Child Of Man

If I were a desert flower

All winter long I’d pain and cower

Spring would make me sing

My voice would ring

As tiny buds begin to bloom

In spring I’d blossom and forget

The winters gloom.

If I were a brook of water

Kissed by the frost along my borders

Spring would make me sing my voice would ring

As I’d release my ice chains

In spring I’d bubble and forget the winter’s rains.

But I am only a child of man

I am only a child of man

Just an innocent child of man

Don’t look so surprised as my eyes shine and glow

It’s the sunlight in the skies that is making me so.

If I were a joyful songbird

All winter long so cold and somber

Spring would make me sing

My voice would ring like tiny bells on scarves of silk

A song as beautiful and pure as mothers milk.

But I am only a child of man

I am only a child of man

Just an innocent child of man

Don’t look so surprised as my eyes

Shine and glow

It’s the sunlight in the skies

That is making me so.

Don't be surprised

By this look in my eyes

Like a flower or tree

I will bloom in the spring

I will shed all my woes

As the green grass grows

Like a flower or tree

I will throw my head back and sing

If I were a desert flower, desert flower..

Txemavil