The Children

Lyrics

[Verse 1] The swings were rusted 'cept the places worn smooth By the hands of the children with nowhere to move In the dry dusty playground in the midwestern heat Where the snakeweed lies taunting and all's gone to seed It was there I first ran as a coward runs back From a bully named Butch and his muscles of fat And he proved he was strong and I proved I was fast Though there's nothing needs proving at all [Verse 2] There were those who called us cowards again To the ears of thе children who never havе friends As the bullies marched off to a faraway land And we stayed at home to fight with our pens And the bullies are home now with stares that could bleed Posing as heroes in a postcard parade With new weapons to prove they deserved what they got Though there's nothing needs proving at all [Verse 3] Render Caesar his violence as well as his coin The minds of the children need nothing to join And time's wasted fighting a battle all won Where some fight for honor and some just for fun Sing softly, sing softly yet carry a big song Because we sing softly they think we're not strong That we won't ever prove what they're doing is wrong Though there's nothing needs proving at all