Lyrics: Jon Lord/Ritchie Blackmore
Music: Jon Lord/Ritchie Blackmore
Keyboard: Jon Lord
Guitar: Ritchie Blackmore
Drums: Ian Paice
Bass: Nick Simper
Vocals: Rod Evans
Part I - Guitar and Piano
Part II - Strings and Woodwind
Part III - Band
April is a cruel time
Even though the sun may shine
And the world will turn to shapes
As it slowly comes away
Still fall the april rain
And the bed is filled with pain
And you can't tell if I cry
As I look up to the gray sky
Where it should be blue
Gray 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 againΒ
Of an april without an end
Of an april lonely as a gone
In the dark of my mind I can see for to find
But there is nothing to be done
When I just can't feel a sun
And the springtime is the season of the nights
Gray sky, where it should be blue
Gray sky, where I should see you
Ask why, why it should be so
I'll cry, say that I don't know
I don't know Ahβ¦β¦
Outro - Guitar Solo