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 |