Children One And All-Mary Travers

[ti:Children One And All] [ar:Mary Travers] [al:The Solo Recordings (1971 - 1972)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.34]Children One And All - Mary Travers [00:01.71] [00:13.74]Some of us live in big white houses [00:16.72]Some of us live in small [00:19.11] [00:20.02]Some of our names are written on blackboards [00:23.13]Some are written on walls [00:25.44] [00:26.24]Some of our daddies work in factories [00:29.40]Some of them stand in line [00:31.50] [00:32.67]Some of our daddies buy us marbles [00:35.80]Some of them just buy wine [00:38.13] [00:38.93]But at night you can't tell sunday suits [00:42.00]From tattered overalls [00:44.76] [00:45.37]Then we're only children [00:47.89] [00:48.70]Children one and all [00:51.62] [00:57.40]Some of us take our lunch in boxes [01:00.34]Some in paper sacks [01:02.49] [01:03.53]Some of us kids join in the laughter [01:06.55]Some hear it at our backs [01:08.59] [01:09.84]Some of our mothers sew fine linen [01:12.91]Some can't sew a stitch [01:14.95] [01:16.26]Some of our mothers dress up poorly [01:19.45]Some of them dress up rich [01:21.36] [01:22.31]But at night you can't tell party dresses [01:25.64]From hand me downs too small [01:28.49] [01:29.12]Then we're only children [01:31.36] [01:32.31]Children one and all [01:35.15] [01:41.01]Some of us learn our lessons poorly [01:43.73]Some of us learn them well [01:46.25] [01:46.83]Some of us find an earthly heaven [01:49.74]Some of us live in hell [01:51.90] [01:52.77]Some of us go right on a preaching [01:55.73]Without making too much sense [01:57.81] [01:58.92]Some of us hind behind a wall [02:01.98]Some behind a fence [02:03.77] [02:04.65]But at night you can't tell picket fences [02:07.79]From bricks that tower tall [02:10.90]Then we're only children [02:13.30] [02:14.71]Children one and all [02:17.78] [02:23.29]Some of us grow up tall and handsome [02:26.20]Some of us grow up plain [02:28.38] [02:29.21]Some of us own the world in ransom [02:32.09]Some of us just our name [02:34.19] [02:35.08]Some of our people die in misery [02:37.81]Some of them die in peace [02:40.49] [02:41.07]Some of our people die for nothing [02:44.02]But dying doesn't cease [02:46.68]And at night you can't tell fancy coffins [02:49.96]From boxes in the hall [02:52.70] [02:53.67]Then we're only children [02:57.41]Children one and all [03:03.62] [03:04.49]Children