Dancer And The Moon (2013)

• I Think It's Going To Rain Today
• Troika
• The Last Leaf
• Lady In Black
• Minstrels In The Hall (Instrumental)
• The Temple Of The King
• Dancer And The Moon
• Galliard (Instrumental)
• The Ashgrove
• Somewhere Over The Sea (The Moon Is Shining) (Instrumental)
• The Moon Is Shining (Somewhere Over The Sea)
• The Spinner's Tale
• Carry On… Jon (Instrumental) 

I Think It's Going To Rain Today lyrics - Blackmore's Night

(cover of Randy Newman)

Broken windows and empty hallways

A pale dead moon in the sky streaked with grey

Human kindness is overflowing

And I think it's going to rain

Yes I think it's going to rain

Oh I think it's going to rain... rain today

Scarecrows dressed in the latest styles

With frozen smiles to chase love away

Human kindness is overflowing

And I think it's going to rain... rain today

Lonely lonely

Tin can at my feet

Think I'll kick it down the street

That's the way to treat a friend

Bright before me

The signs implore me

To help the needy

And I show them the way

Human kindness is overflowing

And I think it's going to rain... rain today

Broken windows and empty hallways

A pale dead moon in the sky streaked with grey

Human kindness is overflowing

And I think it's going to rain

Yes I think it's going to rain

Oh I think it's going to rain... rain today

Troika lyrics - Blackmore's Night

There’s a place in my heart

The shadows call their home

Cold as the winds through Siberia

Where the snow lies so deep

You can’t even see the sun

Run, my Troika, run

Let the horses run free

So dark against the white

Over the field till they’re out of sight

And I am swept away

The journey has just begun

Run, my Troika, run

Oh, my mother Russia

Land of fairytales

Captured like the wind

In her silken sails

And the time rushes by

A thief in the night

Stealing my memory

Fading out the light

But I cannot forget where it is

That I come from

Run, my Troika, run

I can still see your face

The years have been kind

Dust on the pictures

Clouding up my mind

Remember me now

Not for what I may become

Run, my Troika, run

The Last Leaf lyrics - Blackmore's Night

There’s a tree in an open field

Branches reach for the sun

With the green of a thousand leaves

And a world that has just begun

The springtime is here again

Buds and blossoms abound

Promises of future days

And new life that is all around

See the last leaf shivering

As the winds did blow

Holding tight to what she knew

For fear of the unknown

Soon the spring turned to summertime

She could never deny

How she loved her home up there

In between the earth and sky

Still to drift on a summer breeze

Was to taste paradise

But that summer would turn to fall

And the autumn would turn to ice

See the last leaf shivering

As the winds did blow

Holding tight to what she knew

For fear of the unknown

In the harvest of golden days

Leaves were turning to fire

Dancing upon the autumn breeze

Like a princess on the high wire

One by one through the dancers dove

Spiralling to the ground

Carried off on a winter wind

Disappearing without a sound

See the last leaf shivering

As the winds did blow

Holding tight to what she knew

For fear of the unknown

So the last leaf took flight

As the winds did blow

Holding tight to what could be

Finally letting go

Lady In Black lyrics - Blackmore's Night

(cover of Uriah Heep)

She came to me one morning

One lonely Sunday morning

Her long hair flowing

In the midwinter wind

I know not how she found me

For in darkness I was walking

Destruction lay around me

From a fight I could not win

Ah haha haha haha

Ah haha haha

Ah haha haha haha

Ah haha haha

She asked me name my foe then

I said the need within some men

To fight and kill their brothers

Without thought of man or God

And I begged her give me horses

To trample down my enemies

So eager was my passion

To devour this waste of life

Ah haha haha haha

Ah haha haha

Ah haha haha haha

Ah haha haha

But she wouldn't think of battle that

Reduces men to animals

So easy to begin

And yet impossible to end

For she's the mother of all men

Who counselled me so wisely that

I feared to walk alone again

And asked if she would stay

Ah haha haha haha

Ah haha haha

Ah haha haha haha

Ah haha haha

Oh, lady, lend your hand, I cried

And let me rest here at your side

"Have faith and trust in me," she said

And filled my heart with life

There's no strength in numbers

I've no such misconceptions

But when you need me

Be assured, I won't be far away

Ah haha haha haha

Ah haha haha

Ah haha haha haha

Ah haha haha

Thus, having spoke, she turned away

And though I found no words to say

I stood and watched until I saw

Her black cloak disappear

My labour is no easier

But now I know I'm not alone

I'll find new heart each time

I think upon that windy day

Ah haha haha haha

Ah haha haha

Ah haha haha haha

Ah haha haha

She came to me one morning

One lonely Sunday morning

Her long hair flowing

In the midwinter wind

And if one day she comes to you

Drink deeply from her words so wise

Take courage from her as your prize

And say hello for me

Minstrels In The Hall lyrics - Blackmore's Night

(Instrumental)

The Temple Of The King lyrics - Blackmore's Night

(cover of Rainbow)

One day in the year of the fox

Came a time remembered well

When the strong young man of the rising sun

Heard the tolling of the great black bell

One day in the year of the fox

When the bell began to ring

Meant 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 touch of his trembling hand

The answer will be found

Daylight waits while the old man sings,

"Heaven help me."

