Children Will Listen

How do you say to your child in the night
 Nothing's all black but then nothing is all white?
 How do you say it will all be alright
 When you know that it mightn't be true?
 What do you do?
 Careful the things you say
 Children will listen
 Careful the things you do
 Children will see
 And learn
 Children may not obey
 But children will listen
 Children will look to you
 For which way to turn
 To learn what to be
 Careful before you say
 Listen to me
 Children will listen
 Careful the wish you make
 Wishes are children
 Careful the path they take
 Wishes come true
 Not free
 Careful the spell you cast
 Not just on children
 Sometimes the spell may last
 Past what you can see
 And turn against you
 Careful the tale you tell
 That is the spell
 Children will listen
 How can you say to a child who's in flight
 Don't slip away and I won't hold so tight?
 What can you say that no matter how slight won't be misunderstood?
 What do you leave to your child when you're dead?
 Only what ever you put in its head
 Things that your mother and father had said
 Which were left to them too
 Careful what you say, children will listen
 Careful you do it too, children will see and learn
 Oh!
 Guide them but step away
 Children will glisten
 Tamper with what is true
 And children will turn
 If just to be free
 Careful before you say
 Listen to me
 Children will listen
 Children will listen
 Children, children will listen