Innocence

And I want you to be worldly
But the price of wisdom is too high
And even if it's raining
It won't last for forty nights

You're part of my body
But still, you're somebody
I watch you sleeping through the night
But soon you'll be walking
Alone with no warning
You'll have to sort the shadows from the light

And you don't know what war is
You don't know who God is
You don't know what it's like to say goodbye
You never felt a heartbreak
What it is that life takes
And I don't wanna wipe innocence from your eyes
I don't wanna wipe innocence from your eyes

(I don't wanna wipe innocence from your eyes)

Don't want you to feel ugly
Your beauty is too hard to describe
I don't want you to be lonely
But who you love should treat you right

You're part of my body
But still, you're somebody
I watch you sleeping through the night
But soon you'll be walking
Alone with no warning
You'll have to sort the shadows from the light

And you don't know what war is
You don't know who God is
You don't know what it's like to say goodbye
You never felt a heartbreak
What it is that life takes
And I don't wanna wipe innocence from your eyes
I don't wanna wipe innocence from your eyes

(I don't wanna wipe innocence from your eyes)

And you don't know what war is
You don't know who God is
You don't know what it's like to say goodbye
You never felt a heartbreak
What it is that life takes
And I don't wanna wipe innocence from your eyes
I don't wanna wipe innocence from your eyes