And then like the rush of a thousand wings

It shines upon the one

And the day had just begun, day had just begun

One day in the year of the fox

Came a time remembered well

When the strong young man of the rising sun

Heard the tolling of the great black bell

One day in the year of the fox

When the bell began to sing

It meant the time had come

For the one to go to the temple of the king

Far from the circle at the edge of the world

He's hoping, wondering

Thinking back from the stories he's heard

Of what he's going to see

Back with the people in the circle he stands

Giving, feeling

With just one touch of a strong right hand

They know of the temple and the king, temple and the king

One day in the year of the fox

Came a time remembered well

When the strong young man of the rising sun

Heard the tolling of the great black bell

Dancer And The Moon lyrics - Blackmore's Night

Here in the twilight

Under the moonlight

I feel your hungry eyes

Drums in the distance

Echoes of madness

Around the firelight

In the heartbeat of the night

Hey, hey, hey

Till the break of day

La, la, la, la, la, la

La, la, la, la, la, la

Hey, hey, hey

Dance the whole night through

Nothing gets between

The dancer and the moon

Follow me closely

Arms wrapped around me

Life is a sweet, sweet wine

Glittering gold

As stories unfold

Those secrets are lost in time

To the heartbeat of the night

Master of fate

How you captivate me

Filling my one desire

Two of a kind

With one state of mind

Galliard lyrics - Blackmore's Night

(Instrumental)

The Ashgrove lyrics - Blackmore's Night

The ash grove, how graceful, how plainly ‘tis speaking

The wind through it playing has language for me

Whenever the light through its branches is breaking

A host of kind faces is gazing on me

The friends of my childhood again are before me

Each step wakes a memory as freely I roam

With soft whispers laden its leaves rustle o’er me

The ash grove, the ash grove again is my home

Down yonder green valley where streamlets meander

Where twilight is fading I pensively rove

Or at the bright noontide in solitude wander

And the dark shades of the lonely ash grove

It was there while the blackbird was cheerfully singing

I first met that dear one, the joy of my heart

Around us for gladness the bluebells were singing

The ash grove, the ash grove alone is my home

With soft whispers laden its leaves rustle o’er me

The ash grove, the ash grove alone is my home

Somewhere Over The Sea (The Moon Is Shining) lyrics - Blackmore's Night

(Instrumental)

The Moon Is Shining (Somewhere Over The Sea) lyrics - Blackmore's Night

The moon was shining

Somewhere over the sea

The moon was waiting

For you to return to me

I haven’t seen the day

Since you went away

The moon was shining

Somewhere over the sea

There’s been no light of day

Since you went away

Oh, the moon was shining

Somewhere over the sea

The snow was falling

Colder than winters I’ve known

The snow was falling

Icicles turning to stone

Still I wish on a star

Come back wherever you are

Oh, the snow was falling

Colder since I’ve been alone

Still I wish on a star

Come back wherever you are

Oh, the snow was falling

Colder since I’ve been alone

Oh, the stars stopped glowing

On the night that you left

Oh, the wind stopped blowing

All I could hold was my breath

Still I have to believe

You will return to me

Oh, the stars stopped glowing

On the night that you left

The Spinner's Tale lyrics - Blackmore's Night

Somewhere the leaves on the trees look like lace

Falling in shadows across your face

Sunshine and darkness in perfect harmony

Shadows now live where light used to be

A spinning where where our memories were spun

Weaving our way through the fabric of time

Winding the wheel back to where we had begun

Spinning away to when you once were mine

Here in my chamber waiting for the dawn

I turn away the curtains are drawn

Somewhere in time when the night began to fall

Just for a moment we had it all

A spinning where where our memories were spun

Weaving our way through the fabric of time

Winding the wheel back to where we had begun

Spinning away to when you once were mine

We choose our path never knowing right or wrong

Ribbons get tangled within the storm

Just like the widow was weaving her web

The spinner’s wheel holds tight to the thread

Carry On… Jon lyrics - Blackmore's Night

(Instrumental)