The forgotten child - Pet Shop Boys

Where is the child, does anyone know?

She’s been forgotten, when did she go?

The times are brutal, borders are crossed

Where is the child?

The child is lost

Where is the child?

Someone must know

Who saw her last, why did she go?

We were under attack, reaching rock bottom

That was our focus, the child was forgotten

It’s an open secret, we spread and react

And if it’s not true then the rumors are fact

Although she may have been sometimes forgotten

There’s no suggestion she was misbegotten

She was our reason, our religion, our cause

Our best excuse for emergency laws

Invoked so often to explain and subdue

The forgotten child from whom we all grew

Child of our nation, our icon, our future

Gone from our records, I’m no computer

The times are brutal, borders are crossed

I think she took flight, and now we’re all lost

Where is the child?

Where is the child?

The times are brutal, borders are crossed

Where is the child?

The child is lost

Where is the child?

Where is the child?