Barbra Streisand - Children Will Listen lyrics
[Barbra Streisand - Children Will Listen lyrics]
How do you say to your child in the night
Nothing is all black but then
Nothing is all white?
How do you say it will all be alright
When you know that it mightn't be true?
What do you do? Careful the things you say
Children will listen
Careful the things you do children will see
And learn children may not obey
But children will listen
Children will look to you
For which way to turn to learn what to be
Careful before you say "listen to me"
Children will listen
Careful the wish you make
Wishes are children
Careful the path they take wishes come true
Not free careful the spell you cast
Not just on children
Sometimes the spell may last
Past what you can see and turn against you
Careful the tale you tell that is the spell
Children will listen
How can you say to a child who's in flight
Don't slip away and I won't hold so tight?
What can you say that no matter
How slight won't be misunderstood?
What do you leave to your
Child when you're dead
Only what ever you put in it's head
Things that your mother and father had said
Which were left to them too
Careful what you say, children will listen
Careful you do it too
Children will see and learn oh!
Guide them but step away
Children will glisten
Tamper with what is true
And children will turn if just to be free
Careful before you say "listen to me"
Children will listen children will listen!
Children, children will listen
Nothing is all black but then
Nothing is all white?
How do you say it will all be alright
When you know that it mightn't be true?
What do you do? Careful the things you say
Children will listen
Careful the things you do children will see
And learn children may not obey
But children will listen
Children will look to you
For which way to turn to learn what to be
Careful before you say "listen to me"
Children will listen
Careful the wish you make
Wishes are children
Careful the path they take wishes come true
Not free careful the spell you cast
Not just on children
Sometimes the spell may last
Past what you can see and turn against you
Careful the tale you tell that is the spell
Children will listen
How can you say to a child who's in flight
Don't slip away and I won't hold so tight?
What can you say that no matter
How slight won't be misunderstood?
What do you leave to your
Child when you're dead
Only what ever you put in it's head
Things that your mother and father had said
Which were left to them too
Careful what you say, children will listen
Careful you do it too
Children will see and learn oh!
Guide them but step away
Children will glisten
Tamper with what is true
And children will turn if just to be free
Careful before you say "listen to me"
Children will listen children will listen!
Children, children will listen