Johnny Clegg - Boy Soldier lyrics

I am a boy soldier Look into my eyes I'm tired and older Than the dead man by my side I can take your soul In a flash and a smile And my home, and my name, and my life Lie so very far behind me Every second in no man's land I hold my life in these small hands Every day in a world gone mad Hard to face who I am Once we were children Once we played in the morning light Once we were chidren One morning they came The soldiers took us away I am a boy soldier See my eyes' empty stare Each day explodes with pain And it's more than I can bare The ghosts of the slain Are the shadows in my eyes And I dream tomorrow will come And carry me away Every second in No Man's Land I hold my life in these small hands Every day in a world gone mad Hard to face who I am Once we were children Once we played in the morning light Once we were dreamers One morning they came The soldiers took us away