The Simple Truth (A Child Is Born)

A child is born
On a battlefield
A soldier boy
Falls to his knees
And a woman cries
In joy and pain
When will we live
In peace again?

A child is born
Where the wild wind blows
In a country torn
From the south to the north
And a family runs
From day to day
When will we see
Our home again?

When will we see
The simple truth
That the only thing
That's worth a damn

The life of a child
Is more than a forest
The life of a child
Is more than a border
Could ever be

A child is born
In the desert sun
A tiny life
Has just begun
And a mother cries
For her hungry babe
When will I feed
My boy again?

A child is born
To an ordinary home
East or west
It could be anyone
But we all want to know
Will my child survive to see the day
When we will be
Secure again?

When will we see (then will we see)
The simple truth
That the only thing
That's worth a damn

The life of a child
Is more than a forest
The life of a child
Is more than a border
The life of a child
Is more than a region
The life of a child
Is only a heartbeat from eternity
We must believe
For the sake of humanity
We must believe

For the sake of humanity
We must believe