Lyrics to
Child In Time

This version of Child In Time was released by Deep Purple in 1970.

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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 been hit by flying lead
You’d better close your eyes and bow your head
And wait for the ricochet

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About Lyrics and Child In Time by Deep Purple

The lyrics for Child In Time are defined as the words making up the song released by Deep Purple in 1970. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Child In Time have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Deep Purple and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Child In Time by Deep Purple if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Child In Time" means the words set to the music of Child In Time, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Deep Purple. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Child In Time and the lyrics to Child In Time are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Deep Purple who came here looking just for the lyrics to Child In Time, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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