The Kids On Every Corner

Write it on the wall If you think you've heard it all before Write it on the wall For everyone who thinks they've heard it all Here's some more If you grow up to be beautiful and wild You'll just have to live longer as a child The universal daughter, heaven made you king Of the kids on every corner and the queen of everything And you'll live on for every one who didn't get this far To sleep through rainy Tuesdays in the back of your car Everything's the same, some things never change But we perceive everything has changed Nothing seems the same so we grieve Can you believe that they're boarding up the future Did you get in on time? Dressed up in nostalgia Now it's you, it's your turn to shine The universal daughter, heaven made you king Of the kids on every corner and the queen of everything And you'll live on for every one who didn't make it here To celebrate the garden gate and cheer the end of fear The universal daughter, heaven made you king Of the kids on every corner and the queens of everything And you'll live on for every one who didn't make it here To celebrate the garden gate and cheer the end of fear --- The Kids on Every Corner - Stephen Duffy