VERSE 1 Dinner table's quiet 'cause there's not enough on it Shoes got holes but you still lace 'em, don't comment Kid's doing homework under a flickering bulb While the landlord's sleeping fine, that's just how it goes Coat from a charity bag, still wore it with something Can't name it but it kept him warm, call it what you want Friday night the lights get cut, candles on the counter But he's still drawing rockets on the back of a voucher PRE-CHORUS 1 'Cause you can take the comfort, take the margin, take the space Can't take what's sitting right behind somebody's face It don't cost a thing to want more than this And they can't repossess what a kid like that carries in his fists CHORUS Never lose your childhood wonder Even in the storm and thunder Never let them take it away, guard it with your life to stay VERSE 2 Somewhere in Manila, girl's up before sunrise Selling rice by the roadside, still got fire in her eyes Notebook full of figures she taught herself at nine Teacher told her too many questions waste everyone's time Somewhere in Detroit, kid's bouncing on a mattress No box spring, no frame, but he's got a plan regardless Maps on his bedroom wall held up with masking tape Every country circled — somewhere he's gonna escape PRE-CHORUS 2 'Cause the postcode don't define what's running through your veins Different streets, same hunger, different faces, same flames They been told to shrink it, file it, fit inside a box But you can't fold that thing in half, it don't work like clocks CHORUS Never lose your childhood wonder Even in the storm and thunder Never let them take it away, guard it with your life to stay BRIDGE They'll tell you grow up. Listen to 'em. Just don't let 'em take the part that still believes. FINAL CHORUS Never lose your childhood wonder Even in the storm and thunder Never let them take it away, guard it with your life to stay
