The Lost Children-Gordon Lightfoot

[ti:The Lost Children (Live / 1996 Remastered)] [ar:Gordon Lightfoot] [al:Best Of] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Lost Children (Live / 1996 Remastered) - Gordon Lightfoot [00:05.89]Written by：Gordon Lightfoot/Elliot Mazer [00:11.79]Down the hall their voices ring [00:13.52]Their feet are on the run [00:15.08] [00:17.08]Phantoms on the winter sky [00:18.79]Together they do come [00:20.78] [00:22.47]Faded lips and eyes of blue [00:24.39]They're carried in the wind [00:25.90] [00:27.43]Their laughter filled [00:28.54]The countryside but they'll not laugh again [00:31.36] [00:39.78]All the games are ended now [00:41.55]Their voices have been stilled [00:43.30] [00:44.81]Their fathers built the tools [00:46.31]Of war by which they all were killed [00:48.67] [00:50.09]Their mothers made the uniforms [00:51.99]Showing which side they were on [00:53.85] [00:55.23]And the young boys were the middle [00:57.10]Men for the guns to prey upon [00:59.02] [01:07.26]You've seen the fires in the night [01:09.17]Watched the devil as he smiles [01:11.17] [01:12.56]You've heard a mother's mournful cry [01:14.51]As she searches for her child [01:16.57] [01:17.84]You've seen the lines of refugees [01:19.83]The faces of despair [01:21.49] [01:22.97]And wondered at the wise men [01:25.13]Who never seem to care [01:27.04] [01:34.91]Goodbye you lost children [01:36.96]God speed you on your way [01:38.73] [01:40.23]Your little beds are empty now [01:42.32]Your toys are put away [01:44.27] [01:45.58]Your mother sings a lullaby as [01:47.57]She gazes at the floor [01:49.22] [01:50.79]Your father builds more weapons [01:52.71]And marches out once more [01:54.62] [02:05.14]Down the hall their voices ring [02:06.81]Their feet are on the run [02:08.41] [02:10.34]Phantoms on the winter sky [02:11.88]Together they do come [02:14.09] [02:15.63]Faded lips and eyes of blue [02:17.45]They're carried in the wind [02:19.07] [02:20.59]Their laughter filled [02:21.74]The countryside but they'll not laugh again