Deep Purple - April

This is the eighth track from Deep Purple’s third and eponymous album, Deep Purple (1969). Lineup (Mk I): Ritchie Blackmore: guitar, Rod Evans: lead vocals, Nick Simper: bass guitar and backing vocals, Jon Lord: Hammond organ, keyboards, and backing vocals, Ian Paice: drums Lyrics: April is a cruel time Even though the sun may shine And world looks in the shade as it slowly comes away Still falls the April rain And the valley’s filled with pain And you can’t tell me quite why As i look up to the grey sky Where it should be blue Grey sky where I should see you Ask why, why it should be so I’ll cry, say that I don’t know Maybe once in a while I’ll forget and I’ll smile But then the feeling comes again of an April without end Of an April lonely as they come In the dark of my mind I can see all too fine But there is nothing to be done when I just can’t feel the sun And the springtime’s the season of the night