LEVEL 42 - Children Say lyrics

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I keep to myself<br>What I might share with others<br>But they don't seem to understand<br>I open my mouth<br>To rediscover<br>That I don't have the words at my command<br>Holding out<br>For a world so much better<br>But I'm a stranger in a stranger's land<br>All my friends have sold out<br>Couldn't handle the pressure<br>Counting their blessings trying to salvage what they can<br><br>Children say - children say<br>We open our minds as one<br>But one more day - slips away<br>Why don't the dreams of the young never come to be<br><br>When I overhear<br>My parents conversations<br>Well I'm struck by the things they say<br>It seems they traded the years<br>For mere complications<br>Who ever thought it could end this way<br>They close the door<br>But they can't lock it<br>'cause something of their childhood remains<br>And they've felt it before<br>When the man in their pocket<br>Counted the cost of their material gains<br><br>Children say - come what may<br>Be strong for the friends you've known<br>But one fine day - (not) far away<br>Will we remember the love we used to own<br>Children say - children say<br>We open our minds as one<br>As one more day slips away<br>Why don't the dreams of the young never come to be<br><br>Well you knew what I was saying<br>But did you know what it meant<br>When you saw that look in my eye<br>Did you know it was heaven sent<br>Was it all a waking dream<br>All that time we must have spent<br>Well I guess it must have been<br>Somehow that feeling came and went<br><br>Children say - come what may<br>Be strong for the friends you've known<br>But one fine day - (not) far away<br>Will we remember the love we used to own<br>Children say - children say<br>We open our minds as one<br>As one more day - slips away<br>Why don't the dreams of the young never come to be<br>Children say - children say<br>We thought it would never go<br>As one more day - slips away<br>Who ever thought we could be so lonely