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