Children Say (Mark King Home Recording)-Mark King

[00:38.96]i keep to myself [00:40.52]i what might share with others [00:41.96] [00:42.82]but they don't seem to understand [00:44.33] [00:47.37]i open my mouth [00:48.94]to rediscover [00:49.57] [00:50.88]that i don't have the words at my command [00:53.96] [00:55.95]holding out [00:56.58] [00:57.26]for a world so much better [00:58.69] [00:59.32]but i'm a stranger in a strangers land [01:01.57] [01:03.25]all my friends have sold out [01:04.96] [01:05.70]couldn't handle the pressure [01:07.07] [01:08.01]counting their blessings trying to salvage what they can [01:11.56] [01:12.93]children say - children say [01:14.80] [01:16.68]we open our minds as one [01:18.65] [01:20.83]but one more day - slips away [01:23.20] [01:24.89]why don't the dreams of the young never come to be [01:28.36] [01:29.36]when i overhear [01:30.23] [01:31.35]my parents conversations [01:32.60] [01:33.35]well i'm struck by the things they say [01:35.72] [01:37.22]it seems they traded the years [01:38.77] [01:39.59]for mere complications [01:40.84] [01:42.15]who ever thought it could end this way [01:45.02] [01:46.77]they close the door [01:47.76] [01:48.83]but they can't lock it [01:50.57]cause something of their childhood remains [01:52.55] [01:54.49]and theyve felt it before [01:55.92] [01:56.48]when the man in their pocket [01:58.11] [01:58.86]counted the cost of their material gains [02:02.52] [02:04.09]children say - come what may [02:05.90] [02:07.52]be strong for the friends youve known [02:09.89] [02:11.15]but one fine day - （not） far away [02:14.57] [02:15.88]will we remember the love we used to own [02:18.82] [02:20.55]children say - children say [02:22.81] [02:24.43]we open our minds as one [02:26.67] [02:28.67]as one more day slips away [02:30.98] [02:32.98]don't the why dreams of the young never come to be [02:36.40] [02:58.35]well you knew i what was saying [02:59.87] [03:00.69]but did you know what it meant [03:02.62]when you saw that look in my eye [03:04.24] [03:04.74]did you know it was heaven sent [03:06.11] [03:06.79]was it all a waking dream [03:08.30] [03:09.11]all that time we must have spent [03:11.04]well i guess it must have been [03:12.73]somehow that feeling came and went [03:14.66] [03:15.72]children say - come what may [03:18.03] [03:19.34]be strong for the friends youve known [03:22.15] [03:24.14]but one fine day - （not） far away [03:26.82] [03:28.08]will we remember the love we used to own [03:31.07] [03:32.87]children say - children say [03:34.94] [03:36.68]we open our minds as one [03:38.70] [03:41.00]as one more day - slips away [03:43.26] [03:45.05]why dreams don't of the the young never come beto [03:48.21] [04:07.56]children say - children say [04:08.93] [04:15.68]children say - children say [04:17.42] [04:24.10]children say - children say [04:25.97] [04:47.67]end