Child of the Universe

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

Songtext „Child of the Universe" von Barclay James Harvest 1974

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