[00:02.8]children of the night
[00:04.0]richard marx
[00:16.8]all that i know in my life,
[00:20.9]i have learned on the street
[00:26.1]no magic carpet, no genie,
[00:30.6] no shoes on my feet
[00:35.4]will i wake up from this nightmare?
[00:38.0]a fear that chills me to the bone
[00:40.9]though i may be one of many
[00:44.3]i feel so all alone
[00:48.5]we are the children of the night
[00:55.1]we wont go down without a fight
[01:00.7]our voice is strong, our futures bright
[01:06.9]and thanks to what we learned from you
[01:09.9]weve grown into the children of the night
[01:19.5]left by my father with only this scar on my face
[01:28.9]told by my mother that,
[01:33.6]"no, you were just a mistake"
[01:38.4]i have tasted my own hunger
[01:40.7]sold my body to survive
[01:43.8]some have paid to scratch the surface
[01:47.5]but they cant touch whats inside
[01:51.4]we are the children of the night
[01:57.8]we wont go down without a fight
[02:04.0]our voice is strong, our futures bright
[02:09.9]and thanks to what we learned from you
[02:12.7]weve grown into the children of the night
[02:53.4]how i long for something better
[02:56.5]than this life i know too well
[02:59.4]lord, i know im bound for heaven
[03:02.4]cause ive done my time in hell
[03:06.7]we are the children of the night
[03:11.3]we wont go down without a fight
[03:19.7]our voice is strong, our futures bright
[03:25.3]and thanks to what we learned from you
[03:28.5]weve grown into the children of the night