Deep Purple - Child In Time Lyrics






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

Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo..
Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo..
Aaa-aaa-aaa..
Oh, I wanna hear you sing..
Aaa-aaa-aaa..
Oaoh..
AAA-AAA-AAA!!
AAA-AAA-AAA!!


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

Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo..
Ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo..
Aaa-aaa-aaa..
Oh, I gotta hear you sing..
Aaa-aaa-aaa..
Oaoh..
AAA-AAA-AAA!!
Oh..
AAA-AAA-AAA!!

Oh..god oh no..oh god no..oh..ah..no ah..AAh..oh..AAWAAH!!..oh





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  1. S.... A....

    I heard this song million times till my eye dry.....

  2. N.... H....

    an alien playing the guitar ...no human can ever match the guitar solo

  3. C.... ....

    Hey you guys!!!!!!!!! Wooooohoooooo!!!!!!!!!!!

  4. M.... P....

    And the chills Will take no end, been goosebumping over this track for 35 years, and still bumping! Someone Call Guinness!

  5. N.... S....

    Eithr they stole the melody from It's a Beautiful Day, or vice-versa, or both groups stole it from the same classical piece. Which one is it?

  6. L.... G....

    the sad ting is just, john Lord already has gone,..- I had eycontact with john lord,.. it was realy a kind of ENERGY,..- well i painted thiis rock...- and well i am up to date realy a fan, from Ritchie Blackmore, and in the year2000 i saw deep- purple, and i was cheatet, because in the bavarian paper (mittelbayrische zeitung ) they war saying: deep Purple is coming to rat is bon... this was 3 month befor they came, and i got a ticket, and the lying newspaper sad: Deep Purple comes in the old original.. persons.. but it was a Lie, or ly, i am not perfect in english.. but they realy did come, just without ritchie blackmore..- i was realy pissd........- but i already had payd the ticket, also my friend, so we did go into this poor house.. (a rockkozert were smoking is vorbidden??? !!! )
    most deeppuplefans having my age.. an audience, most were sitting,.. sry but i was one of may be 10 persons, who did not sit, we dir DANCE in the front,..- and - jon Lord (RIP )saw me, and this was the best expirience...
    ok i also have seen ritchie blackmore in munic, with rainbow, he destroyd his gitarre,..- maybe it was not his best concert, like they did in japane....
    it was like: i do my job....... for the money u paid,.. but, if i would be a rockstar, never never never, go to muc

  7. M.... G....

    Nobody :
    Not even a single soul :
    Ian Gillan : AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

  8. J.... A....

    Cool 2020

  9. J.... W....

    Zawsze będzie śliczny ten utwór. Szacunek dla zespołu Deep Purple.

  10. g.... k....

    One of the Greatest

  11. B.... B....

    Jak zostalem gangsterem, szad - gniew

  12. F.... U....

    ONE MORE DAY FOR LIFE.....INSOMUCH PERFECT ...........GO...GO..GO...NON-STOP

  13. D.... T....

    Si seulement on pouvait recomposer à notre époque comme ça...

  14. l.... d....

    2020 Eδω✌✌✌✌😎😎😎🎱🎱🎱

  15. S.... C....

    Эй, Кавердейл! Ты где? Как тебе такое пение?

  16. m.... 8....

    My ex once turned off this song and put on Jonas Brothers. We broke up the same day. Thanks Deep Purple.

  17. P.... G....

    Respect😅👌🙏

  18. j.... ....

    oh yes the 'HOLE IN THE WALL' next to Borough Station happy days

  19. T.... D....

    Mythical

  20. P.... I....

    Probably my favorite song of all time. Ian’s vocals will never be duplicated

  21. e.... m....

    a song for ............... e v e r ...............

  22. S.... M....

    Richie Blackmore oh yes,

  23. S.... M....

    Великие ☝🔥🔥🔥

  24. D.... B....

    Živio Rock N Roll✌🤟

  25. j.... R....

    It,s amazing how a band can have 3 singers over time and still be one of the greatest bands ever

  26. S.... B....

    Je ne m'en lasse pas, un morceau qui ne vieillit pas ou bien.

    S.... B....

    Toi tu connais la musique sa nous ramene dans le passer fin 1979 brasserie du vieux montreal que du deep purple comme musique en se moment je trip deep joss 59 ans

  27. S.... ....

    That dude from 4.00 to 5.40
    Nice.

