Black Sheep Of The Family

Album: Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975)
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  • I've got nothing in my head
    Got a floor for a bed
    The future's at the bottom of a tea cup

    I got a half a pair of shoes
    And no time to lose
    I'm wondering when I'm going to wise up

    So, fortune shine your light on me and my clothes
    'Cause we need some security
    You get a little bad luck
    And it grows and it grows
    I'm the black sheep of the family

    I've got half a pound of rice
    A beard full of lice
    A mission called retrogression

    I've got pocket full of dust
    And eating is a must
    You want to make a good impression

    So, fortune shine your light on me and my dog
    'Cause we need some security
    While all the folks are living high up the hill
    I'm the black sheep of the family

    Don't talk to me about society
    You got to pay the rules
    Or pay the penalty

    Because there's nothing to choose
    Between a handful of blues
    Double indemnity

    The hour was wrong
    And my shadow's getting long
    My real life's a song, don't need much
    But I've got an ache in my head
    I want to go to bed
    Tomorrow I don't have to wake up, no

    So wisdom shine your light on me and my knees
    'Cause it's true what they say about familiarity
    There's nothing good this way
    And it's true they say
    I'm the black sheep of the family

    Oh, my wisdom shine your light on me and my knees
    It's true what they say about familiarity
    There's nothing good this way
    And it's true they say
    I'm the black sheep of the family
    Yeah, yeah

    I'm the black sheep of the family
    Just me and my dog, yeah, yeah
    I'm the black sheep of the family
    Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
    I'm the black sheep of the family
    You've got me on my knees
    I'm the black sheep of the family
    Yeah, yeah, yeah Writer/s: STEVE HAMMOND
    Publisher: Round Hill, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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