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Notes
- Bill Ward sings lead vocals on Swinging the Chain.
- There are music videos for Never Say Die and A Hard Road. However, they're just staged live footage with
overdubbed music; they're not conceptual. Never Say Die has footage from "Top of the Pops".
- Ozzy left and came back between this album and the last. During that time, Dave Walker replaced Ozzy. That
version of Black Sabbath played live once, on the BBC Midlands 'Look Here!' programme, and did a version of Junior's Eyes. That version has
different lyrics than this version, but the music is pretty much the same.
- A Hard Road is the only time
that Tony Iommi & Geezer Butler actually sing on any Black Sabbath
record - they do backup vocals on this song.
- Here's a note from Geezer
Butler about the bass guitar he plays in the video for "A Hard Road":
"On the Hard Road video I used a Jay Dee custom bass, designed by me.
Jay Dee was an apprentice to John Birch who built my basses and Tony's
guitars in the early 70's. When John Birch died, Jay Dee inherited the
company, and still makes custom instruments. He is based in
Birmingham, England, which was also the hometown of Sabbath."
- Here's a note from Geezer in
October 2005 about the bass he played in the "Never Say Die" video:
yes I still have the Rik from the Never Say Die video. I bought
it from Glenn Hughes in the mid 70's, and only ever used it once,
and that was because my regular basses were detained by U.K. customs
when we returned from outside the country. I didn't use it on
Junior's Eyes, and wouldn't have used a pick anyway, as I never used
a pick in the studio on Sabbath albums. I am currently playing
Lakland basses, which are very much like old Fender basses in feel
and sound.
Personal
Note
This is probably my favourite of
the Ozzy Sabbath albums, since the music on here is very varied. I wish
it would get more attention from the fans, and I'd like to see some of
the tracks brought back to the live set. The end guitar bit at the end
of Johnny Blade is kick ass, and I love to shock people with Air Dance,
several haven't believed it's Black Sabbath until I stop the music and
pull out the CD. Also the title track would make a great
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NOTE: These lyrics are verified
against the lyrics that appear in the "Black Box"
booklet. Those lyrics were gone over by Geezer Butler (who wrote most of
them anyway) for that set, and for that reason should be considered
definitive.
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Never Say
Die
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 parasite
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
Oh, don't you ever
Don't ever say die
Never, never, never say die
Sundays satisfaction
Madness on the rise
Truth is on the doorstep
Welcoming the lies
All dressed up in sorrow
Got no place to go
Hold tight do it right
Taking it slow
Don't they ever have to worry
Don't you ever wonder why
It's a part of me that tells you
Oh, 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's on the wall
Children get together
You can save us all
Future's on the corner
Showing us our time
Slow down turn around
Everything'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
Oh, don't you ever, don't ever say die
Never, never, never say die
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A Hard Road
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
Why make the hard road
Why can't we be friends
No need to hurry
We'll meet in the end
Why make the hard road
Why can't we be friends
No need to worry
Let's sing it again
Brother's sharing, mother's caring
Nighttime falling victim to the dawn
Shadows 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
We're living in sorrow
Don't live in the past
And look to the future
Cause life goes too fast, you know
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