I need city lights
Defense and weaponry
No way of knowing
My life expectancyI learn resistance
Like I learn to see
A living witness
A lonely refugee
I'm a war childI'm a war baby
And that's the difference
Between you and me
I'm a war childMy occupation
Is being occupied
I stop at the corner
To be identifiedAcross the border
They pretend victory
I'm playing in the rubble
And dream a destinyI'm a war child
I'm a war baby
And that's the difference
Between you and me
I'm a war childYou weren't discovered by Khmer Rouge
We hear of "the troubles" on the nightly news
PLO lovers courting after the curfew
Your father and brother have the West Bank bluesYou weren't discovered by Khmer Rouge
We hear of "the troubles" on the nightly news
PLO lovers courting after the curfew
Your father and brother have the West Bank bluesI'm a war child
I'm a war baby
I'm a war child
I'm a war baby
I'm a war child
Songwriters
DEBORAH HARRY, NIGEL HARRISONPublished by
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