The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
A Child of a Few Hours Is Burning to Death
1968 · Reprise RS 6298 · Burbank, California
- Artist
- The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band
- Title
- A Child of a Few Hours Is Burning to Death
- Release
- A Child's Guide to Good & Evil
- Year
- 1968
- Label
- Reprise # RS 6298
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- Burbank, California, USA
- Genre
- Rock · Psychedelic Rock
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation — Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs
Child of a Few Hours Is Burning to Death, A (West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band) Napalm, anti-war. Psychedelic rock.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: A child of a few hours is burning to death / Her eyes are full of smoke / Her mouth is full of fire / Napalm is perfect / For women and children / Forgive us, Forgive us / We should have called Suzy and Bobby / They like to watch fires / Pretend it's not happening / It will be clipped / Out of tomorrow's news show / After the funeral after the feast, baby / With so many bodies at our feet / We should have called Suzy and Bobby / They like to watch fires / We all are nothing / But soft moist people / With soft moist hands / Folded over our buttons / Silently sleeping / Cold and unmoving and doing nothing / We should have called Suzy and Bobby / They like to watch fires / A child of a few hours / Is burning to death / Her eyes are full of smoke / Her mouth is full of fire
About the artist
Formed 1965, Los Angeles, CA, United States. Disbanded 1970. Members: Shaun Harris (bass, vocals), Bob Markley (tambourine, percussion, vocals), Dan Harris (guitar, vocals, 1965-67, 1969-70), Michael Lloyd (guitar, keyboards, vocals, 1965-67, 1969-70), John Ware (drums, 1966-68), Ron Morgan (lead guitar, electric sitar, 1967-70)