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Deep Purple - Time for Bedlam (First Take)

Time for Bedlam
Deep Purple
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[Spoken:]
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

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
This 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
I'll see you in hell
See you in hell

Frozen in time,
I'm a specimen pinned to my throne with an army of butterflies
Pilloried placid and prone
Ah, we were 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:]
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

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