Child --

Child of the night --
It cuts like a knife!
Your soul is on fire;
Your body's for hire.

Walking through the mall,
Heather felt so small;
But someone made her big,
Like she wasn't a kid, wasn't a child --

Child of the night --
It cuts like a knife!
Your soul is on fire;
Your body's for hire.

Walking the streets,
Never know who you'll meet.
A man will pick you up,
And take you home to f*** you, a child --

Child of the night --
It cuts like a knife!
Your soul is on fire;
Your body's for hire.

Candy canes and hearts
From bearded men with scars.
Rough shakes, and fists,
And threats from a pimp to a child --

Child of the night --
It cuts like a knife!
Your soul is on fire;
Your body's for hire.

Child of the night,
Will you ever be all right?
Wave your childhood goodbye;
You'll always fear the night --

Never sleep without a light;
Never dream of sunshine,
Of green fields
Under a cloudless sky.

Abandoned and alone,
And so far from home.
Seduced by false romance,
She never had a chance to be a child --

Child of the night --
It cuts like a knife!
Your soul is on fire;
Your body's for hire.

Child of the night,
Will you ever be all right?
Wave your childhood goodbye;
You'll always fear the night --

Child of the night --
It cuts like a knife!
Your soul is on fire;
Your body's for hire.