PRETEND by Thomas Lipschultz 11/20/97 I look down From my castle in the sky On the world far below At the many men I know From the place where I once lived. I look down From my castle in the sky With the numbers on my wrist In a faded blue they're kist From the place where I once died. And I pretend That I'm a child Looking down on happy worlds From a starship far away As a child I will play As a child I will play As a child I will die. I look down From my castle in the sky And I wonder of the mind So frail yet so unkind From the place where I once played. I look down From my castle in the sky On the horrors of the Earth Where they scream, "Abort the birth" To protect the child's life. And I pretend That I'm a child Looking down on happy worlds From a starship far away As a child I will play As a child I will play As I child I will pretend Of the place where I once lived Of the place where I once died Of the place where I once played To protect the child's life. As a child I pretend That the horror came to end And it did once at that time Will it yet again? But still the world thinks That the horror died That the horror died But still I see it Still I hear it Still I know it's there In every heart of every man It once says, "I don't care." And I pretend That I'm a child Looking down on happy worlds From a starship far away As a child I will play As a child I will play As a child I am. And I pretend That I was there In the place where I once lived Looking up at happy worlds And a starship far away As a man I will die As a man I will die. But as a boy -- I play.