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