LISTEN, LEARN, READ ON
Album : The Book of Taliesyn
Deep Purple - 1969


In ages past when spells were cast 
In a time of men in steel 
When a man was taught no special thing 
It was all done by feel 

So listen, so learn, so read on 
You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn 

Hear the song of lovely Joan 
Her sound so sweet and clear 
In the courtroom of the King 
Among children and the peers 

So listen, so learn, so read on 
You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn 

'Now hear ye the words of Taliesyn, 
on the foaming beach of the ocean, 
in the day of trouble, 
I shall be of more service to thee 
than three hundred salmon...' 

The hare he bounds across the page 
Past castles white and fair 
Past dreaming chessmen on their boards 
With a fool's mate as a snare 

So listen, so learn, so read on 
You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn 

'Three times I have been born 
I know this from meditation...' 

The bird he flies the distance 
From pages two to six 
Past minstrels in their boxes 
To the waters of the Styx 

So listen, so learn, so read on 
You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn 

Don't take the pictures lightly 
Listen to their sound 
For from their coloured feeling 
Experience is found 

So listen, so learn, so read on 
You gotta turn the page, read the Book of Taliesyn

'All the sciences of the world are collected in my breast, 
for I know what has been, what is now, 
and what hereafter will occur...'