Children's Heritage/D.O.A.

Infobox Single
Name = Children's Heritage


Artist = Bloodrock
from Album = Bloodrock 2
B-side = D.O.A.
Released = 1971
Format = 7"
Recorded = 1970
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 4:32
Label = Capitol
Writer = Rutledge, Pickens, Grundy, Taylor, Hill, Cobb
Producer = Terry Knight
Certification =
Chart position = #36
Last single =
This single =
Next single =

"Children's Heritage/D.O.A." is a 7" vinyl single by Texas hard rock band Bloodrock released under Capitol Records in early 1971. The version of "D.O.A." featured on the single is roughly half the length of the album version found on "Bloodrock 2". The song gives a grisly first person account of the aftermath of a plane crash. The vocalist describes the bloody sheets he lies in with a missing arm and a dead girl lying next to him, as the ambulance attendant looks over him with little hope. This narrative is backed by a rather eerie and grave organ riff & background sounds of ambulance sirens, creating a decidedly bleak and unsettling atmosphere. The song ends with the ambulance siren being shut off, indicating that the patient has died and is Dead On Arrival.

According to lead guitarist, Lee Pickens, "D.O.A." is based on the ill fated Wichita State University football team airplane crash of Oct. 2, 1970.Fact|date=September 2007

In March, 1971, many US radio stations and high schools banned "D.O.A.". Despite a lack of air-play, the single still reached #36 on the Billboard chart.

Track listing

# "Children's Heritage" – 3:30
# "D.O.A." – 4:32

LYRICS

Bloodrock 2

Laying here looking at the ceilingSomeone lays a sheet across my chestSomething warm is flowing down my fingersPain is flowing all through my back

I try to move my arms and there's no feelingAnd when I look I see there's nothing thereThe face beside me stopped it's holy bleedingThe girl I knew has such a distant stare

I rememberWe were flying along and hit something in the airI rememberWe were flying along and hit something in the air

Then I looked straight at the attendantHis face is pale as it can beHe bends and whispers something softlyHe says there's no chance for me

I rememberWe were flying along and hit something in the airI rememberWe were flying along and hit something in the air

Life is flowing out my bodyPain is flowing out with my bloodThe sheets are red and moist where I'm lyingGod in Heaven, teach me how to die

I rememberWe were flying along and hit something in the airI rememberWe were flying along and hit something in the air

Known Covers of D.O.A.

* Manilla Road on The Courts of Chaos (album)