  28. F.... e....

    I sang this song a thousand times with my group, each time a new emotion ... a true masterpiece !!!

  29. S.... H....

    🖤🖤🖤🖤

  30. A.... K....

    Ε ναι ρε φίλε

  31. S.... C....

    I am thirteen years old I love this song everything else is trash this is best song every other song trash old music good old music bad

    S.... C....

    You are really young, but I think that is because of people like you that we have a lot of people saying that "Rock is dead". Because you listen to one band, or maybe two more that you like, and everything else 'isn't good', reason being that you heard one song by that other band, and you didn't like the rest of the other bands (?).

    Yes, I do love Deep Purple, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Eagles, Scorpions, Dire Straits, and a lot more from the 70's / 80's.
    But the difference is that I know a lot of new bands too, I like to listen to new stuff. And it never ceases to amaze me, how many good bands are out there, that I don't even know about the existence, but who make songs that are exactly what I like to hear, and that I will probably never hear before I die.

    If you like hard rock, go and look for some more bands with the same genre. Don't get stuck on the past mate.

  32. �.... �....

    Боя настана тупат сърцата ни!!!!

  33. E.... D....

    Me gusta mas la versión en vivo de 1970 pero mucho mas no se porque :v

    E.... D....

    Quizás porque la oíste primero ?)

  34. F.... P....

    This is a MAS-TER-PIECE! This song is 50 YEARS OLD this year!! Damn!

    F.... P....

    @Frank Parent We're now officially "old farts"!

  35. G.... #....

    En concert à Dijon le 24 octobre 2020 au Zenith !!!!

  36. a.... m....

    Indonesia like this song

  37. Y.... S....

    Da best. Lord is God.

  38. t.... ....

    I am an ancient old f@rt and love Deep Purple and Classic Rock, but until now, I had never heard this song. I guess something slips through from time to time.

  39. A.... M....

    Dulcele an de majorat .....1975 !!

  40. T.... F....

    🤪👍

  41. J.... L....

    Who else is here because of the movie Twister?

  42. A.... G....

    Волшебно! Потрясающе! 👏👏👏

    A.... G....

    Согласен с предыдущим оратором ✌✌✌

  43. k.... e....

    mein Lied gegen Kopfschmerzen-kopfhöhrer auf und aufdrehen danach ist der Kopf wieder frei

    k.... e....

    bekomme mit 70 immer noch eine Gänsehaut........

    k.... e....

    Das Lied ist schon sehr alt, ich freue mich immer noch es zu hören. Ich komm mir nur so furchtbar alt vor

    k.... e....

    @Renny Müller schau mal hier: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pCCgv09bsU

  44. V.... A....

    Love 💓

  45. R.... C....

    had in rock on cassette.

  46. E.... M....

    PLANTA DE MIERDA

  47. I.... P....

    THE BEST FOR EVER

  48. �.... �....

    Жуть.

  49. �.... �....

    Αγαπημένο!

  50. N.... P....

    Najjaca grupa da jebe rak raka u riblji restoran!

  51. C.... E....

    tututuuu tuttuuu,tutuutuuuu tatataaaaaa aaahhhhaahhh

  52. C.... T....

    TIMELESS

  53. P.... ....

    Walden to dobry chłopak był...

  54. s.... h....

    Foetjoe ROGER THAT, ....and HE GOT BALLS LIKE PIETER & KJELD.................

  55. Z.... J....

    2:53 The best bit! 😜😂😂😂

  56. a.... ....

    On In Rock's vinyl there are brief explanations of the songs, underneath each title in the back cover: under C.i.T. title there is written : "this is the story of a loser...it could be you...". BTW, is the "loser" a Vietnam vet that when returns to his country is left on the streets/going insane without any aid from government or family? I heard that another explanation of the song that DP gave is this one, of the war vet.

  57. W.... A....

    How much perfection do you want
    Ritchie : 10^gogool

  58. H.... W....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obvizJRnezA

  59. I.... L....

    Turn it up to 11

  60. C.... P....

    I am now 18, and Child in Time is my absolute favorite song of all time since the second time I heard it. The first time I heard it was during the Dutch Top 2000 on December 31 2016. I just fell silent when this song came on. Awestruck with what I was hearing. But it was nearly New Year and I was going to go outside when this song was over to watch the fireworks, and I was wondering how long this song still was going to last, so I probably didn’t enjoy it as much as I could have. A few weeks later I looked it up on YouTube and listened again. Since then it has been my all-time favorite song.

