Sparrow, I saw you up on a rooftop
That was back in London town
Saw you on a Tokyo pavement
Saw you as you flew down

And Sparrow, I saw you in Africa
In a New York ghetto
I saw you again
And children that's why I call him
Sparrow, my universal friend

Sparrow, you were there in the winter
Seems like it doesn't get you down
Somehow I feel that I know you
Dressed in your simple shades of Brown

And Sparrow if you could talk to me
You would talk of peace
And wish the wars to end
And children that's why I call him
Sparrow, my universal friend
Sparrow, my universal friend
Sparrow, my universal friend
Sparrow, my universal friend