The brainchild of former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, Rainbow quickly developed into one of the '70s most successful heavy metal bands behind charismatic front man Ronnie James Dio. Together, the duo would produce a string of acclaimed albums which are still considered classics of the genre. But the group would change their musical approach numerous times following the singer's departure, eventually confusing and alienating much of their audience. Releasing eight albums during it's decade long run, the band finally came to an end when Blackmore departed to rejoin his old Deep Purple comrades in a full-fledged reunion in 1984. And while the impact of Rainbow's influence has faded with the intervening decades, theirs was a crucial chapter in the development of heavy metal and hard rock.
Rainbow (also known as Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow or Blackmore's Rainbow) were an English rock band, controlled by former Deep Purple guitarist Ritchie Blackmore from 1975 to 1984 and 1994 to 1997. It was originally established with former Elf members, though over the years Rainbow went through many lineup changes. In addition to lead singers Ronnie James Dio, Graham Bonnet, Joe Lynn Turner and Doogie White, the project consisted of numerous backing musicians. The band started out combining mystical lyric themes with neo-classical metal, but went in a more streamlined commercial style following Dio's departure from the group.
Rainbow was ranked #90 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.
lso known as Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
Blackmore's Rainbow
Origin England
Genres Hard rock, heavy metal, AOR
Years active 1975–1984
1994–1997
Labels Polydor, BMG
Associated acts Deep Purple, Elf, Bible Black, Black Sabbath, Alcatrazz, Fandango, Dio, The Michael Schenker Group, Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force, Blackmore's Night, Over the Rainbow
1. CATCH THE RAINBOW
When evening falls
She’ll run to me
Like whispered dreams
Your eyes can’t see
Soft and warm
She’ll touch my face
A bed of straw
Against the lace
* we believed we’d catch the rainbow
Ride the wind to the sun
Sail away on ships of wonder
But life’s not a wheel
With chains made of steel
So bless me come the dawn
Come the dawn
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2. DESPERATE HEART
Yesterday you were here by my side
Nothing to prove and nothing left to hide
You promised me there would be no goodbye
But now I find another set of lies
Babe you must be crazy
How could you be so blind
Why would you deceive me
Now you’re saying that you’re leaving me behind
So strong I’m not gonna run away
Want you to know that I’m gonna break through
How long can I go on this way
There’s nothing I can do
Desperate heart think you better hold out
Torn apart I was left to bleed
Don’t start feeling you were sold out
Now you better face reality
Did my best did the best that I could
It’s all been wasted just misunderstood
You keep on talking
Your words are sounding so smoothe
Why don’t you say it
You just want to cut me loose
Oh don’t say that you love me
Don’t wont to hear that you tried
Oh don’t tell me that you need me
Don’t want to hear none of your alibis
So strong I’m not gonna run away
Want you to know that I’m gonna break through
How long can I go on this way
There’s nothing I can do
Desperate heart think you better hold out
Torn apart I was left to bleed
Don’t start feeling you were sold out
Now you better face reality
So strong I’m not gonna run away
Want you to know that I’m gonna break through
How long can I go on this way
Tell me what can I do
Nothing I can do
Desperate heart think you better hold out
Torn apart I was left to bleed
Don’t start feeling you were sold out
Now you better face reality
(twice)
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3. I SURRENDER
I surrender to your heart babe
Do anything that you want me to do
Please be tender I’m in your hands girl
This is a feeling I never knew
You know I tried to make it on my own
That’s not the way it was meant to be
Spend my time waiting by the phone
Oh darling come back to me
I surrender, I surrender
I’m giving up the role of pretender
Oh be tender, girl be tender
Can’t you feel the love that I send you
I surrender.
I remember, seems like a lifetime
Can’t believe it’s a matter of days
Since you left I’m near to heartbreak
I want you so bad don’t turn away
What does it take to stay by my side
You know I’ll do what you want me to
Don’t take away this feeling inside
I’m still in love with you
I surrender, I surrender
I’m giving up the role of pretender
Oh be tender, girl be tender
Can’t you feel the love that I send you
I surrender.
I surrender, I surrender
Darling now won’t you be tender
Surrender, oh surrender
Feel the love that I send you
I surrender.
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4. BRING ON THE NIGHT [ DREAM CHASER]
I was taking a chance on a tight-rope
Walking the line to the end
I was ready to fall had my back to the wall
But I'm flying again...
I been shifting my gears. I been moving
Cause they wanted me dead or alive
But I'm making a break and I want you to take a ride
Take a ride -
Bring on the night
into the shadows and out of the light
Bring on the night
Let the Dream Chaser take you away
When the sun hits another horizon...
and the joker has started to deal...
You can quit if you choose but there's nothing to lose
By a spin of the wheel
Gotta burn all your bridges behind you, they'll keep dragging
you down if you stay...
and I know I ain't wrong cause I'm free and I'm on my way
on my way...
Bring on the night
into the shadows and out of the light
Bring on the night
Let the Dream Chaser take you away
I live on the edge of tomorrow
I'm racing along on the wind
I can see what I need, you better believe
I'm playin' to win
I got nothin' to fear when I'm flyin...
