SCORPIONS - 1978
"Tokyo Tapes"
Track List:
 1. All Night Long
 2. Pictured Life
 3. Backstage Queen
 4. Polar Nights
 5. In Trance
 6. We'll Burn The Sky
 7. Suspender Love
 8. In Search Of The Peace Of Mind
 9. Fly To The Rainbow
10. He's A Woman, She's A Man
11. Speedy's Coming
12. Top Of The Bill
13. Hound Dog [Elvis Presley]
14. Long Tall Sally [Little Richard]
15. Steamrock Fever
16. Dark Lady
17. Kojo Notsuki
18. Robot Man

1. All Night Long
+++++++++++++++++
Jack it in none of them
He'll get along
Some like the violin, some like the horn
She can't play on and my mind's goin' round
Hot lovin' woman is back in town

Well just to make me feel alright
All night long, oh yeah
But just to make me feel alright
All night long

Jack it in none of them
He'll get along
Some like the violin, some like the horn
She can't play on and my mind's goin' round
Hot lovin' woman is back in town

Well just to make me feel alright
All night long, oh yeah
But just to make me feel alright
All night long


2. Pictured Life
++++++++++++++++
Ooh! Dark meditation,
Your second sight can show my light
In a crystal bowl.
Sweet are the days, intoxication
Crow-black the night caging mind
Behind the wall.

Into the rock through walls of red dreams
Into the rock to find the cream
Into the rock through walls of red dreams
Pictured life from yesterday.

Ooh! Dark meditation,
Deep down inside a stream of light
Begins to flow.
Sweet are the days, intoxication
Crow-black the night caging mind
Behind the wall.


3. Backstage Queen
++++++++++++++++++
Hey little Donna, sweet little Donna I know
You wanted my love and I gave it to you.
Hey little Donna, sweet little Donna I know
Goodbye is hello, 'cos I'm on the road.

Take it easy, don't get me wrong,
Just keep me in your dreams.
Take me easy, like goes on
My little backstage queen.

Hey little Donna, sweet little Donna so good
My feeling with you was all very true.
Hey little Donna, sweet little Donna you know
Goodbye is hello, 'cos I'm on the road.
Hey little Donna
Sweet little Donna
Goodbye Donna...


4. Polar Nights
+++++++++++++++
Down, down...
That's bringing me down
The stars in the sky
Seem to fall to the ground.
Time, time...
I'm chasing the time
The stars in the sky
Seem to be turning round.

Is that the wind in your eyes
That is soothing my mind?
Is that the night of your eyes
That is soothing my mind?

Round, round...
My mind's whirling round
The moons in the sky
Seem to burn on the ground.
Gone, gone...
My nightmares are gone
The moons in the sky
Seemed to eat up the sun.

Is that the wind in your eyes
That is soothing my mind?
Is that the night in your eyes
That is soothing my mind?

Back from polar nights...
I was down...
I was out...
The nights at the pole've been
So cold without you!
I was down...
I was out...
The pole-star was bringing me
Back home to you.

Is that the wind in your eyes
That is soothing my mind?
Is that the night in your eyes
That is soothing my mind?


5. In Trance
++++++++++++
I wake up in the morning
And the sun begins to shine
The day did sneak up on the night
I see your face and I see myself
And I get a little taste of life
I try to stand it for awhile

But I'm In a Trance
Hey baby tell me can't you hear me calling
I'm In a Trance
I take too much in the Saturday Night, Hey Yeah
Hey baby tell me can't you hear me calling
I'm In a Trance
I wanna try to stop this life

I feel so sad, I'm feeling down
On the radio the music plays
I'm in love with her and I feel fine
I close my eyes, I think today
It's getting better with a sip of wine
And I can stand it for awhile

While I'm In a Trance
Hey baby tell me can't you hear me calling
I'm In a Trance
I take too much in the Saturday Night
Hey baby tell me can't you hear me calling
I'm In a Trance
I wanna try to stop this life

I'm In a Trance
Hey baby tell me can't you hear me calling
I'm In a Trance
I take too much in the Saturday Night, Hey Yeah
Hey baby tell me can't you hear me calling
I'm In a Trance
I wanna try to stop this life


