Lyrics
/ B /Blind Guardian / The Forgotten Tales(1996)
Total plying time 45:40
1. Mr. Sandman............................. 2:09
2. Surfin USA.............................. 2:23
3. Bright Eyes'96.......................... 4:20
4. Lord Of The Rings'96.................... 3:55
5. The Wizard.............................. 3:16
6. Spread Your Wings....................... 4:14
7. Mordred's Song'96....................... 5:16
8. Black Chamber'96........................ 1:15
9. The Bard's Song-In The Forest (Live).... 4:11
10. Barbara Ann/Long Tall Sally............. 1:43
11. A Past And Future Secret'96............. 3:47
12. To France............................... 4:40
13. Theatre Of Pain'96 (Instr.)............. 4:15
Blind Guardian:
Hansi Kursch - lead vocal,bass
Andre Olbrich - guitar,acustic guitar,back vocal
Marcus Siepen - rhythm guitar,back vocal
Thomas Stauch - drums
1. MR. SANDMAN
Music and Lyrics: Pat Ballads
Recorded and mixed 1995 at Sweet Silence Studios / Denmark
by Flemming Rasmussen Produced by Flemming Rasmussen
Engineers: Piet Sielck and Flemming Rasmussen
Assistant engineers: Henrik Vindeby
Effects: Mathias Wiesner
Mister Sandman, bring me a dream
Make it the cutest that I've ever seen
Give her two lips like roses in clover
Then tell her that my lonesome nights are over
Mister Sandman, I'm so alone
Don't have nobody to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mister Sandman, bring me a dream
Mister Sandman, bring me a dream
Make it the cutest that I've ever seen
Give her the word that I'm not a rover
Then tell her that my lonesome nights are over
Mister Sandman, I'm so alone
Don't have nobody to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mister Sandman, bring me a dream
Mister Sandman, bring us a dream
Give her a pair of eyes with a congeal of gleam
Give her a lonely heart like Harlehatschi
And not so wavy hair like Liberatschi
Mister Sandman, someone to hold
Would be so peachy before we're to old
So please turn on your magic bean
Mister Sandman, brings us
Please, please, please
Mister Sandman, bring us a dream
Yeah...
Mr Sandman
Bring me a dream
Make it the cutest I've ever seen
Give her two lips like roses and clover
And tell her that her lonesome nights are over
Sandman
I'm so alone
Don't have nobody to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mr Sandman bring me a dream
Mr Sandman
Bring me a dream
Make her the cutest I've ver seen
Give her the word that I'm not a rover
And tell her that her lonesome nights are over
Sandman
I'm so alone
Don't have nobody to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mr Sandman, bring me a dream
MrSandman
Bring us a dream
Give her a pair of eyes
With a congeal of gleam
Give her a lonely heart
Like Harlehatschi
And not so wavy hair
Like Liberatschi
Mr Sandman
Someone to hold
Would be so peachy
Before we're to old
So please turn on your magic beam
Mr Sandman bring us
Please Please Please
Mr Sandman
Bring us a dream
Back. Voc.: Piet Sielck
2. SURFIN' USA
Music: Chuck Berry, Lyrics: Brian Wilson
Recorded at Karo Studios and The Twilight Hall / Germany
by Piet Sielck
Mixed at Central Studio / Germany by Piet Sielck
Produced by Piet Sielck and Blind Guardian
Engineers: Piet Sielck
Piano: Michael Sch:uren
If everybody had an ocean
Across the U.S.A.
Then everybody'd be surfing
Like California
You'd see 'em wearin' their baggies
Huarachi sandals, too
A bushy, bushy blond hairdo
Surfin U.S.A.
You'd catch 'em surfin' at Del Mar
(Inside, outside, U.S.A.)
Ventura County line
(Inside, outside, U.S.A.)
Santa Cruz and Tressels
(Inside, outside, U.S.A.)
Australia's Narabine
(Inside, outside, U.S.A.)
All over Manhattan
(Inside, outside, U.S.A.)
And down Doheny way
(Inside, outside, U.S.A.)
Everybody's gone surfin'
Surfin' U.S.A.
We'll all be planning out a route
We're gonna take real soon
We're waxin' down our surfboards
We can't wait for June
We'll all be gone for the summer
We're on safari to stay
Tell the teacher we're surfin'
Surfin' U.S.A.
At Haggerty's and Swami's
(Inside, outside, U.S.A.)
Pacific Palisade
(Inside, outside, U.S.A.)
San Onofre and sunset
(Inside, outside, U.S.A.)
Redondo Beach, L.A.
(Inside, outside, U.S.A.)
All over La Jolla
(Inside, outside, U.S.A.)
At Waiamea Bay
(Inside, outside, U.S.A.)
Everybody's gone surfin'
Surfin' U.S.A.
