewel sailing softly
Through the air

With everything to live for
Sometimes you're seeing just ahead
Wear your vision and find that
You're together in five different ways

Name Of The Game

Here comes trouble in the shape of a lady
She started cool but now she's coming around daily
She's got some big ideas about being my baby
It's her game with the name of love

Now she's sure pretty that I have to confess
But no five-star fox is getting me in a mess
Let's buy a ring, she says, let's go out and get blessed
It's her game and she calls it love

Rock & Roll rules my soul
Pushing everything and everyone to one side
But when it all grows old
The chill's still cold
When I sing with my sweet guitar
When I sing with my sweet, my sweet guitar

Don't waste your tears on me, go cry in the river
What you need I ain't about to deliver
I'm my own man and that's how I'm going to stay
'Cause music is the name of the game

Rock & Roll rules my soul
Pushing everything and everyone to one side
But when it all grows old
The chill's still cold
While I sing with my sweet guitar
While I sing with my sweet, my sweet guitar (repeat to fade w/ vocal adlib)

Sundown

I'll see you at sundown
You can't back out now
The news is all over town

I'll see you at sundown
And they can put one of us
In a hole in the ground, oh yeah

Now it's three in the afternoon
And I'm frightened to death waiting for you in the saloon
I wonder if he feels the same
For whoever wins there's still a cowboy to blame

Sundown, give me some strength
I know I can't go it alone
Sundown, give me your strength
Give me a chance to go home
To go home

Well even if I shouldn't win
And I'm frightened to death when it's in it again
I hear the reverend feels it's a sin
I'll get on my horse and ride
For whoever wins he's going to carry the blame

Sundown, give me some strength
I know I can't go it alone oh
Sundown, give me your strength
Give me a chance to come home

Crime Of Passion

See the blind man at the dead of night
He can see, so he won't fight
Running scared like a swan in flight
On and on, looking for delight
But it's you, he'll hear you running
As this blind man tells the blind ??

See the children in the jungle zone
Black man woken till your work is done ??
He can't hide, there's nowhere to run
Waiting for salvation to come
And it's you, coming from far
Got a lonely mind to sell

Crime of passion, crime of pain
How long before I see you again
I've been free and I've been high
Got a soul, never ask my why

A Far Better Way

Seeing you here
All of my fears seem to
Drift right away
Seeing you smile
Checking out your style
I begin to hope you'll stay
Stay awhile so we can play

Lost in a dream
That's becaming a nightmare
Day by day
It's my love and my life
And somewhere between them
There's a road
And it's a far, a far better way

Out of nowhere came this vision
Of you and me together
Looking for a far better way
Then from nowhere
You came running
Look out, world
There's something coming
I've suddenly found
A lot of things to say

Now we'll sing our tune together
This way it's a whole lot better
We're out to prove
There is a place for love
Then from somewhere
We'll come running
Look out, world
There's something coming
I think we've found
A far better way

Masquerade

A masquerade of dancing shadows
Appear before me through my mystic window
And soon to be seen I saw presented
Became a vision that I saw resented
I stood and watched its image changing
The unseen hand was rearranging
And all the time I wondered
How did it wind

Slowly, surely it unfolded
Its simple lines just as
A pole wind told it ??
A temporary revolution
My problems rose and fell
With a lapse of illusion
A man was telling me, don't fight it
It's just a ??? in the night
Don't do those who've lost their way
It's a masquerade

Masquerade, it's a masquerade

The River

River, rising to hide
Across the midnight
Wanderin' westward by daylight
Take us and lead us to tomorrow
As fast as you come and can flow

River, you're windin'
An unending rhythm
The sooner keep movin' to warn him
The spirit that keeps us from sinking
Guide us from going astray

Point us a way to a shoreline ahead
Through the mist and the fog
Of this valley of death
Too many years we have
Walked in a sleep
Now we're awaken
And ready fo flee

River, we hitchhikers beggin' for mercy
Survive us from yesterday's curses
Don't damn us before you receive us
We're needin' your face and your trust

Cheater

Cheater, I know where you've been
Cheater, your lies can't hide your sin
Cheater, don't ask me how I've know
Cheater, I guess it's time for you to go

I'm tired of chasing shadows
So lllusive in the night
And your empty words
That leave me high and dry
Now the curtain's finally fallen
On this fantasy affair
You've had me for the last time
With your lies

Cheater, you're a cheater
I know where you've been
Cheater, your lies can't hide your sin
Cheater, don't ask me how I've know
Cheater, I guess it's time for you to go

The voices in the wind I heard
Kept telling me to run
Whispering a warning to my heart
And the voices deep as thunder
Tried to speak of things to come
I was blinded then
But now I see the light

Cheater, you're a cheater
And I know where you've been
Cheater, mean mistreater
Your lies can't hide your sin
Cheater, don't ask me how I've know
Cheater, I guess it's time for you to go

Cheater. I know where you've been
Cheater, you're a cheater
Cheater, you're a cheater
Cheater, I know where you've been
Your lies can't hide your sins
Cheater...

