Black Sabbath - Never Say Die!

Black Sabbath - Never Say Die!Never Say Die!

Released: October, 1978 - Last LP with Ozzy
1 Never Say Die (3:47)
2 Johnny Blade (6:27)
3 Junior's Eyes (6:41)
4 Hard Road (6:03)
5 Shock Wave (5:13)
6 Air Dance (5:15)
7 Over to You (5:21)
8 Breakout (2:36)
9 Swinging the Chain (4:18)




Never Say Die (3:47)
People going nowhere taken for a ride,
Looking for the answers that they know inside,
Searching for a reason looking for a rhyme
Snow White innocent* partners in crime!
Don't they ever have to worry?
Don't you ever wonder why?
It's a part of me that tells you
Ah don't you ever, don't ever say die
Never never, never say die again
Sunday satisfaction, Monday's home and dry
Truth is on the doorstep, welcome in the lie
All dressed up in sorrow, got no place to go
Hold tight do it right, taken it slow
Don't they ever have to worry?
Don't you ever wonder why?
It's a part of me that tells you
Ahh don't you ever, don't ever say die
Never never, never say die again
Don't you ever say die
Don't you ever say die
Never say die
Fading silver lining, writing on the wall
Children get together, you can save us all
Future's on the corner, showing us a time
Slow down turn around ev'rything's fine
There's no need to have a reason
There's no need to wonder why
It's a part of me that tells you
Ahh don't you ever, don't ever say die
Never never, never say die again
*substitute "parasite" for "innocent" if you like Never Say Die!!!
Johnny Blade (6:27)
Tortured and twisted, he walks the streets alone
People avoid him. They know the street's his home
Cold blade of silver, his eyes they burn so wild
Mean as a tiger, society's own child
Those that try to burn him paid
You don't do that to Johnny Blade
He's the meanest guy around his town
One look and he will cut you down
Johnny Blade, Johnny Blade
Life has no meaning, and Death's his only friend
Will fate surprise him? Where will he meet his end?
He feels so bitter. Yes, he's so full of hate
To die in the gutter, I guess that's Johnny's fate
Rivals all across the land
He (duke 'em/killed 'em) with his knife in hand
He's the meanest guy around his town
One look and he will cut you down
Johnny Blade, Johnny Blade
Johnny Blade, Johnny Blade
Well ya know that Johnny's a spider
And his web is the city at night
He's a victim of modern frustration
That's the reason he's so ready to fight
He's the one who should be afraid
What will happen to you Johnny Blade?
Oh he knows his future's decided
And he ain't gonna change it no way
He was born to die in the gutter
He'll keep fighting `till the end of his day
Been alone all through his life
His only friend is a switchblade knife
He's the one who should be afraid
What will happen to you Johnny Blade?
You fool the people. Who fooled who?
It's time to listen. The fool is you.
Junior's Eyes (6:41)
Junior's eyes, looked up to the skies in tears
He prayed that his maker, the giver and taker would 'pear
Junior sighed as his hands reached out to the sky
Junior cried the day that his best friend died
Yeah
You're coming home again tomorrow
I'm sorry, it won't be for long
With all the pain, I've watched you live within
I'll try my hardest not to cry when it is time to say goodbye
Junior's eyes, they couldn't disguise the pain
His father was leaving, and Junior's grieving again
Innocent eyes watched the man who gave ev'rything
Junior's sorrow; he knew what tomorrow would bring
Yeah
You're coming home again tomorrow
I'm sorry, it won't be for long
With all the pain, I've watched you live within
I'll try my hardest not to cry when it is time to say goodbye
Junior's eyes, looked into the skies once more
Now he knew well, this life was hell, for sure
He desperately tried, his fingertips stretched to the stars, yeah
Reaching for reason, along with the time and the stars
Yeah
You're coming home again tomorrow
I'm sorry, it won't be for long
With all the pain, I've watched you live within
I'll try my hardest not to cry
When it is time to say goodbye
Hard Road (6:03)
Old men crying, young men dying
World still turns as Father Time looks on, on and on
Children playing, dreamers praying;
Laughter turns to tears; love has gone. Has it gone?
Oh it's a hard road
Oh it's a hard road
Poets yearning, lovers learning
on this path of life we pass along, is it wrong?
Widows weeping, babies sleeping
Life becomes the singer and the song. Sing along.
Oh it's a hard road
Carry your own load
DEVIL: Why make the hard road?
Why can't we befriend?
No need to hurry
We'll meet in the end
Why make the hard road?
Why can't we befriend?
No need to worry
Let's sing it again
Brother's sharing, mother's caring
Night time falling victim to the dawn, shadow's mourn
Days are crawling, time is calling;
To the Earth another life is born, love line drawn
Oh it's a hard road
Carry your own load
Oh it's a hard road
Oh it's a hard road
(Oh its a hard road)
Forget all your sorrow, don't live in the past,
And look to the future 'cos life goes too fast, ya know
(Oh its a hard road)
(Oh its a hard road)
Forget all your sorrow; don't live in the past,
And look to the future 'cos life goes too fast, ya know
