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Universal ChildAnnie Lennox

Released: October 12, 2010

Songwriter: Annie Lennox

Producer: Mike Stevens Annie Lennox

How many mountains must you face before you learn to climb?
I'm gonna give you what it takes, my universal child

I'm gonna try to find a way to keep you safe from harm
I'm gonna build a special place, a shelter from the storm
And I can see you, you're ev'rywhere, your portrait fills the sky
I'm gonna wrap my arms 'round you, my universal child

And when I look into your eyes, so innocent and pure
I see the shadows of the things that you've had to endure
I see the tracks of ev'ry tear that ran right down your face
I see the hurt, I see the pain, I see the human race
And I can feel you, you're ev'rywhere, shining like the sun
I wish to God that kids like you could be like ev'ryone

How many tumbles must it take before you learn to fly?
I'm going to help you spread your wings, my universal child

I'm gonna help you to find a way to keep you safe from harm
We're gonna build a special place, a shelter from the storm
I can feel you, you're ev'rywhere, shining like the sun
I wish to God that kids like you could be like ev'ryone
And I wish to God that kids like you could be like ev'ryone

Annie Lennox

Annie Lennox is an award-winning singer, songwriter and activist who has sold over 80 million records worldwide between her solo work and the duo Eurythmics. At seventeen, Lennox won a scholarship to London’s Royal Academy of Music to become a flutist, but dropped out after feeling that classical music was “far too competitive” and “didn’t fit my kind of personality”.

While working as a waitress at a health food restaurant in London, Lennox met Dave Stewart, with whom she formed the band Catch with singer-songwriter Peet Coombes. Catch released one single before adding two more members and changing their name to The Tourists. Under that name, the band scored five UK hits before Coombes' substance abuse broke the band apart.

Lennox and Stewart continued writing together – with Stewart moving from guitar to synthesizer and Lennox adopting an androgynous look – and formed Eurythmics. Within a few years, the duo was propelled into international stardom when “Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)”, a single from their second album, became a top ten hit in nine countries.

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