Walking In Your Shadow
Paul Newton /David Byron

Mick Box - Guitar
David Byron - Lead Vocals
Ken Hensley - Guitar
Paul Newton - Bass
Alex Napier - Drums

I'm walking in your shadow
Ever since you went away
And the clock on the wall
Really hasn't very much to say
Oh, you left me bleeding
And left me needing you

In so very many ways
I was trying to attract your mind
But I'm the lonely one
'Cause I've had to leave it all behind

Lied and deceiving
Why should I be grieving you

Ride on a golden wave
Set sail for the sun
Make every cloud your slave
Don't be alone

When I get back from my trip
Of the ocean wide
Still walking in your shadow
And still looking for
Somewhere to hide

If I am worse off
It's all because of you
It's all because of you

Real Turned On
Mick Box /David Byron

David Byron - Lead Vocals
Mick Box - Guitar
Ken Hensley - Keyboards
Paul Newton - Bass
Alex Napier - Drums

Girl, before you go now
There's one thing I wanted to do
That's get you to come back
Because I wanna make love to you

Got me real turned on
Yes, you have

But there's something in your eyes
Telling me you have to go
Something in your eyes
But you're trying not to let it show

Got me real turned on

Next time you come over
I'll buy you a bottle of wine
Just take a little drink
And everything will turn out fine
Yes, it will

Whoa baby, do you know
What I've got in mind
Can you guess what it is
Or do you want it on the line

Got me real turned
Got me real turned
Got me real turned
Got me real turned on

I'll Keep On trying
Mick Box /David Byron

David Byron - Lead Vocals
Mick Box - Guitar
Ken Hensley - Keyboards
Paul Newton - Bass
Alex Napier - Drums

You came to me
With all of your lies
And I was taken in so well
It took me quite a time
To see the disguise
You made it very hard to tell
Now here you are again
But you're begging in vain
'Cause I really don't want to know

You came to me
With a little bit of charm
You had me down on my knees
I didn't really think
There was any harm
But all you ever did was tease
You took all the love
That I ever had to give
There was nothing left to show

Well, I remember everything
Everything around me
The long dark of winter
Till the breath of spring
Came close enough to drown me

So I'm gonna keep on trying
Till I feel like dying
And I lay down and pass away
But that won't happen till tomorrow
And by then I can
Borrow another day
So I'm gonna keep on trying
 
Wake Up (Set Your Sights)
Mick Box /David Byron

David Byron - Lead Vocals
Mick Box - Guitar
Colin Wood - Keyboards
Paul Newton - Bass
Alex Napier - Drums

Wake up, set your sights
For never shall we fail
Stand up for your rights
And justice will prevail

You're listening
Through endless nights
And decision is your goal
So wake up, set your sights
Oh, the time is right for your role
Yeah, or your role

Wake up, wake up, wake up
Set your sights
Never, never, never
Shall we fail
Stand up, stand up, stand up
For your rights
Justice, justice, justice
Will prevail

There in the morning
Flying over the hills
While men are yawning
They are crushed by our wills
Never have I witnessed
People in fear
Not like today
Not in many a year

Go kill another
There are more close behind
"No" screams a mother
"Are you out of your mind"
Though they are shattered
They just don't seem to yield
Bodies are scattered
In all parts of the field

Oh no, did I tell you
What would happen if you tried
"Oh god, stop this killing!"
Said a young man
Before he died

Come Away Melinda
Fred Hellerman /Fran Minkoff

covers of Come Away Melinda:
Hary Belafonte (1963), Judy Collins (1963), The Weavers (1963), Barry St. John (1965),
Kenny Rankin (1967), Tim Rose (1967), Bobbie Gentry (1968), Velvet Fogg (1969), UFO (1970)

David Byron - Lead Vocals
Mick Box - Guitar
Colin Wood - Keyboards
Paul Newton - Bass
Alex Napier - Drums

Daddy, daddy, come and look
See what I have found
A little ways away from here
While digging in the ground

Come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
It's nothing, just a picture-book
They had before the war

Daddy, daddy, come and see
Daddy, come and look
Why, there's four or five
Little Melinda girls
Inside my picture book

Come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
There were lots of little girls like you
Before they had the war

Oh Daddy, daddy, come and see
Daddy, hurry do
Why, there's someone
In a pretty dress
She's all grown up like you
Won't you tell me why 

Come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
That someone is your Mummy
You had before the war

Daddy, daddy, tell me if you can
Why can't things be
The way they were
Before the war began

Come away Melinda
Come in and close the door
The answer lies in yesterday
Before they had the war
 
Lucy Blues
Mick Box /David Byron

David Byron - Lead Vocals
Mick Box - Guitar
Ken Hensley - Keyboards
Paul Newton - Bass
Nigel 'Ollie' Olsson - Drums

