born with heaven in their eyes god sent innocent the promise of life born into this mess we ve made holding the future and hope of better days cause there is nothing more beautiful and wild than the dreams that grow in the heart of every child chorus they are the roses they are the lights that shine they are the waves that roll in on the ocean tide they are angels they are souls in flight they are the hope that everything s gonna be all right they are the roses imagine a place filled with happy sounds of playgrounds where every child is safe where people join hands pray our children will all have a chance in every family in every tribe in every town we re the keepers of this garden and we can t let them down repeat chorus ohthey are the roses they are our children they are the waves that roll in on the ocean tide they are our future they are our doctors they are our preachers they are our teachers let s not forget them have compassion on our children they are scriptural reference in the same way your father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should be lost matthew 18 14