Child of the universe

I'm a child of South Africa I'm a child of Vietnam I'm a child of Northern Ireland I'm a small boy with blood on his hands Yes I'm a child of the universe Yes I'm a child of the universe You can see me on the TV every night Always there to join in someone else's fight I didn't ask to be born and I don't ask to die I'm an endless dream, a gene machine That cannot reason why Yes I'm a child of the universe Yes I'm a child of the universe You can see me on the TV every day I'm the child next door three thousand miles away