[ti: Shield] [ar: Deep Purple] [al: The Book of Taliesyn] [00:39.46] Mama plays a queen on the hill built on a dream [00:43.38] While the children play in the field [00:47.39] Papa smokes the pipe of a sweet and better life [00:51.76] But how strong is the shield? [01:01.59] Can peace be found on the carpet above ground [01:05.16] Where sky is forever blue [01:08.44] So let it pass baby now, the slow and riding cloud [01:12.97] Which may take me from you [01:30.18] Many things a man can lose [01:32.20] His self, his rights, his views [01:34.43] But never his heart or his love [01:38.11] So take this hand of mine and climb baby, climb [01:42.57] To the hill up above [01:52.00] Now you can play a queen on the hill built on a dream [01:55.88] While our children play in the field [01:59.98] I can smoke the pipe of a sweet and better life [02:03.70] And trust in the strength of the shield [04:30.17] So trust in you love, and Lucy of above [04:34.43] And let light pass like a wheel [04:38.45] Don't take the chance of life's hectic dance [04:42.62] Kiss the strength of the shield [04:51.97] The seeker will be found by the looker on the ground [04:56.10] And to his wish he will yield [04:59.22] Fate will have it's word, of course [check this line] [05:01.70] And time will change its course [05:03.58] And hold the strength of the shield