Center of the Universe

I watch those faces as I roll my groceries out

those smiling faces staring back at me

There are no traces this is all that we have left

the smiling faces at the Walmart where we shop

Where did they go

to the center of the universe

where the legends promised them a home

Were they chosen

by a higher power

to ascend to someplace better than right here

We can only hope

We can only hope

She was seven now she would be twenty-five

And I bet she wouldn't wear those earrings now

Who would notice if they took her picture down

There's still a void that no one else can fill

Where did she go

to the center of the universe

where the legends promised her a home

Was she chosen

by a higher power

to ascend to someplace better than right here

We can only hope

We can only hope

He was fifteen when he ran away from home

if you check it out that's what the records say

His mom is certain that at least he would have called

She stops to watch his picture every day

Where did he go

to the center of the universe

where the legends promised him a home

Was he chosen

by a higher power

to ascend to someplace better than right here

We can only hope

We can only hope

We watch those faces as we roll our groceries out

but we don't notice the hope that's clinging there

Those are our children they are all that we have left

The love and longing the aching and despair

Where did they go

to the center of the universe

where the legends promised them a home

Were they chosen

by a higher power

to ascend to someplace better than right here

And if we look to the center of the universe

Will we find our sons and daughters there

We can only hope

cause the alternative is way too hard to bear

Let's hope we find our sons and daughters there