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 winter's 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 icy 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 mother's 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 me 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