Child in Time
by Deep Purple
From the album: Deep Purple in Rock
Track 3 of 7 on Deep Purple in Rock (1970).
Duration: 10:20
Lyrics for Child in Time
Sweet child in time You'll see the line The line that's drawn between Good and bad See the blind man Shooting at the world Bullets flying Oh, taking toll If you've been bad Oh Lord, I bet you have And you've not been hit Oh, by a flying lead You'd better close your eyes Oh-oh, bow your head Wait for the ricochet Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Oh, I wanna hear you sing Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Oh-oh Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Ahh-ah-ah Ahh-ah-ah Ahh-ah Sweet child in time You'll see the line The line that's drawn between Good and bad See the blind man Shooting at the world Bullets flying Mmm, taking toll If you've been bad Lord, I bet you have And you've not been hit Oh, by a flying lead You'd better close your eyes Oh-oh, bow your head Wait for the ricochet Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh-ooh Ooh-ooh Ahh-ah-ah Ahh-ah-ah Ahh-ah-ah Oh, I gotta hear you screaming Ahh-ah-ah Ahh-ah-ah Ahh-ah-ah Oh-oh Ahh-ah-ah Ahh-ah-ah Ahh-ah-ah Oh Ahh-ah-ah Ahh-ah-ah Ahh-ah-ah Oh, no Oh, no God, oh, no Oh, no Oh, ain't gonna do it Oh, no Oh, no, no Oh Ohh! Oh, no