I am a child in these hills I am away I am alone I am a child in these hills And looking for water And looking for life Who will show me the river and ask my name? Is there nobody here who'll do that? Well I have come to these hills I will come to the river As I choose to be gone from the house of my father I am a child in these hills I am a child Chased from the gates of the city where no one had touched me I am away I am alone I am a child in these hills And looking for water And looking for life Who will show me the river and ask me my name? Is there nobody here who'll do that? Well I have come to these hills I will come to the river As I choose to be gone from the house of my father I am a child in these hills I am a child I am a child I am a child