| Song | For The Children |
| Artist | John Mellencamp |
| Album | Life, Death, Love and Freedom |
| Download | Image LRC TXT |
| Wish I could give you an answer | |
| As to when life really begins | |
| Wish I could tell you where we went | |
| When our days here come to an end | |
| Wish I could see the future | |
| The same way | |
| I see the past | |
| Wish I could draw a conclusion | |
| Why nothing here seems to last | |
| I can’t even make a guess | |
| Or an uneducated thought | |
| All I could do here is my best | |
| And be thankful for what we’ve got | |
| Why do so many suffer? | |
| Oppressed to the end of time | |
| Why does freedom move so slowly? | |
| Unable to speak its mind | |
| Some say it’s a circle | |
| Others think we live on the wing | |
| Why are promises broken? | |
| And some think life don’t mean a thing | |
| I can’t even make a guess | |
| Or an uneducated thought | |
| All I could do here is my best | |
| And be thankful for what we’ve got | |
| Hope you could be a child of life | |
| With big dreams for everyone | |
| And know that dying’s as natural as birth | |
| And our troubles here they don’t last long | |
| I have worried about many things | |
| Most of which did not come to pass | |
| Hope you find someone to give you love | |
| That your love will last | |
| I can’t even make a guess | |
| Or an uneducated thought | |
| All I could do here is my best | |
| And be thankful for what we’ve got, we’ve got |
| Wish I could give you an answer | |
| As to when life really begins | |
| Wish I could tell you where we went | |
| When our days here come to an end | |
| Wish I could see the future | |
| The same way | |
| I see the past | |
| Wish I could draw a conclusion | |
| Why nothing here seems to last | |
| I can' t even make a guess | |
| Or an uneducated thought | |
| All I could do here is my best | |
| And be thankful for what we' ve got | |
| Why do so many suffer? | |
| Oppressed to the end of time | |
| Why does freedom move so slowly? | |
| Unable to speak its mind | |
| Some say it' s a circle | |
| Others think we live on the wing | |
| Why are promises broken? | |
| And some think life don' t mean a thing | |
| I can' t even make a guess | |
| Or an uneducated thought | |
| All I could do here is my best | |
| And be thankful for what we' ve got | |
| Hope you could be a child of life | |
| With big dreams for everyone | |
| And know that dying' s as natural as birth | |
| And our troubles here they don' t last long | |
| I have worried about many things | |
| Most of which did not come to pass | |
| Hope you find someone to give you love | |
| That your love will last | |
| I can' t even make a guess | |
| Or an uneducated thought | |
| All I could do here is my best | |
| And be thankful for what we' ve got, we' ve got |
| Wish I could give you an answer | |
| As to when life really begins | |
| Wish I could tell you where we went | |
| When our days here come to an end | |
| Wish I could see the future | |
| The same way | |
| I see the past | |
| Wish I could draw a conclusion | |
| Why nothing here seems to last | |
| I can' t even make a guess | |
| Or an uneducated thought | |
| All I could do here is my best | |
| And be thankful for what we' ve got | |
| Why do so many suffer? | |
| Oppressed to the end of time | |
| Why does freedom move so slowly? | |
| Unable to speak its mind | |
| Some say it' s a circle | |
| Others think we live on the wing | |
| Why are promises broken? | |
| And some think life don' t mean a thing | |
| I can' t even make a guess | |
| Or an uneducated thought | |
| All I could do here is my best | |
| And be thankful for what we' ve got | |
| Hope you could be a child of life | |
| With big dreams for everyone | |
| And know that dying' s as natural as birth | |
| And our troubles here they don' t last long | |
| I have worried about many things | |
| Most of which did not come to pass | |
| Hope you find someone to give you love | |
| That your love will last | |
| I can' t even make a guess | |
| Or an uneducated thought | |
| All I could do here is my best | |
| And be thankful for what we' ve got, we' ve got |