Child in Time Songtext
von Deep Purple

Sweet child in time
You′ll see the line
The line that's drawn between
The good and bad

See the blind man
He′s shooting at the world
The bullets flying
Mm, they're taking toll

If you've been bad
Lord, I bet you have
And you′ve not been hit
You′ve not been hit by flying lead

You'd better close your eyes
You′d better bow your head
Wait for the ricochet

Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, I'm crying for you day and night
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, oh whoa, yeah


Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh, I wanna hear you sing
Oh-oh-ooh, oh-oh
Oh, come on

Ooh-oh-ooh, ooh-ooh-oh
Oh, yeah
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ah-ah, come on
Alright

Sweet child in time
You′ll see the line
The line that's drawn between
The good of us and the bad of us

See the blind man
Shooting at the world
The bullets flying
Mm, they′re killing everyone

If you've been bad
Lord, I bet you have
And you've not been hit
You′ve not been hit by flying lead


You′d better close your eyes
You'd better bow your head
Wait for the ricochet

Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, I wanna be inside you
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, oh-oh, yeah

Ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah, oh, man, I gotta hear your thing
Ah-ah, ah-ah
Oh, come on

Ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah, yeah
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah

You′re only about four foot six
Don't worry about it
But there′s always somebody smaller than you
Don't worry
You′re about seven foot 14
Don't worry about that either
Because there's always somebody
One million soldiers crossing the ground, oh-oh
Thank you

Here′s a song
It tells a story of how we recorded it
And what went wrong when we did it
Happened in Switzerland
The song′s talking of smoking on the water