Flight Of The Rat Lyrics

Spread the word around
The rat is leaving town
Message is a song
The misery is gone
Yes it is

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
What a night

Mystic demons fly
All above the sky
Memories of a clown
The saddest show in town, yeah

When I was seventeen
My mother said to me
Careful what you touch
Shouldn't touch too much

I blew my mind
She was so kind
I could have cried

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

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

Spread the word around
The rat is leaving town
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
That I am me
Yes I am me

Please stay away

Deep Purple - Deep Purple in Rock

Oct 1990

1. Speed King
2. Bloodsucker
3. Child In Time
4. Flight Of The Rat
5. Into The Fire
6. Living Wreck
7. Hard Lovin' Man