Well, the very first time
I saw you darling
Not one single word
Would come to my lips

Yes, the very first time
I saw you darling
Not one single word
Would come to my lips

You see, I was so afraid
You wouldn't love me
I wanna tell you right now
I was frightened right down
To my fingertips

So baby, when you went away
That unlucky day last September
I was like a little lost boy
In the wilderness
Baby baby baby ...
When you went away
I was like a little lost boy
In the wilderness

And I've just been sitting here
Thinking of everybody
I've ever known
Well, you know
I still love you the best
Yeah, the best

The Park
Ken Hensley

David Byron - Lead Vocals
Mick Box - Guitar
Ken Hensley - Keyboards
Paul Newton - Bass
Keith Baker - Drums

Let me walk a while alone
Among the sacred rocks and stones
Let me look in vain belief
Upon the beauty of each leaf

There is green in every blade
The tree tops lean providing shade
Maypoles spin in happy sound
All nature's strength around

And there's a horse that feels no pain
Its iron strength to take the strain
Children rock it to and fro
And gaily drink its colour-glow

Above, the sky, devoid of cloud
Thinks not to cast a thunder shroud
Upon this place so full of joy
A field of gold of loves employ

So, why my heavy heart? You say
When tears would stain
The sights so gay
My brother's dreams once here did soar
Until he died at the hand
Of needless war

Here Am I
Album: Salisbury  (1971) (out-take)
Ken Hensley

David Byron - Lead Vocals
Mick Box - Lead Guitars
Ken Hensley - Keyboards/Vocals
Paul Newton - Bass
Keith Baker - Drums

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...

Lady In Black
Ken Hensley

Mick Box - Guitar
Ken Hensley - Lead Vocals/Guitar
Paul Newton - Bass
Keith Baker - Drums

She came to me one morning
One lonely Sunday morning
Her long hair flowing
In the midwinter wind
I know not how she found me
For in darkness I was walking
And destruction lay around me
From a fight I could not win
Ah ah ah ...

She asked me name my foe then
I said the need within some men
To fight and kill their brothers
Without thought of love or God
And I begged her give me horses
To trample down my enemies
So eager was my passion
To devour this waste of life
Ah ah ah ...

But she wouldn't think of battle that
Reduces men to animals
So easy to begin
And yet impossible to end
For she's the mother of our men
Who counselled me so wisely then
I feared to walk alone again
And asked if she would stay 
Ah ah ah ...

Oh lady lend your hand outright
And let me rest here at your side
Have faith and trust
In peace she said
And filled my heart with life
There is no strength in numbers
Have no such misconception
But when you need me
Be assured I won't be far away
Ah ah ah ...

Thus having spoke she turned away
And though I found no words to say
I stood and watched until I saw 
Her black coat disappear
My labour is no easier
But now I know I'm not alone
I find new heart each time
I think upon that windy day
And if one day she comes to you
Drink deeply from her words so wise
Take courage from her
As your prize
And say hello from me
Ah ah ah ...

Simon The Bullet Freak
(out-take)
Ken Hensley

David Byron - Lead Vocals
Mick Box - Guitar
Ken Hensley - Keyboards
Paul Newton - Bass
Keith Baker - Drums

Freed of empty faces
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

Land of hopeless speaking
Bringing back the moon
Don't play your silly games with me
Oh, war of wasted daydream
What is your need
I'm gonna bleed until you kill me

You've lost all sight of your direction
You're only looking for the next one
The next one to kill

Ashes of destruction
Spread out so far
Blackened others 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
(out-take)
Ken Hensley

David Byron - Lead Vocals
Mick Box - Lead Guitar
Ken Hensley - Keyboards
Paul Newton - Bass
Ian Clarke - Drums

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 ...

What Should Be Done
Ken Hensley

David Byron - Lead Vocals
Mick Box - Lead Guitar
Ken Hensley - Keyboards
Paul Newton - Bass
Ian Clarke - Drums

So you think
You found a way of living
That prevents
You losing any sleep
Well, my friend
Take this that I'm giving
It's your piece of mind
You oughta keep

You'll run into trouble for sure
By living behind a locked door

Will you run the risk
Of being taunted
By doing what you wanna do
Or do you prefer to have
Your whole life haunted
By the ones who
Choose to care for you

Beware of their motives my friend
Take care
You're still there at the end

Watch out for winter
It'll bite you with cold
Black spirits trying hard
To bribe you with gold

Would you steal a nickel
From a blind man
Well, right now
I do believe you would
It's not the thought of you
Doing it that hurts me
It's the mind behind it
What's no good

