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Child Of The Universe (1975 Alternate Recording)
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Barclay James Harvest
Barclay James Harvest
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COMPOSITION & LYRICS
John Lees
John Lees
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Roger Bain
Roger Bain
Producer

Lyrics

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
Written by: John Lees

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