Who Will Love the Children

• Sunday morning
• a child is born
• and joy fills the world once more

• Monday morning
• a dream away
• a life is such a long time

• we'll take it slowly
• we must provide
• the things that make life worthwhile

• Who will love the children
• when we're not around
• who will love the children
• when they're all alone

• I'm off to work now
• you must behave
• the T.V. will be your new friend

• don't touch the stove child
• lunch in the fridge
• your father is working late

• but don't you worry
• we both love you
• and why must you always cry

• Who will love the children
• when we're not around
• who will love the children
• when they're all alone

• in the window
• a lonely child
• tears are flowing down

• I am alone now
• this house is cold
• why am I always alone

• I've been forgotten
• why did she go
• mom I love you so

• Who will love the children
• when we're not around
• who will love the children
• when they're all alone

• in the hallway
• the sound that I love
• my father is coming home

• his big arms around
• me in a man size hug
• that never lasts long enough

• soon there is silence
• we sit and we stare
• alone in a lonely blue glow

• Who will love the children
• when we're not around
• who will love the children
• when they're all alone

• Sunday morning
• a child is born
• and joy fills the world once more

• but Monday morning
• there are bills to pay
• and a lifetime of dreams are lost

• time goes by quickly
• the years hurry so
• and soon our child will be gone

• who will love the children
• when they are not around
• who will love the children
• when we're all alone

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