Smoke on the Water Lyrics


- 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.