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