Suffer the Little Children-Buffy Sainte-Marie

[ti:Suffer the Little Children] [ar:Buffy Sainte-Marie] [al:Illuminations] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Suffer the Little Children - Buffy Sainte-Marie [00:16.22]School bell go ding dong ding [00:18.70]The children all line up [00:20.87]They do what they are told [00:23.09]Take a little drink from the liar's cup [00:24.96] [00:32.36]Mama don't really care [00:36.06]If what they learn is true [00:38.04]Or if it's only lies [00:42.02]Just get them through the factories [00:45.36]Into production [00:47.11]Ah get them into line [00:50.98]Late in the afternoon [00:53.21]The children all come home [00:55.33]They mind their manners well [00:57.56]Their little lives are all laid out [00:59.62] [01:04.39]Mama don't seem to care [01:08.04]If she may break their hearts [01:10.11]She clips their wings off [01:12.13]They never learn to fly [01:15.80]Poor mama needs a source of pride [01:19.37] [01:20.14]A doctor son she'll have [01:22.16]No matter [01:22.98]What the cost to manhood or to soul [01:27.53] [01:28.30]Sun shine down brightly shine [01:30.77]Down on all the land [01:32.87]Shine down on the newborn lambs [01:34.94]A butcher's knife is in his hand [01:36.83] [01:41.95]Mama she keeps them unprepared [01:45.45]To meet the enemy [01:47.41]That's comin' unto us [01:50.99]Teach them that evil dwells across the sea [01:56.84]Lives in a mountain [01:58.61]Like they see on TV [02:02.42]Down in the heart of town [02:04.94]The devil dresses up [02:06.40] [02:06.98]He keeps his nails clean [02:09.24]Did you think he'd be a boogeyman [02:11.00] [02:16.45]Oh mama's stuck with sagging dreams [02:20.50]She'll sell a son or two into some slavery [02:24.75]That's lucrative and fine [02:29.00]Just teach them not to criticize [02:31.72] [02:32.37]Say yes to bosses impress the clients [02:36.20]Ah teachers of the world [02:38.53]Teach them to fake it well [02:42.26]School bell go ding dong ding [02:44.92]The children all line up [02:46.50] [02:47.02]They do what they are told [02:49.20]Take a little drink from the liar's cup