SMOKE ON THE WATER

SMOKE ON THE WATER Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention Played at their Montreux Casino gig one night But down in the audience, a flare gun was fired Still nobody really knows how it was acquired That eventually had set the whole building alight The place soon emptied without much dissention In a hotel nearby, Deep Purple were gazing out Seeing both the flames and smoke on the water Hence the source of inspiration for their song That became their famous hit before too long Roger Glover, the group’s bassist and reporter Of the biggest fire he’d seen, he had no doubt With smoke on the water, and fire in the sky Those song lyrics could make a blind man cry