Children Say

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 - (not) 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 - (not) 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
 Children say - children say
 We thought it would never go
 As one more day - slips away
 Who ever thought we could be so lonely