I'm a child of South AfricaI'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