Smoke on the Water

- Here's a song which is also from the last album. It tells the story of how we recorded it and what went wrong when we did it. It happened in Switzerland, the song, a thing called Smoke On The Water, this one. Alright, wooh We all came out to Montreux On the Lake Geneva shoreline To make records with a mobile We didn't have much time, no Frank Zappa and the Mothers Were at the best place around But some stupid with a flare gun Burned the place to the ground, now Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky Smoke on the water But burning down You know They burned down the gambling house It died with an awful sound Funky Claude was running in and out He was pulling kids out of ground When it all was over We had to find another place Swiss time was running on It seemed that we would lose the race Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky It was burning Smoke on the water Down to the ground, it was You know We ended up at the Grand Hotel It was empty, cold and bare But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside Making our music there A few red lights, a few old beds We made a place to sweat No matter what we get out of this I know, I know we'll never forget Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky Smoke on the water Everywhere It was tumbling down Everybody was crying - Thank you.