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 kill



We can be

Yes, we can be

We can be

Children of paradise

Children of paradise