Only child Centre of the universe Special boy with golden curls Only child Only child Tell me when it all went wrong Where has everybody gone Only child You think you're not the same as everyone else Well listen to the sound the whisper going round About you About you The love you think you know what they told you long ago The things that get you through well listen to the news It's not true It's not true Only child Going where the mirror goes That's what everybody knows Everybody knows Lost at sea Acting like you have a plan Pretending you can see the land If only it was true You think you're not the same as everyone else Well listen to the sound the whisper going round About you About you The love you think you know what they told you long ago The things that get you through listen to the news It's not true It's not true Only child Only child It's all gone quiet Only child Only child Only child Only child