In a room on the other side of this town Lives a girl who is hoping her luck will change Sews a button on a ragged old hand-me-down She's alone but her heart is open So long with love unspoken But that sell will soon be broken Say a prayer for the children of paradise Born naked in a world of fire and ice Sing a song for the little ones As they blow their horns And they beat their drums Say a prayer for the children of paradise On the street near the river of no return Where the old break free and the young still yearn Lives a boy with a fire in his belly that burns All this life he's been taking orders Back in' down for the dimes and quarters But tonight he's join' 'cross those borders Say a prayer for the children of paradise Born naked in a world of fire and ice Sing a song for the little ones As they blow their horns And they beat their drums Say a prayer for the children of paradise And when the night is falling You can see the shadows crawling As the church bell strikes eleven Two strangers reach to heaven