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Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - Temple of the King (Live 1995)
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
Performer
Ritchie Blackmore
Ritchie Blackmore
Guitar
Doogie White
Doogie White
Vocals
Candice Night
Candice Night
Vocals
Paul Morris
Paul Morris
Keyboards
Greg Smith
Greg Smith
Bass Guitar
Chuck Burgi
Chuck Burgi
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Ritchie Blackmore
Ritchie Blackmore
Composer
Ronnie J Dio
Ronnie J Dio
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mazen Murad
Mazen Murad
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

You're never alone
When we were in America
Doing the new album
After a hard day in the studio
Richie would get out his American Express card
And take us to a bar
Buy us each a bottle of expensive wine
And sit down and we'd play some tunes
To whoever would listen to us
This is an old song that you'll recognise
That came from these particular times in bars and pubs
This is "Temple of the King"
One day in the year of the fox
Came the time remembered well
When a strong young man of the rising sun
Of the tolling of the great black bell
One day in the year of the fox
When the bell began to ring
But the time had come for one to go
To the Temple of the King
There in the middle of the circle
He stands searching, seeking
With just one wave of his strong right hand
The answer will be found
Daylight waits while the old man sings
Heaven help me
Then like the rush of a thousand wings he's gone
And the day has just begun
One day in the year of the fox
Came the time remembered well
When the strong young man of the rising sun
Of the tolling of the great black bell
One day in the year of the fox
When the bell began to ring
When the time had come for one to go
To the Temple of the King
Far from the circle of the edge of the world
He's hoping, wondering
Thinking back to the story he's heard
Of what he's gonna see
There in the middle of the circle he lies
Heaven help me
All could see by the look in his eyes
He'd go to the Temple of the King
One day in the year of the fox
Came the time remembered well
When a strong young man of the rising sun
Of the tolling of the great black bell
One day in the year of the fox
When the bell began to ring
But the time had come for one to go
To the Temple of the King
Don't be afraid, it's the black masquerade
Written by: Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie J Dio

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