Children Say Songtext
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I keep to myself what I might share with others
But they don′t seem to understand
I open my mouth to be discovered
But I don't have the words at my command
Hold me down for a world so much bigger
But I′m a stranger in a stranger's land
All my friends are so bare, couldn't handle the pressure
Counting their blessings, trying to salvage what they can

Children say, children say
We open our minds as one
And one more day slips away
When the dreams of the young never come to be


When I overhear my parents′ conversations
Well, I′m struck by the things they say
It seems they traded the years for mere complication
And who ever thought it would end this way?
They close the door, but they can't lock it
′Cause something of their childhood remains
And they found it before in the money they pocket
Counting the cost of their material gains

Children say, children say
Be strong for the friends you know
And one fine day, far away
We'll remember the love we used to owe
Children say, children say
We open our minds as one
And one more day slips away
When the dreams of the young never come to be

Well, you knew what I was saying
But did you know what it meant?
When you saw the look in my eyes
Did you know it was heaven-sent?
Was it all a waking dream?
All the time we must have spent
Well, I guess it must have been
For how that feeling came and went


Children say, come what may
Be strong for the friends you know
One fine day, far away
We′ll remember the love we used to owe
Children say, children say
We open our minds as one
And one more day slips away
When the dreams of the young never come to be

Children say
And now children say
And now children say
Children say, children say
Children say, children say
And hear children say
Children say, children say
Children say, children say