“Rainbow Eyes” is the final track off of Rainbows third album Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll.
This beautiful song, written in the key of A flat major, has an alluring guitar melody full of haunting lines, reminiscent of Jimi Hendrix’s “Hey Joe.”
This song tells of singer Ronnie James Dio’s attraction to...
[Verse 1]
She's been gone since yesterday
Oh I didn't care
Never cared for yesterdays
Fancies in the air
[Chorus]
No sighs or mysteries
She lay golden in the sun
No broken harmonies
But I've lost my way
She had rainbow eyes
Rainbow eyes
Rainbow eyes
[Verse 2]
Love should be a simple blend
A whispering on the shore
No clever words you can't defend
They lead to never more
[Chorus]
No sighs or mysteries
She lay golden in the sun
No broken harmonies
But I've lost my way
She had rainbow eyes
Rainbow eyes
Rainbow eyes
[Guitar solo]
[Verse 3]
Summer nights are colder now
They've taken down the fair
All the lights have died somehow
Or were they ever there
[Chorus]
No sighs or mysteries
She lay golden in the sun
No broken harmonies
But I've lost my way
She had rainbow eyes
[Outro]
Oh,oh
[Instrumental outro 5:21-7:26]
Rainbow Eyes was written by Ritchie Blackmore & Dio.
Rainbow Eyes was produced by Martin Birch.
Rainbow released Rainbow Eyes on Sun Apr 09 1978.