1951 – Supertramp – Child of vision (1979)

 

Escrita por Roger Hogson, foi gravada entre maio e dezembro de 1978 e lançada no disco Breakfast in America, o sexto disco da banda. Foi produzida por Supertramp e Peter Henderson. Rick Davies cantou e tocou teclado. Roger Hodgson cantou, tocou teclado e guitarra. John Helliwel tocou sax, cantou e tocou woodwinds. Bob Siebenberg tocou bateria. Dougie Thomson tocou baixo. Slyde Hyde tocou tuba e trombone. É a canção que fecha o disco. Assim como em Logical song, o piano elétrico Wurlitzer é o instrumento principal da canção. Depois da parte da letra, a canção vai pra um longo solo, tocado por um grande piano, ao lado do Wurlitzer. Acaba com um solo de sax curto, feito por John Helliwell. Roger disse que a canção foi escrita com pensamento similar à Gone Hollywood, que olha pra maneira de viver dos americanos.

A letra:

Well, who do you think you're foolin'?
You say you're havin fun
But you're busy going nowhere
Just lyin' 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

And you're messin' up the water
And you're rollin' in the wine
And you're poisoning your body
And you're poisoning your mind

And you gave me Coca-Cola
'Cause you said it tasted good
And you watch the television
'Cause it tells you that you should

Ooh, how can you live in this way?
(Why do you think it's so strange?)
You must have something to say?
(Tell me why should I change?)
There must be more than this life
It's time we did something right
I said

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

And you cannot make me listen
And I cannot make you hear
So you'll find your way to heaven
I'll meet you when you're there

How can you live in this way?
(Why do you think it's so strange?)
You must have something to say?
(You tell me why should I change?)
We have no reason to fight
'Cause we both know that we're right
I said

Child of vision
Won't you listen?
Find yourself a new ambition

A versão do Supertramp: