Like the crashing of a wave On the shores of consciousness We're alive and We're awake to the world And with the gift of love we're blessed 'Cos we can be Yes, we can be We can be Children of paradise Children of paradise In the twinkling of an eye Or the turning of a page Comes the moment when Our time has arrived We can never be the same We can be Yes, we can be We can be Children of paradise Children of paradise And all I know Is we're still climbing up that hill And all we need to sustain us Is love of love The light of life And the faith to know we can heal Like children Through the violence and the rage By the grace of love be still And the spirit that breaks free from the cage Is the one they cannot k** We can be Yes, we can be We can be Children of paradise Children of paradise