oor heart dance
Thinking of a lost romance
Long ago

Feeling lonely, felling sad
She cried in the moonlight
Driven by a world gone mad
She took flight

"Feel no sorrow, feel no pain
Feel no hurt, there's nothing gained
Only love will remain"
She would say

Shadow of the moon
Shadow of the moon
Shadow of the moon
Shadow of the moon

Through the darkened fields entrance
Music made her poor heart dance
Thinking of a lost romance
Long ago

Somewhere just beyond the mist
Spirits were seen flying
As the lightning led her way
Through the dark

In the shadow of the moon
She danced in the starlight
Whispering a haunting tune
To the night

Shadow of the moon
Shadow of the moon
Shadow of the moon
Shadow of the moon



The clock ticks on



As the wind chimes play along the breeze
Singing songs to stir the soul
Rainbow colours entwined in fairytales
On the maypole

Sing the song of lands from far away
Other times and another place
The wind can carry us all away from here
Charmed in her embrace

Leaves turn to red, the nights are getting colder
Seasons will change, the clock ticks on
Leaves fill the trees as the days are getting warmer
Days turn to years, the clock ticks on

Cloak and dagger, no fear of freedom
When hearts beat in another time
Ever changing, the clock ticks on
If only in your mind

The wind has died, the chimes are still again
The trees stand tall as they cover me in shade
In the mirror a maiden stares at me
As the secret fades

Leaves turn to red, the nights are getting colder
Seasons will change, the clock ticks on
Leaves fill the trees as the days are getting warmer
Days turn to years, the clock ticks on

Though the clock ticks on to the future
It's in the past my heart will stay
In a time so far away from me
I'll return someday

Leaves turn to red, the nights are getting colder
Seasons will change, the clock ticks on
Leaves fill the trees as the days are getting warmer
Days turn to years, the clock ticks on



Be mine tonight



Be mine tonight
We'll travel through all our memories
In our own little space in time
You've always be mine

Through the years
I feel your love beside me
Through the laughter and the tears
You've conquered all my fears

So many stories, so many treasures
So much our lifes have shared
We've done it all and we've done it together
You know I've always cared

In this heart
There'll never be another
You've made my life complete
Our love is like a dream

So many stories, so many treasures
So much our lifes have shared
We've done it all and we've done it together
You know I've always cared

Take my hand
Nothing can come between us
We were always meant to be
Forever, you and me

In my eyes
Your face is always before me
Our souls are now as one
We've only just begun



Play minstrel play

(Traditional by Ataingnant, arranged by Blackmore/Night)

Underneath the harvest moon
Where the ancient shadows will play and hide
With the ghosty time and devil's pride

"Stranger" whispered all the town
Has he come to save us from satan's hand?
Leading them away to a foreign land

Play for me, minstrel, play
And take away our sorrows
Play for me, minstrel, play
And we'll follow

Hear, listen, can you hear?
The haunting melody surrounding you
Weaving a magic spell
All around you

Danger hidden in his eyes
We should have seen it from far away
Wearing such a thin disguise in the light of day

He held the answer to our prayers
Yet it was too good to be
Proof before our very eyes, yet we could not see

Play for me, minstrel, play
And take away our sorrows
Play for me, minstrel, play
And we'll follow

Hear, listen, can you hear?
The haunting melody surrounding you
Weaving a magic spell
All around you



Ocean gypsy



Tried to take it all away
Learn her freedom just inside a day
And find her soul
To find there fears are laid

Tried to make her love their own
They took her love, they left her there
They gave her nothing back
That she would want to own

Gold and silver rings and stones
Dances slowly off the moon
No one else could know, she stands alone

Sleeping dreams will reach for her
She cannot say the words they need
She knows she's alone and she is free

Ocean gypsy of the moon
The sun has made a thousand nights for you to hold
Ocean gypsy, where are you?
Shadows followed by the stars have turned to gold

Turned to gold

Then she met a hollow soul
Filled him with her light and was consoled
She was the moon
And he, the sun was gold

Eyes were blinded with his light
The sun she gave reflected back the night
The moon was waning
Almost out of sight

Softly ocean gypsy calls
Silence hold the stars a while
They smile sadly for her where she falls

Just the time before the dawn
The sea is hushed, the ocean calls her
Day has taken her and now she's gone

Ocean gypsy of the moon
The sun has made a thousand nights for you to hold
Ocean gypsy, where are you?
Shadows followed by the stars have turned to gold

Turned to gold

No one noticed when she died
Ocean gypsy shackled to the tide
The ebbing waves
The turning spreading white

Something gone within her eyes
Her fingers, lifeless, stroke the sand
Here battered soul was lost
She was abandoned

Silken threads like wings still shine
Wind swept pleasure still make patterns
In her lovely hair so dark and fine

Stands on high beneath the seas
Cries no more, her tears have dried
Ocean weeps for her, the ocean sighs

Ocean gypsy of the moon
The sun has made a thousand nights for you to hold
Ocean gypsy, where are you?
Shadows followed by the stars have turned to gold

Turned to gold



Minstrel hall

(Blackmore)

Instrumental track



Magical world



I called your name out loud in the courtyard
The crystal I held was like an old friend
The vines crawled the walls, the wind hold its breath
But the answer I longed for never came

Your name, they had said, was cursed beyond measure
The families at odds fought with poisoned tongues
And yet through the dark of blind, bitter hate
Broke a glittering light of two lover's fate

Walls built between us, miles separate us
Yet in our hearts we share the same dream
Feelings so strong, we just must carry on
On to our magical world

Destiny called them like a silver poem
They followed the dance 'till the music died out
Last time they met was on a earth bed
Both knowing they'd meet again in the light

