Music

Producer: Def Leppard
Additional Musicians: Frank Noon (drums) & Pete Willis (Guitar)
Recording Location: Fairview Studios, Hull, UK
Year: 1979

Performers

The Def Leppard E.P.

1. Ride Into The Sun LYRICS

Revvin' up, hundred 'n' four
Hammer down, foot to the floor
Such a hard ride
Ride into the sun
Shootin' in
Got a ticket to ride
Movin' out
This is no place to hide
When you're ridin'
Ride into the sun

We gonna make it baby
So step inside
And if we make it baby
We're gonna ride into the sun
Just ride into the sun

Burn it up
We're gonna cruise
Kick down
Nothin' to lose
When you're ridin'
Ride into the sun

A hot shot
Hooked on the street
I'm in love
Got the fire in me
When I'm ridin'
Ride into the sun

We gonna make it baby
So step inside
And if we make it baby
We're gonna ride
Ride on!

We gonna make it baby
So step inside
And if we make it baby
Ya know we're gonna
Ride
Ride into the sun
Yeah
Ride into the sun
Just ride into the sun
Yeah
Hey!

2. Rocks Off LYRICS

Well, we were gettin' ready just the other night
When a knock on the dressing room door
Gave way to a leather jacket little girl
Who we'd never ever seen before
In her red satin dress and her high heeled shoes
She took us all by surprise
And when she asked us what we wanted to do
Well, she said it with her eyes
Just getcha rocks off

When we finally took the stage there she was
But she wasn't on her own
'Cause she'd brought some friends maybe 5 or 6
Yeah, she must have been on the phone
And when they started dancing and jumping around
Well we couldn't believe our eyes
'Cause they'd got the whole damn audience rockin'
And they'd got us paralyzed
Just getcha rocks off

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3. Overture LYRICS

And with this message that I bring to you
A beacon of light to see you through
For the time is on our side
And a holy man does say to me
To always to be blind and never to see
It's not the way he planned it, oh no

The time has come to gather up your thoughts
For you have said your piece
The lords of light will change this land
From famine into feast
The buildings that once stood so tall
Have crumbled to the ground
The silver warriors who came in force
Are nowhere to be found

Time is the essence the priests do say
To restore your faith in man
For the job you do and the role you play
Will help rebuild this land
Through empty streets and dusty fields
We'll fight for what we need
Protected by our swords and shields
We can replant the seed

The roads ahead are long and winding
On which the bandits thrive
But we have the power of finding
Illusion to keep us alive
So through the valleys and over the hills
We'll march and sing in rhyme
We'll fight until we lose our will
For essence is our time

The sun, the moon, the darkened sky
The morning dew reflecting in my eye
The rising mist, the dampened earth
Are just reminders of what life's worth

And with this message that I bring to you
A beacon of light to see you through
For time is on our side
For time is the essence

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Description

THE DEF LEPPARD E.P. is the bands debut EP. It was recorded at Fairview Studios in Hull, on November 1978 and was released January 1979. Produced by Def Leppard, the album cover is a parody of the painting His Master's Voice, with a leopard in place of the painting's dog Nipper.