When a child is born

A ray of hope flickers in the sky,
a tiny star lights up way up high,
all across the land, dawns a brand new morn,
this comes to pass when a child is born.

A silent wish sails the seven seas,
the winds of change whisper in the trees,
and the walls of doubt crumble, tossed and torn,
this comes to pass when a child is born.

A rosy hue settles all around
you've got to feel you're on solid ground
for a spell or two, no-one seems forlorn
this comes to pass when a child is born.

And all of this happens
because the world is waiting,
Waiting for one child,
black, white, yellow, no-one knows,
but a child that will grow up
and turn tears to laughter,
Hate to love,
war to peace
and everyone to everyone's neighbour,
and misery and suffering will be words
to be forgotten, forever.

It's all a dream, an illusion now,
it must come true, sometime soon somehow,
all across the land, dawns a brand new morn,
this comes to pass when a child is born.