Child - Lyrics - Fifteen

I was watching the baby today And a question arose for me A little voice just popped in my head It said, "what does a child need." Does she need industry? Does she need a daddy who's gone 40 hours a week? Does she need TV to tell her that she's ugly? Does she need a school to tell her that her only value is her future productivity? Does she need a church to tell her, "do what we say, cough up the money, Or god is going to torture you eternally"? Does she need parents who's hearts are numb from *** and work and drugs and TV? What does a child need? I was watching the baby today And a question arose for me A little voice just popped in my head It said, "what does a child need." Does she need modern technology to isolate her from the Earth who provides all her needs? Does she need a society who's only priorities are Fear and Greed? Does she need who judges the quality of its food by its relative toxicity? Does she need a periphery of people she's never met for a community? A child needs food that is clean, to eat A child needs air that is clean, to breath A child needs water that is clean, to drink A child needs parents whose hearts are clean