Don’t let the children cry
©GSM 2011

I was only three feet tall
Days were warm the papers said
I don’t recall I stayed in bed
And I heard voices in the hall
The women crying for the dead
And the pain of all that lay ahead

Children climb and children fall
Calm the storm inside their head
Watch them crawl and keep them fed
And I hear them play they’re learning not to cry

All the miles I’ve travelled to get here
I’d walk them all again to know
That no more children get to grow
So old so young as me

Please don’t let go innocence is all
Have to lose it one day but not too soon
Children climb and children fall
They find their feet and through it all
We calm the storm inside their head
We keep them warm we keep them fed
And I hear them playing soldiers
And Mama says don’t cry
Don’t let the children cry

You know that fighting for your freedom
Puts another world in chains
You say you’re fighting for your children
All they’ll get is what remains
It’s dog eat dog out there my brothers
And this dog is turning wild
There’s no respect here for the old ways
Spare the rod and spoil the child
Don’t let the children cry

No don’t let go, please
Don’t let go, because innocence is all
Have to lose it one day but not too soon
Don’t let the children cry

And children climb and children fall
They find their feet and through it all
We calm the storm inside their head
We keep them warm we keep them fed
And I hear them play I hear them play
And Mama says don’t cry.

Copyright © 2009 Gabriel Sabadi