Lyrics to
Child Of Vision

This version of Child Of Vision was released by Supertramp in 1979.

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Well, who do you think you’re foolin’?
You say you’re havin’ fun,
But you’re busy going nowhere,
Just lying in the sun.
You tried to be a hero,
commit the perfect crime
but the dollar got you dancing
and you’re running out of time.

You’re messin’ up the water
You’re rolling in the wine
You’re poisoning your body
You’re poisoning your mind
You gave me coca-cola
You said it tasted good
You watch the television
It tell you that you should.

How can you live in this way?

You must have something to say.

There must be more to this life.
It’s time we did something right.
Child of Vision, won’t you listen?
Find yourself a new ambition.

I’ve heard it all before
You’re saying nothing new
I thought I saw a rainbow
But I guess it wasn’t true
You cannot make me listen
I cannot make you hear
You find your way to heaven,
I’ll meet you when you’re there.

How can you live in this way?

You must have something to say.

We have no reason to fight,
cos we both know that we’re right.
Child of Vision, won’t you listen?
Find yourself a new ambition.

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About Lyrics and Child Of Vision by Supertramp

The lyrics for Child Of Vision are defined as the words making up the song released by Supertramp in 1979. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Child Of Vision have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only Supertramp 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 Of Vision by Supertramp 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 Of Vision" means the words set to the music of Child Of Vision, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Supertramp. 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 Of Vision and the lyrics to Child Of Vision are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Supertramp who came here looking just for the lyrics to Child Of Vision, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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