ROCKA ROLLA

JUDAS PRIEST
 
 

1. ONE FOR THE ROAD
2. ROCKA ROLLA
3. WINTER SUITE
4. CHEATER
5. NEVER SATISFIED
6. RUN OF THE MILL
7. DYING TO MEET YOU
8. CAVIAR AND METHS
 
 
 
One For the Road
(Downing / Tipton)

Where would you be without music
You would be nowhere at all
We wouldn't be here doing this now
If you weren't having a ball

   One for the road
   Sharing our load
   Show us the way

Can you imagine the silence
Not even the pink or white noise
Well thankfully we've got the license
To have some fun with the boys

   One for the road
   Sharing our load
   Show us the way
 

The melody line's fascinating
The rhythm is something divine
It sends our adrenaline racing
Te see you all moving so fine

   One for the road
   Sharing our load
   Show us the way

Oh
One
One for the road
Sharing our load
Show us the way

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Rocka Rolla
(Tipton / Downing / Halford)

Man eatin momma, steam driven hammer
Sorts the men out from the boys
Takes no messin', all in wrestlin'
Is one of her pride and joys
She a classy, flashy lassy
Imitation sapphire shine
Two faced liar, full of fire
But I know the flame is mine

   Rocka rolla woman for a rocka rolla man
   You can take her if you want her
   If you think you can
   Rocka rolla woman for a rocka rolla man
   You can take her if you want her you can

She's a grip and choke ya
Heavy smoker
Wrong side of the law
Midnight shady
Good time lady
Heavy, ready show you what for
Barroom fighter
Ten pint a nighter
Definite ninety-nine
Diamond cluster
Knuckle duster
Feline on the borderline

   Rocka rolla woman for a rocka rolla man
   You can take her if you want her
   If you think you can
   Rocka rolla woman for a rocka rolla man
   You can take her if you want her you can

   Rocka rolla woman for a rocka rolla man
   You can take her if you want her
   If you think you can
   Rocka rolla woman for a rocka rolla man
   You can take her if you want her you can

   Rocka rolla woman for a rocka rolla man
   You can take her if you want her
   If you think you can
   Rocka rolla woman for a rocka rolla man
   You can take her if you want her you can
 
 
 
Winter Suite

  A) Winter
(Downing / Hill / Atkins)

Got no silver
In my pockets
Got no pillow
For my head
And the winter
It gets stronger
Got to ease my
Aching head

In the morning
When I wake up
Get this feeling
Deep inside
And I wonder
If I'll die young
Or I'll go out
Of my mind

I still get this
Awful feeling
When the snow falls
To the ground
It still sends my
Senses reeling
Knowing winter's
Come to town

  B) Deep Freeze
(Downing)

Instrumental

  C) Winter Retreat
(Downing / Halford)

Now, winter wind fades from my face
My heart will no longer race
Sun smiling down from the sky
Melts away ice from my eye

Warmth, eases back to my soul
Bitterness shrugs then it goes
Goes goes goes
 
 
 
Cheater
(Downing / Halford)

I got home late this evening, stumbled up the stair
I couldn't believe my eyes when I looked in the bedroom there
My woman with a man was lyin' fast asleep
I felt a rage inside me, control I couldn't keep

   She was a cheater

I reached the dressing table, kicked away the door
I gripped the cold black metal, a loaded 44
By this time they awaken and they don't know what to do
I scream you cheatin' bitch here's what I think of you

   You are a cheater
 

They both pleaded for mercy, I said no way
When you do this upon me, you have no say
I treated you so real good, and this is what you do
Oh no I've finished with you, your time is through

   You are a cheater

If you need a cheater
There's nobody sweeter
Than this one there's no neater,
Come on right here and meet her

Cheater, cheater, cheater, come on and meet her
Cheater, cheater, cheater, there's nobody sweeter
Cheater, cheater, cheater
 
 
 
Never Satisfied
(Downing / Atkins)

Where do we
Go from here
There must be
Something near
Changing you
Changing me
Forever

Places change
Faces change
Life is so
Very strange
Changing time
Changing rhyme
Together

There's no where
Else to go
This could be
Our last show
Changing dreams
Changing schemes
Never

   We are never satisfied
 

Love is gone
Along with fun
Now we're reaching
For the gun
Changing cast
Changing fast
No more tether

   We are never satisfied
 
 
 
Run of the Mill
(Downing / Halford / Tipton)

What hace you achieved now you're old
Did you fulfill ambition, do as you were told
Or are you still doing the same this year
Should I give sorrow, or turn 'round and sneer

I know that the prospects weren't all that good
But they improved, and I'd have thought that you could
Have strived for that something we all have deep inside
Not let it vanish along with your pride
 

Now with the aid of your new walking stick
You hobble along through society thick
And look mesmerized by the face of it all
You keep to the gutter in case you fall

I can't go on
I can't go on
I can't go on
I can't go on

I
I
I
I...
 
 
 
Dying to Meet You
(Downing / Halford)

Came in this morning
High on a bird's wing
Quite open minded
But still quite aware
Followed the sunrise
Right through from dawning
Picking out landmarks
That said I was there
Led to positions
By stern faced leaders
Who never let one smile
Depart from their face

Then with an arm raise
The slaughter is started
One or two crack up
And start to cry
Selfishness breeds in
This cesspool of sorrow
Every few moments
I see a friend die
Synchronized watches
Flash in the sunlight
As into the battle
We are all led

Killer, killer, keep your thoughts at bay
Maiming, destroying, every single day
Is this the way that you get your fun
Slaying, waylaying, in the heat of midday sun
Get out, get out, go and do your job
Rape and pillage, squander all and rob
You make me sick, getting paid for murder
You wouldn't lay a finger on your mother, oh no you never ever dream to hurt her
 

Hero, hero, you have do so well
So sit back and lick your wounds, cause you won't go to hell
Take your medal, wear it now with pride
Consolation for the pain and sin you feel inside
 
 
 
Caviar and Meths

Instrumental
 
 
 


Rocka Rolla
Judas Priest
1974 Gull Records

Rob Halford - Vocals
KK Downing - Guitar
Glenn Tipton - Guitar, Keyboards
Ian Hill - Bass
John Hinch - Drums