Open up your eyes    Spare a thought for the children    From the gutter to the grave    No, that's not what we taught them       Fifty thousand kids out on the streets of the Lucky Country    From the gutter to the grave ain't a long way to fall    Responsibilities breakdown, no real fault of their own    No one to cling to, and no place to call their own       From the gutter to the grave, nowhere to run    Nobodies daughter, nobodies son    Time stands still, nowhere to run, no sanctuary       A desperate time    A desperate measure    All lost children    In the arms of the world       Misbegotten old and young, yesterday's deception    Forgive them our sins, deliver us right from wrong    Open up your eyes to the real world    And don't let crime become their only saviour       From the gutter to the grave, nowhere to run    Nobodies daughter, nobodies son    Time stands still, nowhere to run, no sanctuary, no       Screaming in silence    Reaching out, no one there to catch their fall    Running through madness    Alienated by society that they call       Socially outcast    No prison cell should hold disgarded youth    Living on a daydream    Is this the end of honesty and truth ?       Playing with fire    Always guilty 'till proven innocent    Living in darkness    Now they live survival of the fit       Millions of people on the streets, could be your country    From the gutter to the grave ain't a long way, long way to fall    Open up your eyes, open up    From the gutter to the grave ain't a long way to fall    Open up your eyes    Don't let crime become their only saviour    (Ain’t a long way to fall)