A Child Is an Open Book
We're all born without hate
We're all born without hate
A child is an open book
So please people, don't mess them up
A child is an open book
So please people, don't mess them up
A child is an open book
So please people, don't mess them up
A child is an open book
So please people, don't mess them up
We're all born without hate
We're all born without hate
I took a breath and in it were the screams
Of every grieving mother and daughter
The heaving of the water thick with oil
Dreaming of the prisoner
Staring at the walls and imagining
The kisses of her son
And I was sickened by the fumes
The cities on it's knees
Blood dripping from the teeth of the
Kids who walk the streets
The junkie with the baby in her womb
Numb beneath the stranger in her room
But then I took a step and
With it I walked past
The feeling there's nothing I can do to
Help or grasp with any certainty
Life is ours to take care of
You can't love what you're scared of
And love is the key
I took another breath and with it I was sure
No matter what's to come or
What has been before we have the right now
The right here to make peace with
No hidden truths, no secrets
We have all the answers already
We were born without hate, eyes wide
Hearts heavy skies full of lightning
Tonight the clouds bellies are purple
And ready to rain
What's pleasure to the man who
Has never known pain
We're all born without hate
We're all born without hate
We were born without any bitter blood
If you hold the hand of hatred
You reject the hand of love
We were born without any bitter blood
If you hold the hand of hatred
You reject the hand of love
A child is an open book
So please people, don't mess them up
A child is an open book
So please people, don't mess them up
We're all born without hate
We're all born without hate
A child is an open book
So please people, don't mess them up
A child is an open book
So please people, don't mess them up
A child is an open book
So please people, don't mess them up
A child is an open book
So please people, don't mess them up