Cause yesterday's over and gone
and there's nothin' I can do...so I gotta keep movin' on..
Movin' on -
Movin' on -
Bring on the night
into the shadows and out of the light
Bring on the night
Let the Dream Chaser take you away...take you away
Bring on the night
"Dream Chaser"
repeat till fade
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5. MAKE YOUR MOVE
You better not mess around with me
You know you better think twice
Because I’ve been running on a really bad streak
And I’m just looking for a fight
So you took me by surprise
Thought I was gonna run
But the cross fire is in my eyes
And my body holds the gun
Here I come
You better get ready to make your move
Got my finger on the trigger and I’m gonna shoot
Get ready make your move
Got your name on my bullet and my aim is true
You better not mess around with me
I got you in my sights
I’ve been running on a really bad streak
Gonna shoot you down tonight
My back’s against the wall
You know that you better think twice
One of us is gonna fall
I’m looking for a fight and the time is right
You better get ready to make your move
Got my finger on the trigger and I’m gonna shoot
I say you better get ready
Make your move
Got your name on my bullet and my aim is true
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6. STILL I AM SAD
See the stars come fallin' down the sky
Gently passing, they kiss your tear drops dry
See the wind come, softly blow
Your hair from your face
And the rain comes falling down
In its crazy way
Still I'm sad
For myself my tears just fall in the dust
As I search in the night and find they're lost
See the wind come gently blow
Time into my heart
And the rain comes falling down
While we're apart
Still I'm sad
Version 2 (Yardbirds' version?)
See the stars come joining down from the skies
Gently passing they kiss your tears when you cry
See the wind of summer blow your hair upon your head
See the rain, the falling rain, it's rain
Still I'm sad
Oh my flowers, my tears are falling two days
They are driving the night profound, they are lost
Flower, flower the wind is blowing
Time into my heart
When the wind blows hard, we are apart
Still I'm sad
Oh, oh, oh, oh, Still I'm sad
Oh, oh, oh, oh, How I'm sad
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7. STAR STRUCK
If I’m high on a hill
She will still be looking down at me
What does she see
That brings her closer every day to my heart
If I’m away from home
And think I’m all alone
She’s there, somewhere
I look around to see
And looking back at me
She’s there, beware
Creeping like a hungry cat
Seen it before
And I know it can mean that
* the lady’s starstruck she’s nothing but bad luck
The lady’s starstruck running after me
The lady’s starstruck she’s nothing but bad luck, yeah, yeah
I could fly to the moon
But she’d soon find a way to be there
I never knew for a while
That a smile made ’em really care
She wants a souvenir
To everyone it’s clear
She’s hooked, one look
She wants a photograph
And everybody laughs
But not me, ’cause I see
She’s creeping like a hungry cat
Seen it before and I know it can mean that
*
I used to be a game
Now I can’t repeat my name at all
She seems to believe that
I never can refuse her call
She wants a souvenir
To everyone it’s clear
She’s hooked, one look
She wants a photograph
And everybody laughs
But not me, ’cause I see
She’s creeping like a hungry cat
Seen it before and I know it can mean that
* x 2
And back of a tree
I’m looking back at me
Blind and off my state
I’ve just got to beware
The lady’s starstruck
Yes, she’s bad luck, bad luck
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8. Since You've Been Gone
I get the same old dream, same time every night
Fall to the ground and I wake up
So I get out of bed ? put on my shoes and in my head
Thoughts like that since our break-up
These four walls are closing in
Look at the fix you've put me in
CHORUS Since you've been gone
Since you've been gone
I?m out of my head, can?t take it
Could I be wrong, but since you've been gone
You cast a spell, so break it
Oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh
Since you've been gone
So in the night I stand beneath the back street light
I read the words that you sent to me
I can take the afternoon, but night-time comes around to soon
You can?t know what you mean to me
Your poison letter, your telegram
Just go to show you don?t give a damn
CHORUS
If you will come back baby, you know you'll never do wrong
CHORUS
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9. STREET OF DREAMS
I heard the sound of voices in the night
Spellbound there was someone calling
I looked around no one was in sight
Pulled down I just kept on falling
I’ve seen this place before
You were standing by my side
I’ve seen your face before tonight
Maybe I just see what I want it to be
I know it’s a mystery
Do you remember me on a street of dreams
Running through my memory
On the street of dreams
There you stood a distant memory
So good like we never parted
Said to myself I knew you’d set me free
And here we are right back where we started
Something’s come over me
And I don’t know what to feel
Maybe this fantasy is real
Now I know I see what I want it to be
But it’s still a mystery
Do you remember me on the street of dreams
Running through my memory
On the street of dreams
You are on every face I see
On the street of dreams
Solo
Tell me have you always been
On the street of dreams
Will we ever meet again my friend
Do you know just what it meant to be
On the street of dreams
Never know just who you’ll see do ya
On the street of dreams
You can be who you want to be oh yeah
I can hear you calling me
I can feel you haunting me
Haunting me
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