Time for Bedlam

By Deep Purple

On Time for Bedlam

Released on December 14, 2016

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[Spoken Intro]

Descending the cold steps of the institution for the politically insane

Never to be seen again

Saying farewell to daylight

From henceforth I shall rot in a stinking bed of wet straw


[Verse 1]

Right from the ashes of life I learned to behave

What to believe, what not to say, from cradle to grave

Ah, like a good little slave

Sucking my milk from the venomous tit of the state

That's clearly designed to suppress every thought of escape

Ah, I surrender to fate


[Chorus]

No pity, no pity

Don't want no pity for me in this filthy cell

Wow, I'll see you in Hell

See you in Hell


[Guitar Solo]


[Organ Solo]


[Verse 2]

Frozen in time, I'm a specimen pinned to my throne

With an army of butterflies pilloried, placid and prone

Ah, we are never alone


[Chorus]

No pity, no pity

Don't want no pity for me in this filthy cell

I'll see you in hell


[Spoken Outro]

After centuries of living with nothing but my convictions

Broken fingers clawing through the walls of my incarceration

Escaping the clutches of eternal damnation

I was justified