From the recording Gone to the Clouds
Lyrics
A child was I when I was sent here,
Sent here all alone.
I couldn’t see but I remember this was not what I had known.
Take me home.
A child was I when I was sent here,
And children can be cruel;
They point and laugh at all your orifices and all that you hold dear.
Take me home.
A child’s lie when I was sent here,
They told me I’d fit in.
I’d love the tigers and the rivers and the strangers with white skin
And hair just to their ears.
But I was odd, or so they told me.
I played alone outside
Who are all these people laughing at me,
And where is the moon?
Today a boy came up behind me.
I jumped and ran away.
Well how was I supposed to know he wasn’t trying to be mean?
Just asking to play.
I turned around and said “I love you”
I think I knew his name.
He asked if many things were different here on Earth and I said, “yes…
But fear is the same.”
But I met his friends and liked them quickly
And suddenly, fear was gone
I know all these people laughing with me
And I’m losing the moon.
A child’s lie when I was sent here
I swore I’d never stay
I swore I’d miss my home and only love my bald, four fingered friends.
I’m losing the moon,
I'm losing the moon,
I'm losing the moon
I’ve lost the moon.