Only the Children

We keep hurting each other
 When words can't be easily said
 No understanding, no reason
 Just fear and confusion instead
 We need hope for the future
 And the young need a chance to survive
 No one knows the pain that's felt by the innocent
 They're fighting to stay alive
 Can no one see the tears in their eyes?
 Only the children, yeah
 Only the children cry
 Only the children
 (Yeah)
 (Yeah)
 Why do those who have plenty
 Ignore those with nothin' at all?
 Why must the ones just beginning
 Stand with their backs to the wall?
 They keep asking for answers
 And we keep on telling them lies
 They only want to understand what they feel inside
 The hunger that tears them apart
 It's the one thing they've known from the start
 Only the children, yeah
 Only the children cry
 Only the children
 (Yeah)
 (Yeah)
 Only the children cry
 Com' on
 Only the children, yeah
 Only the children cry
 Only the children
 (Yeah)
 (Yeah)
 Say only the children
 Only the children
 Only the children, yeah
 Yeah yeah
 Only the children cry
 Only the children
 (Yeah)
 (Yeah)
 Only the children cry at night
 (Only the children cry)
 Only the children, yeah
 Only the children
 Only the children
 Only the children
 (Yeah)
 (Yeah)
 I said only the children
 Only the children cry