I`m a child of South Africa
I`m a child of Vietnam
I`m a child of Northern Ireland
I`m a small boy with blood on his hands
Yes I`m a child of the universe
Yes I`m a child of the universe
You can see me on the TV every night
Always there to join in someone else`s fight
I didn`t ask to be born and I don`t ask to die
I`m an endless dream, a gene machine
That cannot reason why
Yes I`m a child of the universe
Yes I`m a child of the universe
You can see me on the TV every day
I`m the child next door three thousand miles away
