Artists

Ian Gillan – lead vocals
Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
Jon Lord – organ, keyboards
Roger Glover – bass
Ian Paice – drums

Written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord & Ian Paice. Produced by Deep Purple, recorded 1970. Released as the third track (10:17, later edited to about 4:15 for a single) on Deep Purple in Rock (Harvest Records, 3 June 1970). Though never issued as a commercial single, it became one of the band’s signature live staples.

“Child in Time” grew directly out of It’s a Beautiful Day‘s instrumental “Bombay Calling,” which Jon Lord was playing around with on keyboards one day; the band liked it and reworked it into something new, with Ritchie Blackmore building out guitar parts alongside Lord’s keyboard foundation. Ian Gillan wrote the lyrics separately, without having heard the It’s a Beautiful Day original, framing the song as a protest against the futility of the Cold War. The whole Mark II lineup shares the writing credit as a result. The song became a defining piece of the band’s live sets throughout the 1970s and has since been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, cited by musicians from Metallica’s Lars Ulrich to countless prog and metal acts as a major influence.

Deep Purple – Child In Time Lyrics

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

Oh, I wanna hear you sing

Sweet child, in time, you’ll see the line
The line that’s drawn between good and 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
Oh, bow your head
Wait for the ricochet

Oh, I gotta hear you sing
Oh, you are

Oh, oh, oh
Oh no
Oh, oh no, oh, uh
Uh, ain’t gonna do, oh no
Oh, oh no
Ah, ah, oh
Ah, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Ah, ah

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Artists

David LaFlamme – violin, vocals
Linda LaFlamme – organ, piano, electric piano, celeste, harpsichord
Hal Wagenet – guitar
Mitchell Holman – bass
Val Fuentes – drums
Pattie Santos – vocals, tambourine, bells

Written by Vince Wallace & David LaFlamme. Produced by David LaFlamme, engineered by Brian Ross-Myring, recorded 1968–69, CBS Studios, Los Angeles.

An instrumental showcase for David LaFlamme‘s violin, “Bombay Calling” is best known today as the acknowledged inspiration for Deep Purple’s “Child in Time.” Deep Purple’s Ian Gillan has said the organ riff was based directly on this track, and according to one account, keyboardist Jon Lord first played the song for the rest of the band after someone recalled it, leading them to slow it down and build their own song around the idea — a story also connected to Lord’s personal relationship with It’s a Beautiful Day’s vocalist, Pattie Santos, at the time. In an ironic twist, It’s a Beautiful Day later borrowed right back, reworking Deep Purple’s “Wring That Neck” into their own song “Don and Dewey” on their second album, Marrying Maiden (1970).

It’s A Beautiful Day – Bombay Calling Lyrics

The song “Bombay Calling” by It’s a Beautiful Day is an instrumental track and does not have official lyrics.

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Artists

David LaFlamme – lead vocals, violin
Pattie Santos – vocals, tambourine, bells, block, gourd
Linda LaFlamme – organ, piano, electric piano, celeste, harpsichord
Hal Wagenet – guitar
Mitchell Holman – bass
Val Fuentes – drums

Written by David LaFlamme & Linda LaFlamme. Produced by David LaFlamme, engineered by Brian Ross-Myring, recorded 1968–69, CBS Studios, Los Angeles.

The band’s signature song, “White Bird,” was written in December 1967 while David and Linda LaFlamme were living in Seattle, inspired by the view from a small attic window during a dreary winter. Despite missing the main singles chart, the song became a favorite among FM radio DJs, and a nearly ten-minute live version later appeared on the 1972 album It’s a Beautiful Day at Carnegie Hall. It’s also featured in the 1972 concert documentary Fillmore. David LaFlamme later recorded a solo remake in 1976 that did reach the Hot 100, at No. 89, and the song has since been covered by artists including Judy Collins, who released her own version in 2021.

It’s A Beautiful Day – White Bird Lyrics

White bird
In a golden cage
On a winter’s day
In the rain

White bird
In a golden cage
Alone

The leaves blow
Across the long, black road
To the darkened skies
In it’s rage

But the white bird
Just sits in her cage
Unknown

White bird must fly
Or she will die

White bird
Dreams of the aspen trees
With their dying leaves
Turning gold

But the white bird
Just sits in her cage
Growing old

White bird must fly
Or she will die
White bird must fly
Or she will die

The sunsets come
The sunsets go
The clouds roll by
And the earth turns old
And the young bird’s eyes
Do always glow

She must fly
She must fly
She must fly

White bird
In a golden cage
On a winter’s day
In the rain

White bird
In a golden cage
Alone

White bird must fly
Or she will die
White bird must fly
Or she will die
White bird must fly
Or she will die

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Artists

David LaFlamme – lead vocals, violin
Linda LaFlamme – organ, piano, electric piano, celeste, harpsichord
Hal Wagenet – guitar
Mitchell Holman – bass
Val Fuentes – drums
Pattie Santos – vocals, tambourine, bells, block, gourd

Written by David LaFlamme & Linda LaFlamme. Produced by David LaFlamme, engineered by Brian Ross-Myring, recorded 1968–69, CBS Studios, Los Angeles.

