IN LOVE (Spice)
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)
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
BORN IN A TRUNK (Spice)
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
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
Here am I, give me love
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
Here am I, give me love
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
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
Stand up and fight ...
LOVE HATE & FEAR
Dream in a lonely room
Fly on a star
Think of the forcing time
Then 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
You're 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 ...
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
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
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
I think we’ve found
A far better way ...
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
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
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 ...
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
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
I have a right to live
When I’m left to die
Oh, woman
I have a right to live
But I’m left to die
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, 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
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’re 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 realise
That there’s just no way
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, 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
The last lap is mine
It’s too long as they say
You know it’s just what will be
As you’re wavin’ goodbye
Keep rememberin’ why
The devil that got you was me
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
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
FEELINGS
Feelings, empty feelings
Prayin’, hopin’, needin’
Just when I wanted to hold you
You’re leavin’, you’re leavin’
Leavin’, leavin’
When we meet
Every night in the bar
If I’m feelin’ alright
We’ll get high in your car
Then come morning
And you will be gone
You’re my five-minute friend
And you’ve gotta move on
And you don’t stop me
Thinkin’ my feelings
And I’m hidin’ the hurtin’ inside
And I know how you
Set my heart reelin’
As I see it and swallow my pride
Well, either you don’t give a damn
Or you don’t even care to pretend
Or you won’t spare a thought
Though you know
It must come to an end
And I’ve got those feelings
Empty feelings
Prayin’, hopin’, needin’
Just when I wanted to hold you
You’re leavin’, you’re leavin’
Leavin’, leavin’
Feelings, empty feelings
Prayin’, hopin’, needin’
Just when I wanted to hold you
You’re leavin’, you’re leavin’
Leavin’, leavin’
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
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
But your love
It never leaves me alone
Your love
Your love
Your love
Your love
It never leaves me alone
For your love
Is in the world of its own
Your love
Never leaves me alone
VALLEY OF KINGS
I’ve been thinkin’ about it
I’ve been thinkin’ a lot to tell you
I’ve been thinkin’ it over
I’ve been thinkin’ of how to show you
Whoa, my love
You, my love
I’ve been thinkin’ about you
I’ve been thinkin’ of how to show you
I’ve been thinkin’ it over
I’ve been figurin’ how to tell you
You, my love
You, my love
Ain’t no secret
Yes, it’s true
I don’t know what I’ll do
Ain’t no secret
Guess it’s true
I’d be lost without you
Ain’t no secret
Yes, it’s true
I’d be lost without you
Without you
I’ve been thinkin’ it over
I’ve been thinkin’ of how to show you
I’ve been thinkin’ it over
I’ve been figurin’ how to tell you
You, my love
You, my love
In the valley of kings ...
SPLIT IMAGE
It’s the same old line
People get to you if they can
They take what they find
They will change you mind
They will fit you into their plan
And then one day you’ll wake up
As somebody else
Someone they advented
A split image
Don’t let them burn you
Split image
Don’t let them turn you
Split image
Just keeps comin’ back
Comin’ back, comin’ back
To who you are
And the wrong get born
And the right ones just stay away
What he’s livin’ for
If the wrong get born
And we don’t have a word to say
And it’s so hard to wake up
Or in right groove
A crack in the mirror
A split image
Don’t let them burn you
Split image
Don’t let them turn you
Split image
Just keeps comin’ back
Comin’ back, comin’ back
To who you are
He’s come
Remember who you are
A split image
Don’t let them burn you
Split image
Don’t let them turn you
Split image
Just keeps comin’ back
Comin’ back, comin’ back
To who you are
A split image
Don’t let them burn you
Split image
Don’t let them turn you
Split image
Just keeps comin’ back
Comin’ back, comin’ back
To who you are
HOLY ROLLER
I was born an only boy
Away from palm of water
Never heard of right or wrong
I was given words to use
But I knew I was different
They wanted me to play along
How much fear can I keep
Locked away inside me
Will all these words
Disguise my pain
When all your scriptures fail
And leave us in the open