Walls built between us, miles separate us
Yet in our hearts we share the same dream
Feelings so strong, we just must carry on
On to our magical world

In our magical world
In our magical world

Fear not, dear Juliet, your Romeo's calling
He's waiting for you at the end of the song
This world was too cruel for lovers like you
But here in our hearts you'll always live on

Walls built between us, miles separate us
Yet in our hearts we share the same dream
Feelings so strong, we just must carry on
On to our magical world



Writing on the wall

(Tchaikovsky/Blackmore/Night)

Is it powers of intuition?
Is it insecurity?
You know I can read your mind
And you have been deceiving me

Which face wears the mask this evening?
When will your true colours show?
Will they be as black as shadows?
Hiding 'neath the rainbow

Had my heart on a sliver chain
With the words engraved "I loved you"
Like a swan that was lost at sea
I lost all of me to you

Now I see the writing on the wall

Paranoia or perception?
Put your faith in liar's hands
Wanting to believe his words
But never knowing where he stands

Had my heart on a sliver chain
With the words engraved "I loved you"
Like a swan that was lost at sea
I lost all of me to you

Now I see the writing on the wall

There's too many misconceptions
In this game of consequence
When you're finding that you hero
Is just who you're up against

Had my heart on a sliver chain
With the words engraved "I loved you"
Like a swan that was lost at sea
I lost all of me to you

Now I see the writing on the wall



Renaissance faire

(Traditional by Susatto, arranged by Blackmore/Night)

I was told once by a friend of mine
She had seen an olden sign
She said she was not from this time
And did I feel the same?

So I told her "Yes", I knew her fears
As I felt the truth draw near
Told her back three hundred years
Was the time that I held dear

Gather ye lords and ladies fair
Come with me to the renaissance faire
Hurry now, we're almost there
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

Through the shroud of mystery
Turn a page of history
Felling more than you can see
Down at the renaissance faire

Hear the minstrels play their tunes
The will play the whole night through
Special songs for me and for you
And anyone whose heart is true

Gather ye lords and ladies fair
Come with me to the renaissance faire
Hurry now, we're almost there
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la

There's too many stars for one sky to hold
Some will fall, others are sold
As the fields turn to gold
Down at the renaissance faire

Gather ye lords and ladies fair
Come with me to the renaissance faire
Hurry now, we're almost there
Fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la



Memmingen

(Blackmore)

Instrumental track



No second chance



My diamond's clouded over
Where it used to shine like light
The day keeps running faster
Into the arms of night

The stitches on the tapestry say
"Everything in time
Will find its way home again"
But I'm tired of crying

No second chances
Don't knock on my door
There won't be any answer
I won't be here no more

This house we had together
Might still be in its place
But the rest of this
Is much too hard to face

There'll be no second chance

Lovely moonlit hours we spent
Walking on the beach
We'd gaze up at the stars
I swear they were in our reach

But time, it went on
Minutes, they ran too fast
Like you they were gone
Into the past

No second chances
Don't knock on my door
There won't be any answer
I won't be here no more

This house we had together
Might still be in its place
But the rest of this
Is much too hard to face

There'll be no second chance



Mond tanz

(Blackmore)

Instrumental track



Spirit of the sea



I took a walk along the shore
To clear my mind about the day
I saw a man I'd seen before
As I approached he slipped away

I knew his face from years ago
His smile stays with me evermore
His eyes, they guide me through the haze
And bring me shelter from the storm

As I walk I can feel him
Always watching over me
His voice surrounds me
My spirit of the sea

He went away so long ago
On maiden voyage far away
A young man then I did not know
His life was taken that same day

And it was almost like he knew
He wouldn't see me anymore
He looked so deeply in my eyes and said
"Wait for me along the shore"

As I walk I can feel him
Always watching over me
His voice surrounds me
My spirit of the sea

And so I come most every day
To watch the waves rise and fall
And as I sit here on the sand
This ocean makes me feel so small

But I feel my lover by my side
He makes me follow my own heart
We'll be together some sweet day
When that day comes we'll never part

When that day comes we'll never part
Wait for me along the shore



Greensleeves

(Traditional, arranged by Blackmore)

Alas, my love, ye do me wrong
To cast me out discourteously
And I have loved you for so long
Delighting in your company

Greensleeves was all my joy
Greensleeves was my delight
Greensleeves was my heart of gold
And who but lady greensleeves?

Alas, my love, ye do me wrong
To cast me out discourteously
And I have loved you for so long
Delighting in your company

Greensleeves was all my joy
Greensleeves was my delight
Greensleeves was my heart of gold
And who but lady greensleeves?



Wish you were here



Wish you were here
Me, oh, my country man
Wish you were here

I wish you were here
Don't you know? The snow is getting colder
And I miss you like hell
And I'm feeling blue

Wish you were here
Me, oh, my country man
Wish you were here

I wish you were here
Don't you know? The snow is getting colder
And I miss you like hell
And I'm feeling blue

I've got feelings for you
Do you still feel the same?
From the first time I laid my eyes on you
I felt joy of living, I saw heaven in your eyes

In your eyes

Wish you were here
Me, oh, my country man
Wish you were here

I wish you were here
Don't you know? The snow is getting colder
And I miss you like hell
And I'm feeling blue

I miss your laugh, I miss your smile
I miss everything about you
Every second's like a minute
Every minute's like a day when you're far away

The snow is getting colder, baby
I wish you were here
A battlefield of love and fear
And I wish you were here

I've got feelings for you,
From the first time I laid my eyes on you

Wish you were here
Me, oh, my country man
Wish you were here

I wish you were here
Don't you know? The snow is getting colder
And I miss you like hell
And I'm feeling blue