    C.... P....

    I assure you that you will change musical opinions in your life, but deep purple like other old bands are the history of music. pass it on to your children if you like it

  61. f.... m....

    un chef d'oeuvre de l'histoire du rock , un monument grandiose

  62. z.... ....

    How beautiful. Thankfully I survived Woodstock '69 and my old ass (age 73 now) still goes back to the songs of the era of my youth. Thank you for posting. A true classic. Great post!

  63. A.... K....

    WHY THIS SONG IS NOT ON Voyager Golden Record
    ?? Not including it on golden record WAS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY!!!

  64. S.... A....

    I do not believe that I love this song while I am from Syria🤟🤟🇸🇾🌹🇸🇾🌹🇸🇾🇸🇾🌹🇸🇾🌹🇸🇾🌹🇸🇾🌹🇸🇾🤭🤭

  65. m.... k....

    People:mark2 creates child in time this wonderful song



    Mark1:hold my anthem

  66. L.... L....

    Smoke On The Water is good, but this is a masterpiece.

    L.... L....

    Hey, I am a Larry too, lol. Albeit a 73 year old one, but I did survive Woodstock '69. :)

  67. c.... ....

    2020 anyone?

    c.... ....

    Yes, I'm

  68. T.... J....

    It will never end. Thank God! 1955

  69. U.... b....

    Serotonin by Michel Houellebecq brought me here.

  70. B.... C....

    Barış Manço-Cacık

  71. D.... S....

    1:38 e 7:24 😍💗

  72. �.... �....

    Amazing???YES!!!!!!!!!

  73. M.... J....

    One of the greatest and for me an epic song! Long life DP! Friends of rock, hear it loud.

  74. R.... G....

    You Tube e grande e divertente, migliorare il traguardo che dire TOP

  75. K.... P....

    aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAaaa

  76. s.... !....

    قاعده اصرخ نفسه

    s.... !....

    داخل طبعا ..

  77. s.... !....

    كسم الحاله وضعي صعببب

  78. J.... C....

    Hola tronko!
    Lo compartimos en "Neguri Rock Murcia"

  79. E.... M....

    1970:Heavy Masterpiece
    1980:Best Metal Album
    1990 :Metal Legends
    2000:Rest In Peace John Lord 🕊
    2019 /2020 :Rock Hall Of Fame
    3000 :Ian Gillan Underrated Vocalist
    4000:Still The Best Metal
    5000 :✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️
    10000000000000 :Deep Purple Rock On..... 💪 😎 🤘🤘🤘🤘

  80. M.... S....

    The instrumental firepower of this band is just breathtaking! Gillan is at the height of his vocal prowess too. I still get chills during the intro some 50 years later. These guys could sling some lead. Wait for the ricochet indeed when Purple is in the frontal assault shuffle with the flying duet that jumps off the cliff into nothingness. But then there's Jon's Hammond again. Brilliant!!!

  81. M.... L....

    Qué puedo decir de Deep purple, Janis,leed Zeppelin, lo máximo, mís respetos y Pink Floyd 💞💋, sinfonía

  82. P.... D....

    Bengous débrief om vs Angers Lang long bengous débrief

  83. A.... �....

    I can't believe I get to see deep purple live on my 18ty bday!!!!!!!! I couldn't stop squeezing for a solid hour when I found out!!

  84. M.... H....

    BROJ JEDAN OVU PJESMU NE RAZUMIJU ONI KOJI NE ŽELE MIR

  85. G.... B....

    soberly......................no ever!!!proxima vez mas de entendiste.

  86. F.... A....

    That was 50 years!... 'In Rock' still be a absolutely classic!

  87. E.... ....

    I wish I could've had this on my playlist going to fob Zulu in Kuwait...

  88. J.... k....

    Mega Lied ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  89. C.... S....

    I just can't stop singing that aaa aaa aaaaa in my mind l😆😎🤘

  90. T.... Z....

    Child in Time

  91. l.... w....

    sauketesoa <3

  92. F.... C....

    2020 Are you here???????

  93. v.... k....

    Оооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооооо¡!!!!!!!¡!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  94. m.... r....

    so beautiful

  95. L.... v....

    Will such greatness ever exist again?

  96. B.... ....

    I have been born in 2002, but let me tell you that the music in this days, can't compare with this. Becouse it's preatty much sh.t