6. We'll Burn The Sky
+++++++++++++++++++++
I'm in love with the sunshine
I'm in love with the falling rain
Everything seems to call your name
Yesterday, you were leavin'
Leavin' life and all the pain
Everything wants you back again
wants you back again
wants you back again

I've found myself through you
And there was love in my life
I felt always naturally high
And my love had a home
But now my mind has started to roam
You're my life-giving fire
And you carry all my love
Through you I was so inspired
You're engraved deep in my heart

My dreams recall us being one
I've searched for you to be free
My force of life you have always been
I feel blue since you've gone
Your breath of love surrounded me
When can I rejoin you to be free
rejoin you to be free

Wait, can this be a dream
There is a voice in my head
It belongs to you, it says
Don't cry no need to be sad
There's a way to stay with you again
It's more than you ever had
And no death brings us apart
Our timeless love always grows
Because you are my other heart

I know we've never been apart
Your love sets fire to my heart
We'll Burn The Sky
When it's time
For me to die!

We'll Burn The Sky
When it's time - time to die,
We'll Burn The Sky


7. Suspender Love
+++++++++++++++++
Ah, you turn me on
I feel the biggest ??? of yours
Ah, ah there's something more
So much more baby

Ah, I can't be cool
It's getting stronger every day
Well, yeah, ain't choosin' you
I cut him out baby

Give me the long faced girl on the magazine
Show me the white Rolls Royce in the rain
Give me the long faced girl on the magazine
Show me the white Rolls Royce in the rain

I can't get enough
Too hard a body drives me mad
Oh yeah it's like a drum
To stay in love baby


8. In Search Of The Peace Of Mind
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
When I'm alone I'm feelin' blue
Dreaming a dream of a world that's lovely and true
Feeling a dream of a true and wonderful world
And no one will care as long as the world will turn

Feeling a dream of a true and wonderful world
And no one will care as long as the world will turn

And I know a place to go to find my peace of mind
And I know a place to find my peace of mind
And I try


9. Fly To The Rainbow
+++++++++++++++++++++
Life is empty, can't remember anytime before,
On a plain lit cold December, see it evermore,
Gliding through this life, and another is a child,
and we're doing games, and losing things,
Always playing gigs. Somewhere in the sky, 
where the moon the stars shine bright,
Where the sun is shining, in the night.
I am in disgrace, yet I see a smiling face,
and I hope you let me, share your place.

I don't live today.

Rain in the sky, make the world fly,
into time, back beyond time.
Sun in the sky made the world fly
into time, back beyond time.

Well, I lived in magic solitude
of cloudy-looking mountains
and a lake made out of crystal raindrops.
Roamin' thru space, two thousand years ago,
I've seen the city of Atlantis
sinking into eternal darkness...

Somewhere in the blue distance
are those long forgotten trees of yore.
A broken violin floatin' alone in december
darkness everywhere and nothing more.

Symbol, strange melancholy,
painted torrid colours to a sky of green.
Candle, breathing one night only,
far away, in chillness, bleak, unseen.

Drifting galley, ghostlike shadow,
set sail to catch and kill the time.
Echoes wandering down an endless meadow,
search for a thing... sublime...


10. He's A Woman, She's A Man
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I saw it walking lonely down the street
Cool like a cat and like a crazy dream
I'm looking twice again and can't believe
No No No
It turned around and then it looked at me
I thought 'oh no' it really couldn't be
It was a man and was a woman too

He's a woman - She's a man
He's a woman - She's a...

I think it really came from far away
I'm feeling hypnotised I have to stay
It takes my hand and says "Come on let's go"
We're going home there's nothing more to say
He starts to move, She starts to play
I need a body, why not you

He's a woman - She's a man
He's a woman - She's a... woman

He's a woman - She's a man
He's a woman - She's a...
Oooh, a man


11. Speedy's Coming
+++++++++++++++++++
You look at a poster
You look at the wall
The wall in the room where you live
Where you live with your stars
Just listen to his records
Now hear what he says
For he says, "I love you little girl
Come to see me today"

