Scorpions - Taken By Force (1977) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Klaus Meine - Lead Vocals Ulrich Roth - Lead Guitar Rudolf Schenker - Rhythm Guitar Francis Buchholz - Bass Herman Rarebell - Drums Produced by Dieter Dierks. Recorded at Dieter Dierks Studios. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Track Listing 1) Steamrock Fever (Schenker / Meine) 3:35 2) We'll Burn The Sky (Schenker / Danneman) 4:15 3) I've Got To Be Free (Roth) 4:00 4) The Riot Of Your Time (Schenker / Meine) 4:10 5) The Sail Of Charon (Roth) 4:24 6) Your Light (Roth) 4:30 7) He's A Woman - She's A Man (Schenker / Meine, Rarebell) 3:14 8) Born To Touch Your Feelings (Schenker / Meine) 7:20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1) Steamrock Fever (Schenker / Meine) 3:35 We'd like to introduce tonight The kings of a brand new style They're hungry to play We'd like to introduce tonight The new heavy steamrock style They're ready to play All right, how do you feel tonight Get out to see them write The name of their band (Steamrock band, steamrock band) Steam bright, work has a beat tonight Get out to see them fry And they will begin Here they are Steamrock fever thrilling rock believers Steamrock fever in L. A. Steamrock fever thrilling rock believers Steamrock fever in L. A. All right, how do you feel tonight Get out to see them write The name of their band (Steamrock band, steamrock band) Steam bright, work has a beat tonight Get out to see them fry And they will begin Here they are Steamrock fever thrilling rock believers Steamrock fever in L. A. Steamrock fever thrilling rock believers Steamrock fever in L. A. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2) We'll Burn The Sky (Schenker / Danneman) 4:15 I'm in love with the sunshine I'm in love with the fallin' rain Everything seems to call your name Yesterday you were leavin' Leavin' life and all your pain Everything wants you back again Wants you back again (2) I 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 Heart, heart, heart My dreams recall us being one I've searched for you to be free The force of life you have always been I feel blue since you're gone You're breath of life surrounded me When can I join you to be free Join you to be free (2) 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 part 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, oh yeah (2) When it's time, time, time We'll burn the sky We'll burn the sky, oh yeah ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3) I've Got To Be Free (Roth) 4:00 You're burnin' my heart You're burnin' my mind You're spoilin' my art You're wasting my time No taste in your actions No taste in your line No tears now... Just don't do you ever mind You say you wanna be a superstar You're givin' up half to get that far You say you wanna ride a diamond car But I don't like your fancy car Hey hey hey, don't you wanna see I'm not your steppin' stone Hey hey hey, I've gotta be free So leave my life alone (3) You're in love with success You're spilling my wine No part of my address, babe Your ways aren't mine You may got the money But your wastin' my life I'm not your Bugs Bunny And you're not my wife You say you only do it for affect But you don't wanna see what I detest I think you're depraved I'm gonna leave you so But you can't see what I see so let me go Hey hey hey, don't you wanna see I'm not your steppin' stone Hey hey hey, I've gotta be free So leave my life alone (3) Hey hey hey, don't you wanna see I'm not your steppin' stone Hey hey hey, I've gotta be free So leave my life alone (3) Hey hey hey, don't you wanna see I'm not your steppin' stone Hey hey hey, I've gotta be free So leave my life alone (3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4) The Riot Of Your Time (Schenker / Meine) 4:10 The only king of rock has gone Gone to heaven A star on the way to the stars Another king of rock is born in '77 Just born to be there when it's dark '94, '95, if the world is still alive With the start of the riot of your time Here's a ticket for a magic train To set the world in flame To play the hero's game The riot of your time Here's a ticket for the future days You'll be the guitar king When your electric plays The riot of your time A new generation's mind The riot of your time Just to get the message to be more Than you desire A star full of life wild and young The hits from 1994 electric fire Will burn out the time like the sun '94, '95, if the world is still alive With the start of the riot of your time Here's a ticket for a magic train To set the world in flame To play the hero's game The riot of your time Here's a ticket for the future days You'll be the guitar king When your electric plays The riot of your time A new generation's mind The riot of your time ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5) The Sail Of Charon (Roth) 4:24 Dark night, there is no light In the realm of the black magic man Soul's flight into the cold blight Of the destroyer's magic land Poor man, whose spirits are stronger They're a little too weary You're starting to... Blind man, you're suckin' your own blood Soon black magic's dying You'd better start crying Blind man, you're suckin' your own blood Soon black magic's dying You'd better start crying Throw out your evil desire The dark king's kingdom is Made out of mire Throw out your evil desire The dark king's kingdom is Made out of mire Keep on for the kingdom of light There is no darkness, there is no night ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6) Your Light (Roth) 4:30 When you're feeling lost and blue When there is no love for you You'll find him and it's all right It's all right, it's all right When you're feeling down and low When you've got no place to go And when no one smiles hello He's by your side, you know When you're getting deaf and blind When you drag one leg behind And when you're finally gonna Lose your mind It's all right, it's all right It's all right 'Cause he is by your side 'Cause he will be your guide 'Cause he will be your light And you're not alone, you're not alone You're not alone, you're not alone ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7) He's A Woman - She's A Man (Schenker / Meine, Rarebell) 3:14 I saw it walkin' lonely down the street Cool like a cat, like crazy clean I looked twice again, I can't believe Oh no no no It turned around right then And looked at me I said oh no, it really couldn't be It was a man, it was a woman, too He's a woman, she's a man He's a woman, she's a (woman) I think it really came from far away I'm feeling head uptight so I have to stay It takes my hand and says come on, let's go Let's go, let's go, let's go We're goin' home, it's nice and warm 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 (woman) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8) Born To Touch Your Feelings (Schenker / Meine) 7:20 I was born from the sound of the strings For someone to give everything To be a song just for your feeling Close your eyes and I'll try to get in To waken your heart like the spring 'Cause I was born to touch your feelings Steal the time, take a song and be glad Be free as the birds, don't be sad You're time will come, I'll make you feel it You're still young like the sun after rain Follow the light it's not in vain And you will see I'll touch your feelings You've got your songs They are everyday for awhile Just the only way to feel all right You've got your songs They are everyday for awhile Just the only way to feel all right You were born just to lose or to win To be someone's chime in the wind To live between your mind and feelings Find your way, check it out Learn each day Follow the light, it's not in vain And you will see I'll touch your feelings You've got your songs They are everyday for awhile Just the only way to feel all right You've got your songs They are everyday for awhile Just the only way to feel all right I was born from the sound of the strings For someone to give everything To be a song just for your feeling I was born from the sound of the strings For someone to give everything To be a song just for your feeling ------------------------------------------------------------------------