Karaoké Children Say Level 42

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

Holdin' 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

Countin' their blessings

Tryin' 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 'cos somethin' 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 can 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 sayin' 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 wakin' dream

All that time we must have spent

Well I guess it must have been

Somehow that feelin' came and went

Children say Come what may

Be strong for the friends you've known

But one fine day far away 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 all children say

Yeah children say

Children say, children say

And all children say

Children say, children say

Hear just them say

Children say, children say

All children say

Children say, children say

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