If this is your way
I don't wanna know
It's only so far I can go

I won't go no further
Not for you or anyone
I have my own ideas on
What should be done

What should be done

Why
(out-take), sigle b-side
Mick Box /David Byron /Ken Hensley /Paul Newton

David Byron - Lead Vocals
Mick Box - Lead Guitar
Ken Hensley - Keyboards
Mark Clarke - Bass
Lee Kerslake - Drums

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

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

Well, I've been through
Some changes
Now I'm leaving
While me mind rearranges
Why I'm grieving
I don't mean that you hurt me
Or deceived me
For I know that you're there
And you need me
You sure do
But I hope you can't see how it is
I can't stay any longer
I've got to go

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

I'm gonna find out, yes I am
I'm gonna find out 
What it is that's been
Messing up your mind

Well, I said that I love you
And I need you
Then it means I am yours
Yes, I belong to you

But I just can't be certain
That you love me too
Well, I've got to know
If I can believe in you
Please believe my heart is yours
I can't stay any longer
I've got to go

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

Look At Yourself
Ken Hensley

Mick Box - Lead Guitar
Ken Hensley - Lead Vocals/Keyboards
Paul Newton - Bass
Ian Clarke - Drums
Teddy Osei/Mack Tontoh/Loughty Amao - Percussion

I see you running
Don't know what
You're running from
Nobody's coming
What'd you do that was so wrong

Look back and turn back
Look at yourself
Don't be afraid, just
Look at yourself

If you need assistance
Or if all you need is love
There's no point in hiding
Tell me what you're frightened of

You've got a friend, just
Look at yourself
Don't be afraid, just
Look at yourself

Born In A Trunk
Recorded at Very 'Eavy ... Very 'Umble ... sessions in September 1969
Mick Box /David Byron

Mick Box - Guitar
David Byron - Lead Vocals
Paul Newton - Bass
Alex Napier - Drums

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

Magic Lantern
Recorded at Very 'Eavy ... Very 'Umble ... sessions in July 1969
Mick Box /David Byron

Mick Box - Guitar
David Byron - Lead Vocals
Paul Newton - Bass
Alex Napier - Drums

When you look inside
My magic lantern
All the world is yet unseen
Try to gaze into
The yellow glowing
To get a reflection of me

In a land of make believe and magic
You can be just anything you feel
You think that what you're in is a dream
But know that the lantern is viewing

View the magic lantern
Take a trip around the world
View the magic lantern
There's a thousand
Mysteries unfurled
And I know one of them

I remember your face
Can't remember the place
Here on our own
Living alone

You can dream that
You're a man of power
Ready to be happy with your gold
Without love your mind is going sour
Money's no good when you're old

View the magic lantern
You can have the sky above
Yeah, the magic lantern
You'll buy everything but love
Everything but love

Astranaza
Recorded at Very 'Eavy ... Very 'Umble ... sessions in July 1969
Mick Box /David Byron

Mick Box - Guitar
David Byron - Lead Vocals
Paul Newton - Bass
Alex Napier - Drums

Hey girl, you're the one
That got me started
And I bet you'll be
The one to get us parted
In the beginning, in the beginning
You were the only one
In the beginning, in the beginning
Now everybody's had their fun

How I'm wishing
We could live together
Ooh, but the answer
In your eyes is never
In the beginning, in the beginning
You were the only one
In the beginning, in the beginning
Everybody's had their fun

Well, you and me
And we know what we're saying
To the rest of them
It's a game we're playing
In the beginning, in the beginning
We were the only one
In the beginning, in the beginning
Everybody else will come

How I'm wishing
We could live together
Ooh, but the answer
In your eyes is never, never
In the beginning, in the beginning
You were the only one
In the beginning, in the beginning
Or the mother of my son

In the beginning, in the beginning
You were the only one
In the beginning, in the beginning
Everybody had their fun

How I'm wishing
We could live together
But the answer in your eyes is never
In the beginning, in the beginning
You were the only one
In the beginning, in the beginning
Everybody had their fun

You and me
And we know what we're saying
To the rest of them
It's a game we're playing
In the beginning, in the beginning
We were the only one
In the beginning, in the beginning
Or the mother of my son

In the beginning, in the beginning
You were the only one
In the beginning, in the beginning
Everybody had their fun

Like Astranaza
Astranaza ...

Celebrate
a.k.a. Celebrity Ball
Recorded at Very 'Eavy ... Very 'Umble ... sessions in July 1969
Garry Bonner /Alan Gordon
(Originally recorded by Three Dog Night)

Mick Box - Guitar
David Byron - Lead Vocals
Paul Newton - Bass
Alex Napier - Drums

Celebrate, celebrate
Dance to the music ...

