Tomorrow's Child

Child of yesterday

You have lost what you were searching for

Simple childish hopes

In a wild mirage of halfway open doors

For things you felt a need

You stopped and made

For things that you desired

You worked and paid

But somewhere in your life of means

The meaning had gone

So you learned as you aged

And you passed on all of your dreams

Child of today

You were given dreams that never seemed to last

Rebelled against the trap

Of hopes from someone else's lonely past

When you were told to take

You stopped and fought

When you were told resist

You searched and bought

But somewhere in your life of means

The meaning had gone

So you learned as you aged

And you passed on all of your dreams

Tomorrow's child

You are free

A child of the stars

A child who can see

Tomorrow's child

You will know if you don't look behind

That the dream everyone was trying to find

Is somewhere in your mind

Child of yesterday

You have lost what you were searching for

Simple childish hopes

In a wild mirage of halfway open doors

For things you felt a need

You stopped and made

For things that you desired

You worked and paid

But somewhere in your life of means

The meaning had gone

So you learned as you aged

And you passed on all of your dreams

Tomorrow's child

You are free

A child of the stars

A child who can see

Tomorrow's child

You will know if you don't look behind

That the dream everyone was trying to find

Is somewhere in your mind