“Girl With No Eyes” was one of three songs on the band’s debut album co-written by Linda LaFlamme, who shared songwriting credit with her husband David LaFlamme. In a later interview, she recalled the song coming to her lyrically and musically first, before David took her initial idea and expanded on it. The song had already been cut as a demo at San Francisco’s Avalon Ballroom on April 9, 1968, alongside “Bulgaria” and “Wasted Union Blues,” before all three were re-recorded for the full album.

It’s A Beautiful Day – Girl With No Eyes Lyrics

There’s a girl in my room and her face on the wall with no eyes
There’s a girl in my room and her face on the wall with no eyes
Girl with no eyes, who can she be?
Girl with no eyes, she’s looking at me
There’s a girl in my room and her face on the wall with no eyes

If I make a sound she’ll know that I’m stirring inside
If I make a sound she’ll know that I’m trying to hide
Girl with no eyes, who can she be?
Girl with no eyes, she’s looking at me
Beautiful girl, who does she see?
Beautiful girl, she seems to be staring

Doesn’t eveybody know (everybody know)
Everybody know love takes a lifetime?
And doesn’t everbody know (everybody know)
Everybody know love is the eyesight?
It’s the eyesight of a lifetime

She’s just a reflection of all of the time that’s gone by
She’s just a reflection of all of the time I’ve been high
Girl with no eyes, who can she be?
Girl with no eyes, she’s looking at me
Beautiful girl, who does she see?
Beautiful girl, she seems to be staring

Doesn’t eveybody know (everybody know)
Everybody know love takes a lifetime?
And doesn’t everbody know (everybody know)
Everybody know love is the eyesight?
It’s the eyesight of a lifetime

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Artists

David LaFlamme – lead vocals, violin
Linda LaFlamme – keyboards
Hal Wagenet – guitar
Mitchell Holman – bass
Val Fuentes – drums
Bruce Steinberg – harmonica

Written by David LaFlamme & Linda LaFlamme. Produced by David LaFlamme, engineered by Brian Ross-Myring, recorded 1968–69, Los Angeles.

“Hot Summer Day” appears on the band’s self-titled debut album alongside their best-known song, “White Bird,” and is frequently cited alongside “Girl With No Eyes” and “Time Is” as one of the record’s standout tracks. The album was recorded by the San Francisco group under difficult circumstances — their manager, Matthew Katz, had kept them from performing live in San Francisco for about a year while the band awaited the chance to record, reportedly telling them they weren’t ready yet. Despite modest chart performance (the album reached No. 47 in the US), It’s a Beautiful Day is now regarded as a key document of the late-1960s San Francisco psychedelic scene, distinguished by David LaFlamme‘s prominent lead violin.

It’s A Beautiful Day – A Hot Summer Day Lyrics

Hot summer day (Hot summer day)
Carry me along
Oh, hot summer day (Hot summer day)
Please carry me along

[Chorus]
Hot summer day
Carry me along
To its end
Where I begin

[Verse 2]
Long summer dream (Long summer dream)
Slidin’ ’round my mind
Those long summer dreams (Long summer dream)
Are leavin’ me behind

[Chorus]
Hot summer day
Carry me along
To its end
Where I begin

[Bridge]
Circlin’ like a river
Over brightly colored stones
Breakin’ up my soul
And takin’ part of me home
Leavin’ the other half
To tumble all alone
Love, love, where did you go?

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
Hot summer day (Hot summer day)
Carry me along
To its end
Where I begin

[Verse 3]
Those long summer dreams (Long summer dream)
Still spinnin’ ’round my mind
And they end
Where they begin

[Bridge]
And I want to grab that river
And stop the love that’s dyin’
Because I know that somewhere
Deep inside my soul you’re still lyin’
Waitin’ to awaken
And shake that river’s flow
Love, love, where did you go?

[Interlude]

[Bridge]
They told me that the sun turned green
I said I didn’t know
And they told me that the moon turned blue
I said it didn’t show
And they told me that I looked a fool
And I said I’d let that go
But when they told me that our love was dead
I had to turn and go

[Refrain]
Oh, love
Love
Love
Love
Love
Where did you go?

[Chorus]
Hot summer day (Hot summer day)
Carry me along
To its end
Where I begin

[Verse 2]
Long summer dreams (Long summer dream)
Slidin’ ’round my mind
And they end
Where they begin

[Bridge]
Circlin’ like a river
Over brightly colored stones
Breakin’ up my soul
And takin’ part of me home
Leavin’ the other half
To tumble all alone
Love, love, where did you go?

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