Friday, July 18, 2008

Deep Purple - Child In Time (1970)

Child In Time Lyric


Sweet child in time you'll see the line
The line that's drawn between the good and the bad
See the blind man shooting at the world
Bullets flying taking toll
If you've been bad, Lord I bet you have
And you've not been hit by flying lead
You'd better close your eyes and bow your head
And wait for the ricochet

Song Notes : "Running 10 minutes and 15 seconds, this is a protest song to the United States' war in Vietnam"

"This features a keyboard/guitar solo by Jon Lord and Ritchie Blackmore respectively"

This album was released by the Mark II version of the group which is Ian Gillan (vocals), Ritchie Blackmore (guitar), Roger Glover (Bass), Jon Lord (keyboard), and Ian Paice(drums). This song was played during the Deep Purple Mark II reunion tour "Come Hell or Highwater" in 1993. Ritchie Blackmore quit the tour after the European portion - he also ended the original Mark II by quitting because of Ian Gillan's "lack of work ethic."

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