I want a child
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Who's little hands
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I hold in mine
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Who's little voice
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I listen to
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'til the end of time
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A child to keep
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Watch over all through the night
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A child to love with all my might
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Branches will grow
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And birds will come
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And life will sing
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Stories like leaves
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Dancing in the sun
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Of an eternal Spring
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A child to raise taller than the highest tree
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Or if my child's a bush
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It won't bother me
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Summer time and the living is easy
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Fish are jumping and the cotton is high
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Here comes the moon
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Here come the stars
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Here comes my child
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From Venus or Mars
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Or some where far away
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Where the Gods are playing cards
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When you are born
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Will I know your name
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Recognize your smile
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What will you bring
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To this world of ours
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A Child
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| Sophie B. Hawkins |
