Song | Roots And Wings |
Artist | Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers |
Album | Gift Horse |
Give us children roots and wings | |
Never fear the change it brings | |
There is no reason to be sad | |
Be thankful for the time you've had | |
When I was a younger guy | |
One autumn night I told a lie | |
My dad just shook his head and sighed | |
Said âone day you'll know what it's like' | |
To give your children roots and wings, oh, oh | |
And not to fear the change it brings, oh, oh | |
To tell the truth and be a man | |
To always do the best you can | |
Mother, she done set me free | |
From all the locks that once held me | |
She whispered in my infant ears | |
That I was wise beyond my years | |
So even on my darkest nights | |
I've felt the ground and I've seen the heights | |
And one day may you do the same | |
Oh, child of mine that bears my name | |
I give to you my roots and wings, oh, oh | |
With these you can do anything, oh, oh | |
And you will never be alone | |
Carry or be carried home | |
Oh, oh | |
You'll be carried home (x2) | |
You will always be here with me | |
The way you feel your roots and wings, oh | |
And never fear the change it brings, oh | |
So give those children roots and wings, oh, oh | |
And never fear the change it brings, oh, oh | |
There is no reason to be sad | |
Be thankful for the time you had | |
And give those children roots and wings, oh | |
Oh, and I give you mine | |
Roots and wings (x8) |
Give us children roots and wings | |
Never fear the change it brings | |
There is no reason to be sad | |
Be thankful for the time you' ve had | |
When I was a younger guy | |
One autumn night I told a lie | |
My dad just shook his head and sighed | |
Said one day you' ll know what it' s like' | |
To give your children roots and wings, oh, oh | |
And not to fear the change it brings, oh, oh | |
To tell the truth and be a man | |
To always do the best you can | |
Mother, she done set me free | |
From all the locks that once held me | |
She whispered in my infant ears | |
That I was wise beyond my years | |
So even on my darkest nights | |
I' ve felt the ground and I' ve seen the heights | |
And one day may you do the same | |
Oh, child of mine that bears my name | |
I give to you my roots and wings, oh, oh | |
With these you can do anything, oh, oh | |
And you will never be alone | |
Carry or be carried home | |
Oh, oh | |
You' ll be carried home x2 | |
You will always be here with me | |
The way you feel your roots and wings, oh | |
And never fear the change it brings, oh | |
So give those children roots and wings, oh, oh | |
And never fear the change it brings, oh, oh | |
There is no reason to be sad | |
Be thankful for the time you had | |
And give those children roots and wings, oh | |
Oh, and I give you mine | |
Roots and wings x8 |