Level 42 - Children say

^Asus2I keep to myself what I might share with others ^Bbut they don't seem to understand ^Asus2I open my mouth to rediscover I ^Bdon't have the words ^Dat my com^Emand ^Asus2holding out for a world so much better but I'm a ^Bstranger in a stranger's land all my f^Asus2riends have sold out couldn't handle the pressure ^Bcounting their blessings trying to ^Dsalvage what they ^Ecan

^C#m7Children say - children say ^Am7we open our minds as ^Done ^C#m7but one more day - slips away ^Am7why don't the dreams of the young ^Dnever come to be

^Asus2When I overhear my parents conversations well I'm ^Bstruck by the things they say it seems they ^Asus2traded the years for mere complications who ^Bever thought it could ^Dend this ^Eway ^Asus2they close the door but they can't lock it 'cause ^Bsomething of their childhood remains and t^Asus2hey've felt it before when the man in their pocket ^Bcounted the cost of their ^Dmaterial ^Egains

^C#m7Children say - come what may ^Am7be strong for the friends you've ^Dknown ^C#m7but one fine day - (not) far away ^Am7will we remember the love we ^Dused to own ^C#m7Children say - children say ^Am7we open our minds as ^Done ^C#m7but one more day - slips away ^Am7why don't the dreams of the young ^Dnever come to be

^Asus2Well you knew what I was saying but did you know what it meant ^Bwhen you saw that look in my eye did you know it was heaven sent ^Asus2was it all a waking dream all that time we must have spent ^Bwell I guess it must have been somehow ^Dthat feeling came and ^Ewent

^C#m7Children say - come what may ^Am7be strong for the friends you've ^Dknown ^C#m7but one fine day - (not) far away ^Am7will we remember the love we ^Dused to own ^C#m7Children say - children say ^Am7we open our minds as ^Done ^C#m7as one more day - slips away ^Am7why don't the dreams of the young ^Dnever come to be

^C#m7(repe^Am7at a^Dnd fade out)