Eva Cassidy - Little Children " B \: w8 r8 U F6 w3 b 8 c7 @* k, Y4 ^- R: k L% w8 G 8 G+ u8 [0 F5 u" K, R" V8 B; g * V& ]$ B6 @- p m3 aEva Cassidy - Little Children- f' ]4 j4 f; p. i
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Dark night broken lights 4 y# R( q% }6 s9 `5 g7 MA boy on the corner with his hands held high ; c1 [9 w& v- Q0 Q9 bHe sees a gun sees an eye! J+ A- [# U3 v6 x% V
But he'd rather get shot than give it up / \5 f! I! N! S( y1 L' r + O2 @! z/ W& ]- [5 \Works for a violent man ( ?( V/ ]9 G' d; F$ `7 A! BWho expects to get money when he sees him again + o3 q: _% e6 IAnd if he doesn't die on the corner tonight ( T! z! t+ x/ z( d/ CIt won't take too long to catch him 4 o& o6 M% b% i 0 U& d( Q6 k7 W9 O' yChildren throw their lives away yeah Z& N0 a/ ]7 f: q7 @) s% c) hA little more dying every day; i1 e; X' E5 E! R0 d) _1 Y
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Little young man he ain't got a lot ; J* C, c' y1 C% MBut he'd sell his whole world just to get what you've got % Q/ T9 p9 s% c6 z1 PHe's not even sure if his body's hooked. p& J/ B6 P w) X, y
But if he gets a little higher he could fly away" z$ t+ E: b8 o$ g+ r; h' ~# k4 S
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Little young lady watch her children play3 R/ |$ @9 u# s3 Q6 e5 @/ t$ p. g
There's two outside and one on the way 0 `% T G" Q9 X, KShe hasn't seen her man in a thousand days 0 ]' `# `: Y7 ]& n1 @Since the police came around and took him away; {" { A0 _: R/ _7 s) r0 [
; z& r: l1 c$ C( OChildren throw their lives away ) M- r0 y1 P( N" p, q4 G! `) n8 eA little more dying every day ! N8 j$ n7 `9 K8 m $ U1 g- I/ `- ]. HChildren throw their lives away( I# P, @4 z% _2 h
A little more dying every day! o/ E5 x* a# M! q+ Q% T
) v7 @/ f# C6 _- ZChildren throw their lives away yeah& H7 _' ]& l5 t8 h1 d# _+ x
A little more dying every day a, Q3 }5 l! O) j/ p* B S+ _, G- f1 ]- M" r+ e' j
Sirens scream through the empty streets 0 x% ?% @3 U2 U8 r1 u, W2 ?Headed to the scene of another mistake \) Z3 f/ x$ g0 [' @ S
One man hanging on the edge of life9 t5 i) h# q- K3 H( X m& ^
The other one thrown in a bag # d b+ N3 w+ h. Z, ~! R% y- b 7 f* p2 R6 E1 k4 z. M2 P; h" }" zThe children watch the children think 2 j) c! h) `! s ^That the bottom line is that nothing's free 0 V/ g8 W" f- A0 jBut it doesn't take much to end a life# J( t% X+ J( Q, o
When the thoughts stop coming out straight 2 Q; A+ C$ A/ C- @/ b; z- l' T4 B8 d/ d ^. s( M4 n) F* ]! Z# i& J
Children throw their lives away- Q/ Z- Z' T# R) T; x% @
A little more every day