I will survive and try again
Here comes the holy roller
Here comes the book of life
Don’t come knockin’ round here
‘Cause you ain’t no friend of mine
Here comes the ghost of holy
He comes to twist your mind
Don’t come knockin’ round here
‘Cause you ain’t no friend
Ain’t no friend of mine
What is the price that you’ve put
On your own salvation
Count the costs for savin’ souls
Where is the sense in all this
Door-to-door damantion
When you’re just left out in the cold
Here comes the holy roller
Here comes the book of life
Don’t come knockin’ round here
‘Cause you ain’t no friend of mine
Here comes the ghost of holy
He comes to twist your mind
Don’t come knockin’ round here
‘Cause you ain’t no friend
Ain’t no friend …
Here comes the holy roller
Here comes the book of life
Don’t come knockin’ round here
‘Cause you ain’t no friend of mine
Here comes the ghost of holy
He comes to twist your mind
Don’t come knockin’ round here
‘Cause you ain’t no friend
Ain’t no friend of mine
SHE STILL CALLS HIS NAME
Summer moonlight shines
On a midnight train
Lost in emotion she cries
To the wind and the rain
In silence she feels the breeze
No mercy tonight
The passion and promise has made
Life broken inside
She still calls his name
She can’t get home
She still calls his name
Broken hearted
Another town rolls by
As a distant rose
And wonderin’ what she will find
When she gets home
Youth has a part in play
But a careless heart
Dreams are an open game
Will tear you apart
She still calls his name
She can’t get home
She still calls his name
Broken hearted
She still calls his name
She’s out of control
She still calls his name
Broken hearted
One love comes of the rest
A bed of roses was a bed of nails
Don’t take the blame forever
Just give it time
She still calls his name
She can’t get home
She still calls his name
Broken hearted …
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Essential ESFCD 298
Released in June 1996
The Official 25th Anniversary collection
4-CD boxed set with lots of rare and unreleased song
featuring also tracks recorded as "Spice" before Uriah Heep
*** previously unreleased
** previously unreleased version
* previously unreleased on cd
Disc One
1. IN LOVE (Spice) (Box/Byron) 3.17 *
2. WHAT ABOUT THE MUSIC (Spice) (Brian/Boggess) 2.53 *
3. BORN IN A TRUNK (Spice) (Box/Byron) 3.45 **
4. GYPSY (Box/Byron) 6.38
5. COME AWAY MELINDA (Hellerman/Minkoff) 3.48
6. DREAMMARE (Newton) 4.40
7. WAKE UP (Set Your Sights) (Box/Byron) 6.23
8. HERE AM I (Hensley) 8.13 **
9. TIME TO LIVE (Box/Byron/Hensley) 4.01
10. LADY IN BLACK (Hensley) 4.44
11. JULY MORNING (Hensley/Byron) 10.30
12. LOOK AT YOURSELF (Hensley) 5.09
13. PARADISE/THE SPELL (Hensley) 12.39
Disc Two
1. THE WIZARD (Hensley/Clarke) 2.59
2. TRAVELLER IN TIME (Byron/Box/Kerslake) 3.25
3. EASY LIVIN' (Hensley) 2.36
4. RAINBOW DEMON (Hensley) 4.24
5. PROUD WORDS (Hensley) 2.51 ***
6. SUNRISE (Hensley) 4.04
7. RAIN (Hensley) 4.01
8. THE MAGICIAN'S BIRTHDAY (Hensley/Box/Kerslake) 10.18
9. CIRCLE OF HANDS (live) (Hensley) 8.59
10. ROCK 'N' ROLL MEDLEY (live) 8.24
11. STEALIN' (Hensley) 4.50
12. SWEET FREEDOM (Hensley) 6.31
13. LOVE, HATE & FEAR (Hensley/Byron/Box/Thain/Kerslake) 4.53 ***
14. STONE'S THROW (Hensley/Byron/Box/Thain/Kerslake) 4.07 ***
15. SOMETHING OR NOTHING (live) (Hensley/Box/Thain) 3.12 **
16. THE EASY ROAD (Hensley) 2.43
Disc Three
1. WONDERWORLD (Hensley) 4.30
2. PRIMA DONNA (demo) (Byron/Box/Kerslake/Hensley) 4.05 **
3. WHY DID YOU GO (demo) (Byron/Box/Hensley/Kerslake) 5.19 **
4. SHOWDOWN (demo) (Hensley/Byron/Box/Kerslake) 4.19 **
5. RETURN TO FANTASY (Hensley/Byron) 5.50
6. WEEP IN SILENCE (Hensley/Wetton) 5.06
7. MIDNIGHT (Hensley) 5.40
8. THE HANGING TREE (Hensley/Williams) 3.41
9. SYMPATHY (Hensley) 4.48
10. A FAR BETTER WAY (Hensley/Box/Kerslake/Bolder/Lawton) 5.51 ***
11. FREE ME (Hensley) 3.34
12. THE RIVER (Hensley/Box/Kerslake/Bolder) 3.09 ***
13. FREE 'N' EASY (Lawton/Box) 3.06
14. COME BACK TO ME (Kerslake/Hensley) 4.19
15. A RIGHT TO LIVE (Lawton) 3.35 ***
16. WHO NEEDS ME (live) (Kerslake) 9.48 *
Disc Four
1. LET IT RIDE (Hensley/Box/Kerslake/Lawton) 5.08 ***
2. FEELINGS (vocals Lawton) (Hensley) 3.04 **
3. YOUR LOVE (Hensley/Box/Bolder/Kerslake/Lawton) 4.01 ***
4. IT AIN'T EASY (Bolder) 5.45
5. VALLEY OF KINGS (Box/Daisley/Goalby/Kerslake/Sinclair) 5.23 ***
6. THINK IT OVER (Bolder/Sloman) 3.32
7. THE OTHER SIDE OF MIDNIGHT
(Box/Daisley/Goalby/Kerslake/Sinclair) 3.55
8. WEEKEND WARRIORS (Box/Daisley/Goalb/Sinclair/Kerslake) 3.49
9. SPLIT IMAGE (Box/Kerslake/Sinclair/Goalby/Daisley) 2.18 ***
10. ROCKARAMA (Goalby/Sinclair/Bolder/Kerslake/Box) 4.32
11. NIGHT OF THE WOLF
(Goalby/Sinclair/Bolder/Kerslake/Box) 4.29
12. POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL
(Goalby/Sinclair/Bolder/Kerslake/Box) 6.35
13. TOO SCARED TO RUN (live)
(Box/Daisley/Goalby/Kerslake/Sinclair) 4.13
14. BLOOD RED ROSES (remix) (Goalby) 3.36 **
15. BLOOD ON STONE (Bolder) 4.36
16. HOLY ROLLER (Box/Kerslake/Bolder/Shaw/Lanzon) 5.02 ***
17. SHE STILLS CALLS HIS NAME
(Box/Kerslake/Bolder/Shaw/Lanzon) 5.44 ***
18. TIME OF REVELATION (Box/Lanzon) 4.02