Children Say lyrics

I keep to myself
what I might share with others
but they don`t seem to understand
I open my mouth
to rediscover
that I don`t have the words at my command
holding out
for a world so much better
but I`m a stranger in a stranger`s land
all my friends have sold out
couldn`t handle the pressure
counting their blessings trying to salvage what they can

Children say - children say
we open our minds as one
but one more day slips away
why don`t the dreams of the young never come to be

When I overhear
my parents conversations
well I`m struck by the things they say
it seems they traded the years
for mere complications
who ever thought it could end this way
they close the door
but they can`t lock it
`cause something of their childhood remains
and they`ve felt it before
when the man in their pocket
counted the cost of their material gains

Children say come what may
be strong for the friends you`ve known
but one fine day far away
will we remember the love we used to own
Children say - children say
we open our minds as one
as one more day slips away
why don`t the dreams of the young never come to be

Well you knew what I was saying
but did you know what it meant
when you saw that look in my eye
did you know it was heaven sent
was it all a waking dream
all that time we must have spent
well I guess it must have been
somehow that feeling came and went

Children say come what may
be strong for the friends you`ve known
but one fine day far away
will we remember the love we used to own
Children say - children say
we open our minds as one
as one more day slips away
why don`t the dreams of the young never come to be

And our children say

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