Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

It's only been an hour Since he locked her in the tower He must be undone By the morning Many times before The tyrant's opened up the door Then someone cries Still we close our eyes Not again Meet me when the sun is in the western skies The fighting

One day, in the Year of the Fox Came a time remembered well, When the strong young man of the rising sun Heard the tolling of the great black bell. One day in the Year of the Fox, When the bell began to ring, It meant the time had come for one to go

You'd never know there was some music playin' Until you talked your way inside the door And then a sound like rollin' thunder Begins to push you right thru the floor And there's a great white sign With big black letters That just about explains it al

I'm a wheel, I'm a wheel I can roll, I can feel And you can't stop me turning 'Cause I'm the sun, I'm the sun I can move, I can run But you'll never stop me burning Come down with fire And lift my spirit higher Someone's screaming my name Come and ma

When evening falls She'll run to me Like whispered dreams Your eyes can't see Soft and warm She'll touch my face A bed of straw Against the lace We believed we'd catch the rainbow Ride the wind to the sun Sail away on ships of wonder But life's not a