Gimme Love (Struttin')

Love, love, love - I'm looking for love
Love, love, love

When I was only sixteen
Well, give it take a year or more
I've got to singing about
The life I've lead
And I threw it right out of the door
I've got to get some of
That heavy jive
That the old folks are talkin' about
So I strutted my stuff
To the local club
To see what I was leaving now

Looking for love, love, love
Looking, looking for love
Love, love, love

I took my seat at
The foot of the stage
And waited for the fun to begin
And there in the light
Stood this heavy chick
With the cutest babe
That I've ever seen
She smiled at me
She did her dance
Took me by surprise
The way she wiggled her hips
And she shook that...
Right between the eyes

Looking for love, love, love
L.O.B, I'm looking for love
Love, love, love

After the show she came
And sat down
Said: Hi son, what's your name?
I said: Never mind that
Think about this:
Loving's the name of my game
She said: That's alright
But it'll cost you, son
I said: Tell me what's
The price of the day
She said: Twenty dime
And a wedding ring
And everything will be O.K.

A Right To Live

I must thank Lord
In my hour of need
I've given way to a better man
But I ain't been free
To push the hour here
In this soul of mine
I've burned my bridges
And I'm satisfied

The preacher's due here
In an hour or so
To give me a reasons for
The things I know
I might have been careless and I
I might have been blind
If I'm the guilty, I'm satisfied

Oh woman, why did you
Do me wrong?
Sending me down and
I just can't get along
When daybreak comes and
I've reached the end of the line
I have a right to live
And I'm left to die

It all seems so hazy now
It seems so long ago
She hid the things she'd done
Or things I should know
What was I to do for
The hurting here inside
I kill for love but...

I have a right to live
When I'm left to die
Oh, woman
I have a right to live...

Been Hurt

At the age of eighteen
I had had enough
And by twenty-one
I decided to get tough
And then I found the door

And I've been hurt
Ever since that day
I've been hurt
And I've lost my way
I still think I have a chance
To find your love

Well, I tried to love you
One day at a time
Each day waiting, hoping for the sign
It was clear I needed luck
More than this time

And I've been hurt
Ever since that day
I've been hurt
Well, I've lost my way
I still think I have a chance
To make you mine

My empty heart is
Counting all the ways
Fire and desire
Sat and count days
Will you, won't you
When and where
Do you, don't you, do I care
That same eternal question
Is always there
It's always there

Let It Ride

Before I leave town today
Well, there's something
That I wanna say
That you regret the stormy night
You put your eyes on me

Well, you cheated on me
And you lied
And I must've had that
A thousand times
But I'll be comin' back one day
Just you wait and see

Oh, yeah, let it ride, let it ride
Let it slip, let it slide
Ride the night away
Let it ride, let it ride
Let it slip, let it slide
'Cause I'll be coming back to stay

This time you could've let me live
But there's nothing more
That I can give
You've stolen every day in my life
And then you threw it away

This train I'm gonna ride tonight
Is gonna carry me
Right out of your sight
But I'll be comin' back some time
And then you're gonna pay

Oh won't you take me tonight
Won't you carry me right to the top
Taking me higher
You carry me through
The things that you know
To the end of the line
How much higher?

The last lap is mine
It's too long as they say
You know it's just what will be
As you've wavin' goodbye
Keep rememberin' why
The devil that got you was me

You're the city where
I wanted to be
But the lonely spell you put on me
It's time for you to realize
That there's just no way

Your Love

Your love, your love, your love

I've got to do it
Gotta find a direction in my life
You can't have me through it
I know that you do it
But it's my fight

Why don't you leave me alone
To drive down this windin' road
I'm alive
It just doesn't feel the same
For my love for you has changed

But your love
It never leaves me alone
For your love
Is in the world of its own
But your love
It never leaves me alone

You're sayin' that you need me
But the words don't come easy
Just hold on
I know that I lied
When I told you goodbye
Just keep hangin' on
Time won't keep waiting'
I've gotta do something with my life
You can't have me through it
But I know that do it, but it's my fight

Love Stealer

She's got an eye on you
There's nowhere to hide
She keeps her motives still
Deep down inside
She shows no mercy, no
She plays it rough
She don't want your money
She just wants to love

Love stealer, raw dealer
Heart breaker, love taker
Yeah yeah...