3. BRIGHT EYES'96
Music: Olbrich / Kursch
Lyric: Kursch
Recorded at Karo Studios and The Twilight Hall by Piet Sielck
Mixed at Central Sound Studio / Hamburg by Piet Sielck in 1996
Produced by Piet Sielck and Blind Guardian
Engineered by Piet Sielck and Henrik Vindeby
Fool just another
Fool just another
.................
I've been waiting
For signs of god
Create- enslaved- behaved-
I'm out of control
Yet lost in a cold world
Leave me alone
Isolation bears hope
There's something else waiting
A promised destiny
Freezing me
I feel restless and low
These days full of sadness
Had joyfully changed into fear
My freakshow will start tonight
Don't miss the right time
Bright eyes
Blinded by fear of life
No Merlin is by my side
And it grabbed inside
It posessed and flayed my mind
The lord of darkness takes my soul
And when I left the light
It seems so easy
Everything is out of control
Hey, mother stubborn
I really hate you
If you say yes I will say no
Ashes to ashes
And dust won't be dust
If you go there
I will go back
Bright eyes
Blinded by fear of life
Betrayed by sunrise
Bright eyes
Blinded by fear of life
No Merlin is by my side
Hey, father stubborn
You're ying
And I'm young
I feel alone
Who really cares
Born into ashes
To lose all the games
With a smiling face
A smiling face
Bright eyes
Blinded by fear of life
And dark dragons rise
Bright eyes
Blinded by fear of life
No Merlin is by my side
So I sits here in my room
Winter's here
In summer season
Shall I say I was wrong
If I'm right
And farewell to my final hope
4. LORD OF THE RINGS'96
music: Siepen / Kursch
lyric: Kursch
There are signs on the ring
Which make me feel so down
There's one to enslave all rings
To find them all in time
And drive them into darkness
Forever they'll be bound
Three for the Kings
Of the elves high in light
Nine to the mortal
Which cry
I'll keep the ring for sorrow
I'll keep the ring till I die
I'll keep the ring for sorrow
I'll keep the ring till I die
Slow down and I sail on the river
Slow down and I walk to the hill
Slow down and I sail on the river
Slow down and I walk to the hill
And there's no way out
Mordor!
Dark land under Sauron's spell
Threatened a long time
Threatened a long time
Seven rings to the dwarves
In their halls made of stone
Into the valley
I feel down
One ring to the dark lord's hand
Sitting on his throne
In the land so dark
Where I have to go
I'll keep the ring
I'll keep the ring
I'll keep the ring
Till I die...
Slow down and I sail on the river
Slow down and I walk to the hill
Lord of the rings
5. THE WIZARD
( Song by Uriah Heep '72 "Demons & Wizards")
Music & Lyric by Ken Hensley
He was the wizard of a thousand kings
And a chance to meet him one night wondering
He told me tales and he drank my wine
Me and my magic man kinda feeling fine
He had a cloak of gold and eyes of fire
And as he spoke I felt a deep desire
To free the world of its fear and pain
And help the people to feel free again
Why don't we listen to the voices in our hearts?
Cause then I know we'll find we're not so far apart
Everybody's got to be happy, everyone should see
For we know the joy of life and peace that love can bring
So spoke the wizard in his mountain home
The vision of his wisdom means we'll never be alone
And I will dream of my magic night
And the million silver stars that guide me with their light
6. SPREAD YOUR WINGS
Music and Lyrics: John Deacon
Sammy was low
Just watching the show
Over and over again
Knew it was time
He made up his mind
To leave his dead life behind
His boss said to him
"Boy you'd better begin,
To get those crazy notions right out of your head
Sammy who do you think that you are?
You should've been sweeping up the Emerald Bar"
Chorus:
Spread your wings and fly away
Fly away, far away
Spread your little wings and fly away
Fly away, far away
Pull yourself together 'Cos you know you should do better
That's because you're a free man
He spends his evenings alone in his hotel room
Keeping his thoughts to himself, he'd be leaving soon
Wishing he was miles and miles away
Nothing in this world, nothing would make him stay
Since he was small
Had no luck at all
Nothing came easy to him
Now it was time
He made up his mind
"This could be my last chance"
His boss said to him,"Now listen boy!
You're always dreaming
You've got no real ambition, you won't get very far
Sammy boy, don't you know who you are?
Why can't you be happy at the Emerald Bar?"
So honey,
Chorus
Come on, honey
You spread your wings and fly away
7. MORDRED'S SONG'96
music: Olbrich / Kursch
lyric: Kursch
I've lost my battle before it starts
My first breath wasn't done
My spirit's sunken deep into the ground
Why am I alone
I can hear my heartbeat
Silence's all around
See hate will rise
And don't come closer
Fear your child
Born with a king's heart
But fate fooled me
And changed my cards
Noone asked if I want it
If I like it
Chorus:
Pain inside is rising
I am the fallen one
A figure in an old game
No joker's on my side
I plunged into misery
I'll turn off the light
And murder the dawn
Turn off the light
And murder the dawn
Nothing else but laughter is around me
Forevermore
Noone can heal me
Nothing can save me
Noone can heal me
I've gone beyond the truth
It's just another lie
Wash away the blood on my hands
My father's blood
In agony we're unified
I never wanted to be
What they told me to be
Fulfill my fate then I'll be free
God knows how long I tried to change fate
(Solo)
Chorus
(Solo)
I plunged into misery
I'll turn off the light
And murder the dawn
Turn off the light
And murder the dawn!!
