It's a Matter of Luck
It's safe to say we worry needlessly now and then
But perspective sets in
When Ben chimes the clock strikes 10
We're watching nations of people in desperation
Behind the safety of our TV Screens as a population
When we come from the womb
We don't book flights in advance
It's a case of being dropped there
Wherever you land you land
It's a matter of luck and death
We were born here and they were born there
Let me get this off my chest
'Cause you know we could be next
And though we can hope and pray
That things will never ever turn out that way
If the shoe was on the other foot what would you hope that they'd say
There's people putting children in boats across the sea
With the simple hope that one day they just might live free
I can't even imagine, it getting worse from bad
And they're people just like you and me
A son or daughter to a Mam and Dad
When we come from the womb
We don't book flights in advance
It's a case of being dropped there
Wherever you land you land
It's a matter of luck and death
We were born here and they were born there
Let me get this off my chest
'Cause you know we could be next
And though we can hope and pray
That things will never ever turn out that way
If the shoe was on the other foot what would you hope that they'd say
Well I don't hold the answers in my hands
What I hold is sympathy for every woman and every man
Thrust into a war struck land that was never part of their plans
As we sit inside the safety of our homes
Free to walk the streets, with a land to roam
To see luck like you have never known
Just look around at the place that you were born
When we come from the womb
We don't book flights in advance
It's a case of being dropped there
Wherever you land you land
Oh it's a matter of luck and death
We were born here and they were born there
Let me get this off my chest
'Cause you know we could be next
And though we can hope and pray
That things will never ever turn out that way
If the shoe was on the other foot what would you hope that they'd say
But perspective sets in
When Ben chimes the clock strikes 10
We're watching nations of people in desperation
Behind the safety of our TV Screens as a population
When we come from the womb
We don't book flights in advance
It's a case of being dropped there
Wherever you land you land
It's a matter of luck and death
We were born here and they were born there
Let me get this off my chest
'Cause you know we could be next
And though we can hope and pray
That things will never ever turn out that way
If the shoe was on the other foot what would you hope that they'd say
There's people putting children in boats across the sea
With the simple hope that one day they just might live free
I can't even imagine, it getting worse from bad
And they're people just like you and me
A son or daughter to a Mam and Dad
When we come from the womb
We don't book flights in advance
It's a case of being dropped there
Wherever you land you land
It's a matter of luck and death
We were born here and they were born there
Let me get this off my chest
'Cause you know we could be next
And though we can hope and pray
That things will never ever turn out that way
If the shoe was on the other foot what would you hope that they'd say
Well I don't hold the answers in my hands
What I hold is sympathy for every woman and every man
Thrust into a war struck land that was never part of their plans
As we sit inside the safety of our homes
Free to walk the streets, with a land to roam
To see luck like you have never known
Just look around at the place that you were born
When we come from the womb
We don't book flights in advance
It's a case of being dropped there
Wherever you land you land
Oh it's a matter of luck and death
We were born here and they were born there
Let me get this off my chest
'Cause you know we could be next
And though we can hope and pray
That things will never ever turn out that way
If the shoe was on the other foot what would you hope that they'd say
Credits
Writer(s): Paige Temperley
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