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I keep to myself what I might share with others |
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But they don't seem to understand |
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I open my mouth to rediscover |
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That I don't have the words at my command |
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Holdin' out for a world so much better |
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But I'm a stranger in a stranger's land |
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All my friends have sold out, couldn't handle the pressure |
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Countin' their blessings, tryin' to salvage what they can |
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Children say, children say |
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"We open our minds as one" |
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But one more day slips away |
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Why don't the dreams of the young never come to be? |
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When I overhear my parents' conversations |
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Well, I'm struck by the things they say |
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It seems they traded the years for mere complications |
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Who ever thought it could end this way |
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They close the door but they can't lock it |
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'Cause somethin' of their childhood remains |
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And they've felt it before, when the man in their pocket |
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Counted the cost of their material gains |
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Children say, "Come what may |
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Be strong for the friends you've known" |
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But one fine day, far away |
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Can we remember the love we used to own? |
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Children say, children say |
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"We open our minds as one" |
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As one more day slips away |
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Why don't the dreams of the young never come to be? |
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Everybody hear them say |
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Well, you knew what I was sayin' |
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But did you know what it meant? |
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When you saw that look in my eye |
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Did you know it was heaven sent? |
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Was it all a wakin' dream? |
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All that time we must have spent |
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Well, I guess it must have been |
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Somehow that feelin' came and went |
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Children say, "Come what may |
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Be strong for the friends you've known" |
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But one fine day, far away |
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We remember the love we used to own |
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Children say, children say |
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"We open our minds as one" |
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As one more day slips away |
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Why don't the dreams of the young never come to be? |
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And all children say |
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Children say, children say |
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And all children say |
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Children say, children say |
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Hear just them say |
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Children say, children say |
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All children say |
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Children say, children say |