8. BLACK CHAMBER'96
music & lyric Kursch
I am lost in the black chamber
There's no way to turnin back
The still line in a different world
It takes me down forevermore
And death would be so sweet
A dancing gnome in an empty room
A cruel and painful game
I'm possessed by the old creature
Who had planned all
To take my soul
Too late for me
In my hands
It lies I thought
But I failed
Now he's in me
My soul is lost
In his black chamber
I'm gone
9. THE BARD'S SONG - IN THE FOREST (LIVE)
music: Kursch / Olbrich
lyric: Kurcsh
Now you all know
The bards and their songs
When hours have gone by
I'll close my eyes
In a world far away
We may meet again
But now hear my song
About the dawn of the night
Let's sing the bards' song
Tomorrow will take us away
Far from home
No one will ever know our names
But the bards' songs will remain
Tomorrow will take it away
The fear of today
It will be gone
Due to our magic songs
There's only one song
Left in my mind
Tales of a brave man
Who lived far from here
Now the bard songs are over
And it's time to leave
No one should ask you for the name
Of the one
Who tells the story
Tomorrow will take us away
Far from home
No one will ever know our names
But the bards' songs will remain
Tomorrow all will be known
And you're not alone
So don't be afraid
In the dark and cold
'Cause the bards' songs will remain
They all will remain
In my thoughts and in my dreams
They're always in my mind
These songs of hobbits, dwarves and men
And elves
Come close your eyes
You can see them too
10. BARBARA ANN/LONG TALL SALLY
(Music & Lyrics: Fred Fassert/Little Richard)
(Bar-bar-bar, Bar-bar-bar Ann, Bar-bar-bar, Bar-bar-bar Ann)
Chorus:
Barbara Ann, just take my hand, Barbara Ann
You got me rockin' and a-rollin',
Rockin' and a-reelin',
Barbara Ann, Bar-bar, Bar-bar-bar Ann
Went to a dance, lookin' for romance, Saw Barbara Ann, so I thought I'd take a chance.
Chorus
Played my fav'rite tune, danced with Betty Lou, Tried Peggy Sue, but I knew they wouldn't do.
Chorus
(Bar-bar-bar, Bar-bar-bar Ann, Bar-bar-bar, Bar-bar-bar Ann)
Chorus
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Gonna tell Aunt Mary 'bout Uncle John
He says he has the blues but he has a lotta fun
Oh, baby
Woooh, baby, yeah
Oh, baby, some fun tonight
We're gonna have some fun tonight
We're gonna have some fun tonight, woooh
Everything's alright
We're gonna have some fun tonight
We're gonna have some fun, some fun tonight
Woo-o-o-oh!
11. A PAST AND FUTURE SECRET'96
music: Olbrich / Kursch
lyric: Kursch
Oh I haven't been here for a while
In blindness and decay the circle's been closed now
My song of the end
My song of the end
I've seen it all
Listen, crowd, I'll tell you everything
Though I have to say I don't know much
Talking about a past and future secret
Most called him once and future king
Far back in the past I saw his ending
Long before it started I knew his name
He's the one who took the sword
Out of the stone
That's how that ancient tale began
I hear it in the cold winds
My song of the end
My song of the end
My song of the end
I had seen it in my dreams
My song of the end
I can't stop the darkening clouds
I feel cold
When I cry out for the bark
Take him back to Avalon
Dwell on for a new age
So long sleep well my friend
Take him back to Avalon
I will wait and guard
The future king's crown
My song of the end
My song of the end
My song of the end
My song of the end
It was nice but now it's gone
My song of the end
It was fixed the whole time
My song of the end
I saw it all
12. TO FRANCE
Music & Lyrics: Mike Oldfield
Taking on water
Sailing a restless sea
From a memory
A fantasy
The wind carries
Into white water
Fare from the islands
Don't you know you're
Chorus:
Never going to get to France
Mary Queen of chance will they find you
Never going to get to France
Could a new romance ever bind you
Walking on foreign ground
Like a shadow
Roaming in far off
Territory
Over your shoulder
Stories unfold you're
Searching for sanctuary
Sou know you're
Chorus
I see a picture
By the lamp's flicker
Isn't it strange
How dreams fade and shimmer
Chorus
(Solo)
I see a picture
By the lamp's flicker
Isn't it strange
How dreams fade and shimmer
Chorus
Never going to get to France
Never going to
Never going to get to France
Never going to
13. THEATRE OF PAIN'96 - Instrumental version
music: Kursch / Olbrich