Yesterday I heard the news

That four million Russian children are homeless

They've been abandoned by the people they trust

Now they are cold and lonely

Lives are hopeless

Children of the world are dying

People say they care

They are lying

If this life was theirs

They'd be crying

Is it really fair

We're not trying

Yesterday I read the news

That twenty million Asian children are homeless

They've been abandoned by the people they love

They've been beaten down so hard they can't get up

Children of the world are dying

People say they care

They are lying

If this life was theirs

They'd be crying

Is it really fair

Children of the world

People say they care

Well they are lying

If this life was theirs

They'd be crying

Is it really fair

We're not trying

Life is beautiful for some

Life is beautiful for us

Life isn't beautiful for them

Maybe life can be beautiful again

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