Speedy's Coming
You live in his heart
Speedy's Coming
You live in his heart

You like Alice Cooper
You like Ringo Starr
You like David Bowie
And friends in the Royal Albert Hall
Stick up the pictures, movies, TV
And I'll bring you the show little girl
Come to see me today

Speedy's Coming
You live in his heart
Speedy's Coming
You live in his heart

You like Alice Cooper
You like Ringo Starr
You like David Bowie
And friends in the Royal Albert Hall
Stick up the pictures, movies, TV
And I'll bring you the show little girl
Come to see me today


12. Top Of The Bill
+++++++++++++++++++
You're a Rock'n'Roll star
You're out of the charts
Your glory's cold you're getting old
But your life is Rock'n'Roll

Your crazy Rock'n'Roll band
Is spinning in your head (in your head)
Each generation makes us stars
As the first five on the charts

And they are Top Of The Bill

You're old Rock'n'Roll star
You've been the first one on the chart
You had glory and fame
Rock'n'Roll was your game

And you were top of the bill


13. Hound Dog
+++++++++++++
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine

Well they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Yeah they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine

Well they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Yeah they said you was high-classed

Well, that was just a lie
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine

Well they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Ya know they said you was high-classed
Well, that was just a lie
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
You ain't no friend of mine


14. Long Tall Sally
+++++++++++++++++++
Gonna tell Aunt Mary 'bout Uncle John,
he says he has the blues but he has a lotta fun.
Oh baby,
ye-e-e-eh baby,
woo-o-o-oh baby,
havin' me some fun tonight.

Well, long tall Sally has a lot on the ball
and nobody cares if she's long and tall.
Oh baby,
ye-e-e-eh baby,
woo-o-o-oh baby,
havin' me some fun tonight.

Well, I saw Uncle John with long tall Sally.
He saw Aunt mary cummin' and he ducked back in the alley.
Oh baby,
ye-e-e-eh baby,
woo-o-o-oh baby,
havin' me some fun tonight.

We're gonna have some fun tonight,
gonna have some fun tonight.
We're gonna have some fun tonight,
everything will be alright.
We're gonna have some fun,
gonna have some fun tonight.


15. Steamrock Fever
+++++++++++++++++++
We'd like to introduce tonight
The kings of a brand-new style
They are hungry to play
We'd like to introduce tonight
The new heavy steamrock style
Quite different and strange

Alright, how do you feel tonight
Get up to see and cry the name of the band
Steam right with hands and feet tonight
Get up to see and cry and they will begin
Here they are

Steamrock fever, screaming rock believers
Steamrock fever in L.A.
Steamrock fever, screaming rock believers
Steamrock fever in L.A.

Alright, how do you feel tonight
Get up to see and cry the name of the band
Steam right with hands and feet tonight
Get up to see and cry and they will begin
Here they are


16. Dark Lady
+++++++++++++
Sitting alone in the dark house
Thinking of you all the time
Sighing, crying
Sitting alone in the dark house
Thinking of you all the time
Sighing, crying
Dark Lady

Sitting alone by the window
Counting the stars of the night
Waitin', hatin'
Sitting alone by the window
Counting the stars of the night
Waitin', hatin'
Dark Lady

Sitting and watching the sunrise
Darkness is filling my eyes
Sighing, crying
Sleeping and watching the sunrise
Darkness is filling my eyes
Sighing, crying
Dark Lady


17. Kojo Notsuki
++++++++++++++++
Music: R. Taki
Lyrics: B. Tsuchii

Haru kourou no hana no en
Meguru sakazuki kage sasite
Chiyo no matsugae
Wakeideshi
Mukashi no hikari ima izuko


18. Robot Man
+++++++++++++
Grave communication
See me this is my life
In the crazy robot man reservation
Do you feel
The cold vibration
'Cause men everywhere
Could use the greatest scientific creation

And I say "Oooh, Oooh I'm a robot man"
And I say "Oooh, Oooh I'm a loser"
I say "Oooh, Oooh I'm a robot man"
I lost my mind
I lost my life
I lost my soul

Babe, it's a magic station
Where we live what we do
With our magic from my generation
I say "Babe, it's not a vision"
It's reality
Cause it's a robot scene what we live in