Slippin' away, sittin' on a pillow
Waitin' for night to fall
Girl in a dream, sittin' on a pillow
This is the night
We're going to the celebrity ball

Satin and lace, isn't it a pity
Didn't find time to call
Ready or not
Gonna make it to the city
This is the night
We're going to the celebrity ball

Dress up tonight, why be lonely
You'll stay at home
And you'll be alone
So why be lonely

Celebrate, celebrate
Dance to the music ...

Sittin' alone, sittin' on a pillow
Waitin' to climb the wall
Maybe tonight
Wherever your dream goes
Woman alive
We're going to the celebrity ball

Dress up tonight, why be lonely
You'll stay at home
And you'll be alone
So why be lonely

Celebrate, celebrate
Dance to the music ...

Schoolgirl
Recorded at Very 'Eavy ... Very 'Umble ... sessions in July 1969
Mick Box /David Byron

Mick Box - Guitar
David Byron - Lead Vocals
Paul Newton - Bass
Alex Napier - Drums

Everyone said that you'd always
Been left but you got there
Here we are now when
The rest of the show are not there
Nobody knows by the look of
Your clothes you're a schoolgirl
Who would've guessed
By the way that you're dressed
You're a schoolgirl

You said on my lap that
I wasn't the right kind of person
What I wanna know is that
Who in the show I am worse than
Who would've guessed
By the way that you're dressed
You're a schoolgirl
Nobody knows by the look of
Your clothes you're a schoolgirl
Oh, schoolgirl

Looking for something
That you can't have ...

You said on my lap that
I wasn't the right kind of person
What I wanna know is that
Who in the show I am worse than
But who would've guessed
By the way that you're dressed
You're a schoolgirl
And nobody knows by the look of
Your clothes you're a schoolgirl
Oh, schoolgirl

Looking for something
That you can't have ...

Listen!
Everyone said that you'd always
Been left but you got there
Here we are now when
The rest of the show are not there
Nobody knows by the look of
Your clothes you're a schoolgirl
Who would've guessed
By the way that you're dressed
You're a schoolgirl
Oh, schoolgirl

I Want You Babe
Recorded at Very 'Eavy ... Very 'Umble ... sessions in December 1969
Mick Box /David Byron

Mick Box - Guitar
David Byron - Lead Vocals
Colin Wood - Keyboards
Paul Newton - Bass
Alex Napier - Drums

Oh, I want you babe
I want you all to myself
And now and then
I'm gonna hold you
Tell you that I'm gonna love you
Come with me and I will show you
In a while I'll get to know you

Oh, you know I needed you woman
I needed you, I needed you
Every day and night, right
Now and then
I'm gonna hold you
Tell you that I'm gonna love you
Come with me and I will show you
In a while I'll get to know you
Yeah, yeah, oh

Well, you know what
The secret is I guess
And you think you know
Who your lover's wife is

So you better stop
That thing you're doing
Baby, you're driving me, driving me
Driving me to my ruins
But I, I want you babe

When I was a young man
Always trying to say hello babe
But you'd never know
You live in want
Never knowing that I existed
Till my mind was twisted
I was always trying, sometimes crying
Oh, I needed you, needed you
Needed you ...

Stop that thing that you're doing
Baby, you're driving me, driving me
Driving me to my ruins
Oh, I want you babe

I needed you, I needed you
Every single day
Of my entire life
And everytime I tried
Someone else would come along
There it went again

But now and then
I'm gonna hold you
Tell you that I'm gonna love you
Come with me and I will show you
In a while I'll get to know you
You and me we're gonna make it
Come with me, we mustn't break it

Gypsy
Mick Box /David Byron

Mick Box - Guitar
David Byron - Lead Vocals
Ken Hensley - Keyboards
Paul Newton - Bass
Alex Napier - Drums

I was only seventeen
I fell in love with a gypsy queen
She told me: "Hold on"
Her father was the leading man
He said: "You're not welcome on our land"
And then as a foe
He told me to go

He took me to a little shack
And put a whip across my back
Then told her leave me
I was out for quite a time
Came back with her on my mind
Sweet little girl
She means all the world

Oh, I want my gypsy queen
Will she still be torn between
Her father and lover
One day I will go to him
Strong enough to fight and win
The kind of a man
That he'll understand ...

High Priestess
Ken Hensley

Mick Box - Guitar
Ken Hensley - Lead Vocals/Guitar
Paul Newton - Bass
Keith Baker - Drums

You, who brought
The sunshine to my eyes
You, who wondered
Through my sad disguise
And I have a love
That cannot die ... for you

High priestess of my heart
Tell me that we won't part

Then let's get together in the sky
To leave the lonely world
To wonder why
For we have a love
We can't denie ... so true