Released: June 7, 2004
Songwriter: B.A. Robertson Mike Rutherford Paul Carrack
Producer: Mike Rutherford Peter Van Hooke
I want a perfect child
To live a perfect life in this world
And though my heart tells me this could never be
I see it all so perfectly
They say when we have children
It changes how we live
Changes our direction
From take to give
It changes our perspective
Of how the world should be
Our hopes and aspirations
Of what we want to see
I want a perfect child
To live a perfect life in this world
And though my heart tells me this could never be
I see it all so perfectly
See her kind and pretty
See her neat and smart
See her like her mother
With a golden heart
See him tall and handsome
See he has resolved
Believe he's like his father
But without his fathers faults
I want a perfect child
To live a perfect life in this world
And though my heart tells me this could never be
I see it all so perfectly
I know these dreams are fragile
Never work out as you planned
I pray that God will hold them
In the hollow of his hand
I want a perfect child
I see it all
I want a perfect child
I want a perfect child
To live a perfect life in this world
Though my heart tells me this could never be
Could never be, never be, no no no
I see it all so perfectly
To live a perfect life
Perfect life in this world
Though my heart tells
This could never be
To live a perfect life in this world
And though my heart tells me this could never be
I see it all so perfectly
They say when we have children
It changes how we live
Changes our direction
From take to give
It changes our perspective
Of how the world should be
Our hopes and aspirations
Of what we want to see
I want a perfect child
To live a perfect life in this world
And though my heart tells me this could never be
I see it all so perfectly
See her kind and pretty
See her neat and smart
See her like her mother
With a golden heart
See him tall and handsome
See he has resolved
Believe he's like his father
But without his fathers faults
I want a perfect child
To live a perfect life in this world
And though my heart tells me this could never be
I see it all so perfectly
I know these dreams are fragile
Never work out as you planned
I pray that God will hold them
In the hollow of his hand
I want a perfect child
I see it all
I want a perfect child
I want a perfect child
To live a perfect life in this world
Though my heart tells me this could never be
Could never be, never be, no no no
I see it all so perfectly
To live a perfect life
Perfect life in this world
Though my heart tells
This could never be
more tracks from the album
The Singles 1985-2014 + Rarities
- The Living Years
- Revolution
- Perfect Child
- Taken In
- You Never Change
- Try to Save Me
- Nobody Knows
- Too Far Gone
- A Time and Place
- Nobody Told Me
- Silent Running (On Dangerous Ground) - 2013 Remaster
- Word of Mouth (East West Mix)
- When My Feet Don’t Touch the Ground
- My Crime of Passion (Acoustic version)
- I Get the Feeling (Live)
- Taken In (Live)
- You Don’t Know What Love Is
- Another Cup of Coffee
- Always The Last To Know
- Nobody’s Perfect
- Now That You’ve Gone
- Little Boy
- Help Me
- A Beggar on a Beach of Gold
- All I Need Is a Miracle
- I Think I’ve Got the Message
- Whenever I Stop
- Too Many Friends
- Over My Shoulder
- Word of Mouth
- Everybody Gets a Second Chance
- Reach Out (Touch the Sun)
- Seeing Is Believing
- Boys at the Front
- One by One
From the albums
- Rewired (2004)
- The Singles 1985-2014 + Rarities (2014)
Mike + the Mechanics popular songs
- The Living Years
- Silent Running
- Let Me Fly
- Over My Shoulder
- Don’t Know What Came Over Me
- A House of Many Rooms
- Reach Out (Touch the Sun)
- Going Going.... Home
- My Little Island
- Look Across at Dreamland
- Poor Boy Down
- Hanging by a Thread
- Seeing Is Believing
- Boys at the Front
- Always The Last To Know
- The Road
- Another Cup of Coffee
- Background Noise
- If Only
- You Don’t Know What Love Is
- Did You See Me Coming
- How Can I?
- Heaven Doesn’t Care
- Revolution