[Intro] [acoustic guitar strumming in G major] [Chorus] [male vocals enter] God bless the children They are the future Give them some hope for Their coming days God bless the children Let them know it's not useless Don't let them pay For all our mistakes [Verse 1] Outside my window Children are playing Out in the schoolyard Like I used to do Never a care for What the grown-ups were saying No need to worry While skies are still blue [Verse 2] I look ahead To what lies before them But do they realize How it may be If the pure water Has all been polluted And an empty world Without any trees [Verse 3] We fight with our brothers For pieces of nothing We wage our wars Just to prove we are right We fight for our God And we fight for our country But it's the children Who must pay the price [Bridge] So people please listen Before it's too late We've got today Let's make it last Let's build a tomorrow That we can be proud of So all the children Can take pride in their past [Outro] God bless the children They are the future Give them some hope for Their coming days God bless the children Let them know it's not useless Don't let them pay For all our mistakes [acoustic guitar fades out]