She walks in the shadows
As she waits for the night
She gets what she's looking for
She knows how to fight
If you see her coming
Then you'd better know
If your love's for the taking
She'll steal the show

She just can't go round there first
Facing the joint
Then she'll move in
And get right to the point
So keep your love locked away
Don't let it show
Or the love stealer will rock you
For more than you'll know

Think It Over

I've had all I can take
I've taken just too much
I've made a big mistake
That put me out of touch
I don't think I can face
Another single day
Without a companion
To take this pain away

So many tears ago
It's then you walked away
It could've been the end
But I knew babe
I had to tell myself
There'll be another day
She wants to go to glench
But don't you know

Can't you see
There's a chance for you and me
Think it over
Don't believe
In the things that may not be
Think it over
I got to think it over

Forgetting the result
I can't give it in
Whisper startle you
But it's not over
You have to face the truth
I'm still in love with you
I have to make you see
But it's not over

I got to think about it baby

My Joanna Needs Tuning (Inside Out)

I was waiting for somebody this afternoon
Hope that she remembered our rendezvous
And when she didn't show just like yesterday
I do the last, I'll find another way
One night I saw the stranger across the hall
I knew he was the reason why she didn't call
I wish I had imagined or dreamt the lot
But the heart didn't choose the pain I've got

Now she's turning me inside out
Upside down
And me heart is all a roundabout
Spinnin' round

She's turning me inside out
Inside out
She's turning me inside out
Inside out

Now he's got all so melt with a diamond ring
And she was thinking through almost anything
She's like a shadow going up Seventh Avenue
But so what, she's only going where she's used to
I just got one thing to say just before I go
Since he was the offender, I want her to know
Now I'm watching to....
I'll never raise a thought of what she'd done

Lying

Don't let love make a fool of you
Love is tellin' truth
Than never any lies
Came to me by seein' truth
In each other's eyes
Each other's eyes

What can of a fool do you think I am?
'Cos I have no money
Does it mean I'm half a man?
You know that I will give you all
Give you all that I can

You're lyin', tellin' me what I should be
You're lyin', tellin'everyone it's me
You're lyin', tellin' me what I should be
You're lyin', lyin', lyin', lyin'

Tellin' lies can only break you in two
You tell the biggest solo
What do you hope to gain?
If I were you then I would
Try to make amends
I'll tell all my friends

You livin' a world of dreams
But it's too late to change
Your way of life, it seems
So you just carry on
The best way you know how
You know how

In Love ('Spice' track)

Whether she'll come, I could not say
We made the date just the other day
Well, here she comes
All dressed in white
She looks so nice
She'll last the night

In love
Perhaps it will last until dawn
In love
Or untill that we two are one
In love
Oh, I'm old and she is so young
In love, in love, in love

I asked her if she'd come out again
She said she likes such mature men
Yes, she did
She says that I'm so nice and strong
I'm getting through, it won't be long

In love
With her hands caressing my face
In love
I'm so glad I've got my own place
In love
She must be of very bad taste
In love, in love, in love

There must come a time
Even for me
But all this happens so suddenly
So quick
It's very hard for me to say
But can this be the only way

In love
I can't think of anyone who
In love
Could make me feel like I do
In love
We'll start our lives anew
In love, in love, in love

In love ...

What About The Music ('Spice' track)

I don't mind talking, girl
But there's a time and place
Right now we're alone, yeah
But it's just gone to waste

Look up and see the moon
Slide down the clouds
The radio is playing softly now
So if you talk above a wisdom
It's too loud

What about the music, babe
What about the moon
It's a shame if we talk music
We'll be leaving soon

You keep on talking, girl
We can talk on the phone
We should be kissing, babe
Now that we're alone

Though when they're singing
Love songs to the moon
You know it's love
That makes the flowers bloom
But you keep saying things you
Could tell me in a crowded room

What about the music, yeah
What about the moon, babe
It's a shame if we talk music
We'll be leaving soon

What about the music
Sweet soul music
What about the moon
Hey, what about the moon, babe
We are loving and I can't lose it
We'll be leaving soon

What about the music, yeah
What about the moon
I said it's a shame if we talk music
We'll be leaving soon

What about the music, yeah
What about the moon
It's a shame if we talk music
We'll be leaving soon

What about the music, yeah
What about the moon
It's a shame if we talk music
We'll be leaving soon

What about the music
What about the moon
It's a shame if we talk music
We'll be leaving soon

Proud Words

Stand up and fight
Or you'll lose your right
Do you wanna stand in a line
Fightin' hard to hold on to your mind

Seek and you'll find
Proud words on a dusty shelf
Find and you'll seek
Just keep on helpin' yourself

When the wind of trouble comes
Put away your battledrums
And stand up and fight
Stand up and fight
Don't stand in a line
Hold on to your mind

Seek and you'll find
Proud words on a dusty shelf
Find and you'll seek
Keep on keepin' on helpin' yourself

Stand up and fight ...

A Right To Live

I must thank Lord
In my hour of need
I've given way to a better man
But I ain't been free
To push the hour here
In this soul of mine
I've burned my bridges
And I'm satisfied

The preacher's due here
In an hour or so
To give me reasons for
The things I know
I might have been careless and I
I might have been blind
If I'm the guilty, I'm satisfied

Oh woman, why did you
Do me wrong?
Sending me down and
I just can't get along
When daybreak comes and
I've reached the end of the line
I have a right to live
And I'm left to die

It all seems so hazy now
It seems so long ago
She hid the things she'd done
Or things I should know
What was I to do for
The hurting here inside
I kill for love but the ...

I have a right to live
When I'm left to die
Oh, woman
I have a right to live ...

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