Picture of Innocence lyrics

I hear they're trying to make us all the same

It's mind control by any other name

Who's gonna pay the price

For this foolish paradise

Oh, momma don't take that train

I hear it said we're headed too far south

Chinese whispers go by word of mouth

Rules for every size and shape

The nag has gone, shut the gate

Once you're in you're never getting out

I'm so misunderstood

There goes my manlihood

She's in my face again

With that picture of innocence

No drinks, no smokes

No dicking around

No dirty jokes

Straight lace, straight face

The old straight jacket

We got no hope

I hear they're gonna try out something new

I can feel it sticking to my shoe

So this is what tomorrow holds

Hopes and dreams are bought and sold

But still the world is misty green and blue

I'm so misunderstood

There goes my mannish boyhood

She's in my face again

With that picture of innocence

No deals, no strokes

No forbidden fruit

No holy smoke

What next, no sex

That's the end of the road

That's the end of the road

We got no hope

No drinks, no smokes

No dicking around

No dirty jokes

Straight lace, straight face

The old straight jacket

We got no hope

No deals, no strokes

No forbidden fruit

No holy smoke

What next, no sex

That's the end of the road

We got no hope

• Artist:Deep Purple
• Album:Bananas (2003)