Scared for the Children

Billy skipped school again

Lookin' like a fool again

What a little waste

For a taste of a big boy's life

I'm scared for the children

Computer screens and magazines

Manufactured hopes and dreams

Playing in a concrete box

'Cause mother's got her shows to watch

I'm scared for the children

This is the end of the age of the innocent

One more game before they go

This is the end of the age of the innocent

What do we leave them with?

Suppose we'll never know

Processed greens and man made meat

Runnin' out of things to eat

Little boys havin' way too much fun

Playin' with the big boy's gun

I'm scared for the children

And on the day the last bird dies

There won't be a drop from their big square eyes

An old man with his eyes like glass

Kisses the last blade of grass

Yeah, I'm scared for the children

'Cause this is the end of the age of the innocent

One more game before they go

This is the end of the age of the innocent

What will we leave them with?

Suppose we'll never know

This is the end of the age of the innocent

One more game before they go

Yeah, this is the end of the age of the innocent

What will we leave them with?

Suppose we'll never know

No respect for anyone

Why would they after what we've done?

What an example we've set

What a planet we have left

Let's be there for these children