(Oh its a hard road)
(Oh its a hard road)
Forget all your sorrow; don't live in the past,
And look to the future 'cos life goes too fast, ya know
(Oh its a hard road)
(Oh its a hard road)
Forget all your sorrow; don't live in the past,
And look to the future 'cos life goes too fast, ya know
(Oh its a hard road)
(Oh its a hard road)
Forget all your sorrow;
Shock Wave (5:13)
There's no reason for you to run
You can't escape the fate of the chosen one
Black moon rising in a blood red sky
This time you realize that you're gonna die
Drinking your bloody is your answer
That's what you plan to do
No dreaming time you cheat Death's master
You're on your own, going through
Wind of mist has taken over your mind
And you think you're on your own
Don't believe you are the only one here
Look around you're not alone
Feel the forces from another world
Ghostly shadows fill your mind
Evil power hanging over you
As you freeze you're like a child (boom high high)
Look behind you
Somebody's calling, someone is near
Feel yourself falling, falling with fear
You tell yourself you're dreaming
You realize you're screaming
You know that this shouldn't happen to you
You tell yourself that if this can be true
But there is nothing you can do, oh
Ghostly shadows from the other world
Evil forces in your mind
Trapped between the wall of life and death
Frozen in the realms of time (boom high high)
Look behind you
(who-ooh who-ooh, who-ooh who-ooh)
(who-ooh who-ooh, who-ooh who-ooh)
You feel yourself falling, you're at the end of the line
(who-ooh who-ooh, who-ooh who-ooh)
Your body is crawling, but your senses are blind
(who-ooh who-ooh, who-ooh who-ooh)
Cool cool feelings are running through your brain
(who-ooh who-ooh, who-ooh who-ooh)
Ice cold fingers flowing through your veins
who-ooh who-ooh, who-ooh who-ooh
who-ooh who-ooh, who-ooh boo-ooze
Air Dance (5:15)
She sits in silence in her midnight world
With faded pictures of a dancing girl
Her distant dreamer on the seas of time
Her happy mem'ries dancing through her mind
In days of romance, she was the queen of dance
She'd dance the night away
And as the seasons turn the days to years
She holds her pictures, hears the silent cheers
The days grow lonely for the dancing queen
And now she dances only in her dreams
In days of romance, she was the queen of dance
She'd dance the night away, away, away, away
Over to You (5:21)
Born in the window, nobody's (spoof/fool)
Raised in the prison, you called the school
Dark (hulking/arcane) legends know what to do
I handed my childhood over to you
Traveling endlessly, I'm searching my mind
I'm almost afraid of what I will find
Wandering aimlessly, oh what can I do?
I handed my future over to you, to you
Over to you
Future looks blue
What can I do?
Workin' for freedom, fighting your wars
Feeding your children, (keeping/leaping) your laws
Someday you'll suffer then what I'll do
I'll hand all your promises over to you
Standing inside myself I'm losing control
You made me believe in the stories you told
Waiting impatiently, what else can I do?
I handed my future over to you, to you
Over to you
Future looks blue
What can I do?
Tears filled of sadness, sealed in my (cell/self)
Whispering secrets, what do they tell?
Mad politicians can tell it too
I handed my children over to you
All over, over to you
All over, over to you
All over, over to you
All over, over to you
Breakout (2:36)
Instrumental
Swinging the Chain (4:18)
It's against my uniform to be a civil judge
All the songs are hist'ry now `bout rock stars and their grudge
Let us cast our minds back to thirty years or more
You took up all the vandals. Will Hitler beat `em off*?
And we're sad and sorry Really sorry that it happened that way
Yes we're so so sorry
but why'd you have to treat us that way?
Compare ourselves with others and cover them in sin
Oh God what a terrible, a terrible state we're in
There must be some where out of here
A compromise that's right
If we can not work it out we're gonna have to fight
And we're so sorry
We're really sorry that it happened that way
Yes we're sad and sorry
We can not go on another day
I'm talking about my brothers
Yeah and I'm talking `bout sisters as well
And I wish ya, bye Good luck!
Bye Oh Lord!
You better believe it, you gotta believe in
Oh but the world's still on fire
You better believe it, you gotta believe in
You better believe it, you gotta believe in
Chain that holds your tiny cross you liar
You better believe it, you gotta believe in
You better believe it, you gotta believe in
This fire__!
You better believe it, you gotta believe in
You better believe it, you gotta believe in
We're on fire, we're on fire, yeah!
You better believe it, you better believe in
You better believe it, you gotta believe in
Yeah, yeah, man, yeah-ah!
You better believe it, you gotta believe in
You better believe it, you gotta believe in
Oh-Oh... take oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh...
You better believe it, you gotta believe in
You better believe it, you gotta believe in
*all



Transcription by Shawn Glick and Chris Slenker 1997.

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