ONLY THE CHILDREN



We keep hurting each other
When words canīt be easily said
No understanding or 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 thatīs felt
By the innocent
Who are fighting to stay alive
Can no one see the tears in their eyes

Only the children
Only the children cry
Only the children

Why do those who have plenty
Ignore those with nothing at all
Why must the ones just beginning
Stand with their backs to the wall
They keep asking for answers
And we keep telling them lies
They only want to understand
What they feel inside
The hunger that tears them apart
Itīs the one thing theyīve known from the start

Only the children
Only the children cry
Only the children
Only the children cry

INSTRUMENTAL

(Come on) Only the children
Only the children cry
Only the children
(I said) Only the children, only the children
Only the children
Only the children cry
Only the children
Only the children cry in night

Only the children
(Only the children cry)
Only the children
Only the children, only the children
Only the children
(I said) Only the children, only the children cry