We have loved a sweet, sweet child We have loved the way he smiled The way that it lit up his gentle face Such a child of grace Took him back to Alice Springs Where me heard somebody sing But no one there would tell us Where he came from nor his father's home Louis, Louis St. John You and me, you and me Go on and on and on Because your spirit never dies Because you opened up our eyes Louis, Louis St. John A young black man once walked these streets On the better side of town He always dressed up nice and neat And others dressed him down See, we don't want your kind 'round here Your kind are no good But no one there would lend an ear This was his neighborhood Scarborough seemed pretty fair You'd always see him standing there Eating pizza nice and hot Outside Happy Grannies shop With no one keeping score But it's not happy at Grannies anymore Not like it was before Louis, Louis St. John You and me, you and me Go on and on and on Because your spirit never dies Because you opened up our eyes Louis, Louis St. John ♪ Oh, sweet child of the earth ♪ Back in the land of your birth Among the stars and the Milky Way Now we understand the things you try to say Louis, Louis St. John If you could only understand If you could only take my hand If you could only see the beauty in me