FLIGHT OF THE RAT
(Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice)

Spread the word around
The rat is leaving town
The message is a song
The misery is gone
Oh, yes he did.

Once I had a dream
To sing before the queen
She didn't want to know
She wouldn't see the show

What a fright
I couldn't do it right
Oh what a night,
Oh what a sight.

Mystic demons fly
All about the sky
With memories of a clown
The saddest show in town, oh yes.

When I was seventeen
Me mother said to me
Be careful what you touch
You shouldn't take so much.

I blew my mind
She was so kind
I could have cried, oh no.

In my mind
I had to find
A kind of new way
Of being oh so cool
Like a blue blooded
Well studded
English fool

Speak about the past
Times are changing fast
Once I was so weak
I couldn't even speak
Not a word.

Shaking put a curse-
Nothing could be worse
Walking through the door
Who could ask for more?

Now I'm free
And I can see,
And I am me,
Yes I am free

Spread the word around -
The rat is leaving town
The message is a song
The misery is gone

Shaking out a curse
Nothing could be worse
Walking through the door
Who could ask for more

Now I'm free
And I can see,
And I am me,
Yes I am free

Please stay away!