Children Say-Level 42

[ti:Children Say] [ar:Level 42] [al:The Very Best Of Level 42] [by:] [offset:0] [00:22.39]I keep to myself what I might share with others [00:26.01]But they don't seem to understand [00:29.32] [00:30.75]I open my mouth to rediscover [00:34.24]That I don't have the words at my command [00:38.60] [00:39.42]Holdin' out for a world so much better [00:42.41]But I'm a stranger in a stranger's land [00:46.10] [00:46.67]All my friends have sold out [00:48.96]Couldn't handle the pressure [00:51.40]Countin' their blessings [00:52.97]Tryin' to salvage what they can [00:56.21]Children say children say [01:00.08]"We open our minds as one" [01:04.19]But one more day slips away [01:08.18]Why don't the dreams of the young [01:10.25]Never come to be [01:12.61]When I overhear my parents' conversations [01:16.56]Well I'm struck by the things they say [01:20.42]It seems they traded the years [01:22.79]For mere complications [01:25.28]Who ever thought it could end this way [01:30.03]They close the door but they can't lock it [01:33.71]'Cause somethin' of their childhood remains [01:37.57]And they've felt it before [01:39.64]When the man in their pocket [01:42.00]Counted the cost of their material gains [01:46.76]Children say "Come what may [01:50.69]Be strong for the friends you've known" [01:55.12]But one fine day far away [01:59.05]Can we remember the love we used to own [02:03.10] [02:03.66]Children say children say [02:07.59]"We open our minds as one" [02:11.96]As one more day slips away [02:15.95]Why don't the dreams of the young [02:17.96]Never come to be [02:22.32]Everybody hear them say [02:25.26] [02:41.39]Well you knew what I was sayin' [02:43.71]But did you know what it meant [02:45.71]When you saw that look in my eye [02:47.82]Did you know it was heaven sent [02:49.82]Was it all a wakin' dream [02:51.95]All that time we must have spent [02:54.01]Well I guess it must have been [02:55.88]Somehow that feelin' came and went [02:58.68]Children say "Come what may [03:02.61]Be strong for the friends you've known" [03:06.30] [03:06.98]But one fine day far away [03:11.04]We remember the love we used to own [03:14.78] [03:15.79]Children say children say [03:19.66]"We open our minds as one" [03:22.95] [03:23.96]As one more day slips away [03:28.01]Why don't the dreams of the young [03:29.94]Never come to be [03:33.25] [03:40.06]And all children say [03:41.68]Children say children say [03:45.49] [03:48.54]And all children say [03:49.85]Children say children say [03:53.85] [03:56.90]Hear just them say [03:58.15]Children say children say [04:02.52] [04:05.39]All children say [04:06.58]Children say children say