[Chords]/Lyrics

Very 'Eavy Very 'Umble (The US release is titled "Uriah Heep")

Mick Box - Guitars, backing vocals (ex Stalkers, Spice)
Ken Hensley - Keyboards (ex Head Machine, Weed, The Gods,Toe Fat)
David Byron - Vocals (ex Spice)
Paul Newton - Bass (ex The Gods, Spice)
Alex Napier - Drums (ex Spice)
Nigel Olsson - Drums (ex Spencer Davies Group)

Gypsy
Walking In Your Shadow
Come Away Melinda
Lucy's Blues ("Bird Of Prey" on the US release)
Dreammare
Real Turned On
I'll Keep On Trying
Wake Up/Set Your Sight
Gypsy (bonus single edit on remastered release - also on "Rarities From The Bronze Age")
Come Away Melinda (bonus alternate version on remastered release)
Born In A Trunk (bonus alternate version on remastered release, slightly different from "The Lansdowne Tapes" and the box set versions)

Gypsy (Box/Byron)

When I was only seventeen
I fell in love with a gypsy queen
She told me to hold on
Her father was the leadin' man
He said you're not welcome on our land
Then, as a foe, he told me to go

Aaah

He took me to a little shack
And put a whip across my back
And told her leave me

I was out for quite a time
Came back with her on my mind
That sweet little girl
she means all the world

Aaah

Ya know 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 man
That he'll understand

Aaah

Walking In Your Shadow (Newton/Byron)

I'm walking in your shadow
Ever since you went away
And the clock on the wall
Really hasn't very much to say
For 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 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 trip of the ocean wall
Still walking in your shadow
And still looking for somewhere to hide

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

Come Away Melinda (Hellerman/Minkoff)

[Ebm]Daddy, [Db]daddy, come and look[B], see what [Db]I have found
[Ebm]A little ways [Db]away from here[B], while [Ebm]digging in the ground[Ebm7+]
[F#]Come [Db]away Melind[Bbm]a, come in and [Fm]close the door
[F#]It's nothing[Db], just a picture boo[Bbm]k, they [Fm]had before [Bbm]the [Bm]war

[Ebm]Daddy, [Db]daddy come and see[B], daddy, [Db]come and look
[Ebm]Where there's four or[db]five little Melinda girls
[B]Inside {Ebm]my picture book[Ebm7+]
[F#]Come [Db]away Melind[Bbm]a, come in and [Fm]close the door
[F#]There were lot[Db]s of little girls like you[Bbm]
[Bbm]Before they [Fm]had [Bbm]the w[Bm]ar

[Em]Oh daddy, [D]daddy come and see[C], daddy [D]hurry do!
[Em]While there's som[D]eone in a pretty dress
[C]She's all grown [Em]up like you, won't you [Em7+]tell me why

[G]Come [D]away Melinda[Bm], come in and [F#m]close the door
[G]That som[D]eone is your mummy[Bm], you [F#m]had before the [Bm]war

[Em]Daddy, [D]daddy[C] tell me [D]if you can
[Em]Why can't things be[D] the way they were[C], be[Em]fore the war began[Em7+]

[G]Come a[D]way Melinda[Bm], come in and [F#m]close the door
[G]The answer lies [D]in yesterday[F#m], before they had the[Bm] war

Lucy's Blues (Box/Byron)

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 words
Would come to my lips

I was so afraid you wouldn't love me
I wanna tell you right now
I was freightned by damned
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 litlle lost boy
In the wilderness

And I've just been sitting and thinking
Of everybody I've ever known
Well you know I still love the very best
Yes, the very best

Dreammare (Newton)

Greedy demons
Smiling sideways
Laughing in my face
Here within my troubled sleep
Is such a lonely place
Running fast but never moving
I can't get away
Strange but realistic objects
Making me that way

Then it starts as fast as it came
Evil dream
Changing like the sun turns to rain
It would seem

La la la la la, La la la la la, La la la la la la
La la la la la, La la la la la, La la la la la la
Riding with the gods of beauty
On a distant shore
Tasting fruits of unknown sweetness
Never seen before

Dancing stars with crystal voices
Backing with their eyes
Unicorn of many colours
Rides to paradise

Then it's gone as fast as it came
Peacefull dream
Changing like the sun turns to rain
It would seem

(instrumental Bridge)
La la la la la, La la la la la, La la la la la la
La la la la la, La la la la la, La la la la la la
Sleepless nighttime past the lighttime
Crucified my head
Dreams of peace and then disaster
Wish that I were dead

Looking for the end of darkness
Seeking out the day
Fallin' escape with sleep at bedtime
Bury me away

Then it starts as fast as it came
Evil dream
Changing like the sun turns to rain
It would seem

La la la la la, La la la la la, La la la la la la
La la la la la, La la la la la, La la la la la la (fade)

Real Turned On (Box/Byron/Newton)

Girl before you go now
There's one thing I wanted to do
Let's get to take you back
'Cause I want to make love to you
Got me real turned on

But there is something in your eyes
Telling me you have to go
Something in your eyes
But you tryin' 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
Oh babe do you know
What I have in mind
Can you guess wat 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.....(end cold)

I'll Keep On Trying (Box/Byron)

Ah..................
You came to me
With all of your lies
And I was taking in so well
It took me quite a time
To see the disguise
You made it very hard to tell

Now I hear you are again
But you're begging in vain
'Cause I really don't want to know

Ah...................
You came to me 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

Ah........................
Well I remember everything
Everything around me
The long dark winter 'till the breath of spring
Came close enough to drown me
So I'm gonnna 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, yeah

You came to me 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

Ah................................

Wake Up/Set Your Sights (Box/Byron)

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
For the time is right for your own
Yeah for your own, yeah,yeah

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 many are yawning
They're all crushed by our wheels
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 another ? are you of your mind
The way all shatterd pages don't seem to yield
Bodies are scattered there all part of the field
Oh no, did I tell you what would happen if you tried
Oh God stop this killing said the young man
Before he died

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

Kris Degruytere, Todd A. Bradley (lyrics), Jay Pearson (tracks)

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