Stephen Duffy Ghetto Child lyrics

I die, you die, softly and so alive
No one else has seen me cry, ghetto child
I hear you breathing, see your heart beating
Promise this time the dreams are on me, ghetto child

Driven like the lambs, hiding from the hands
She breathes, she breathes, she breathes
When out the door she slams for no one understands
She breathes, she breathes, she breathes, breathes a ghetto child

Paper flowers so gray and golden

Scent the circus of your soul, ghetto child
A book of pictures with no words for it
Something's scribbled in the snow, ghetto child

Child born after Coltrane died but before that one small step
Relieved when no one realized
That's as high as man could get
You'll never take a bigger step than a ghetto child