Oh oh, the sun's gone down
Her day begins
And the rhythm of the darkness
Wakes the dead
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Don't answer eyes that smile
Don't let them in
They see the lonely child
She feels their sin
But it's getting so much colder
And she's afraid
Never going back
to where the pain was
She'd rather face the pain
that's here and now
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Someone's thrown
away their children
You can see them running
from your smile
Sing for the runaway children
The throw away child
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I'll make you safe and warm
Words she needs to hear
What they really mean
is no more little girl
Don't see her anymore
They disappear
Yesterday they said
that she was dying
And just today I heard
that she was dead
Someone's thrown
away their children
You can see them running
from your smile
Sing for the runaway children
The throw away child
Someone's thrown
away their children
You can hear them
only if you try
Sing for the runaway children
Goodbye Someone's thrown
away their children
You can see them running
from your smile
Sing for the runaway children
The throw away child
Someone's thrown
away their children
You can see them running
from your smile
cked down
and they put you first in line
And so you finally ask yourself
just how big you are
and take your place in a wiser
world of bigger motor cars
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So Where the hell was Biggles
when you needed him
last Saturday
And where were all the sportsmen
who always pulled you though
They're all resting down
in Cornwall
writing up their memoirs
for a paper-back edition
of the Boy Scout Manual
See there! A man born