Eva Cassidy - Little Children6 ]# O6 m$ ?% Q5 r$ M f; h
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Eva Cassidy - Little Children 7 P- S3 y; w* d( u; k y- {/ \( n6 A' u+ p$ ]. N% P
Dark night broken lights ( q' l% Q6 l# S% s4 a1 L9 FA boy on the corner with his hands held high ; J; \6 }; ~# @+ S! Y) F" @/ [He sees a gun sees an eye* h6 P( [+ x$ M0 t
But he'd rather get shot than give it up. c7 `7 c' @) M
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Works for a violent man: ~# p1 C: z& z3 B5 X( {, S
Who expects to get money when he sees him again1 M. p8 b+ r: T2 l$ w! U
And if he doesn't die on the corner tonight" N3 O2 O; d" ]# N: w% ]" Z$ ?6 M( q9 a
It won't take too long to catch him ; K: I) a$ r! U! V9 ` , x: f P2 M. l; D6 f0 ^Children throw their lives away yeah 5 M: \( `1 q5 m) }+ o2 g, y% JA little more dying every day , E+ Q% M( b& {- x5 {. d* i0 H9 `7 N$ B+ M
Little young man he ain't got a lot8 F1 S0 C) j: s; T6 X7 o. M
But he'd sell his whole world just to get what you've got# P S& b. H( F3 I g
He's not even sure if his body's hooked) }5 K. y5 ^) _7 m. w9 w
But if he gets a little higher he could fly away# F7 O* K2 S( T, N0 n- \
' X+ s, Y8 W a/ \' | s* R! e# `Little young lady watch her children play 2 Y2 y. I6 T. XThere's two outside and one on the way 5 b% U- E4 L: |2 l7 t' `She hasn't seen her man in a thousand days: ?. J8 H, i. G, b0 E$ Q. ]
Since the police came around and took him away) Q+ j, [& b# U# n4 [
: n- m( w& X( w& C' u* HChildren throw their lives away " c! k/ k9 `* P# a9 T/ F& p5 P2 DA little more dying every day 5 v/ a8 d8 W3 m, z% ]3 \ 9 Y& X3 m. V5 u( P! `; y7 T% x, ZChildren throw their lives away & @) b5 s8 F, i% |3 t5 |6 ~$ B- rA little more dying every day 6 B9 }9 R$ [: R- C2 Y1 \, `& V 9 Y7 a! {% i# m1 AChildren throw their lives away yeah 9 C/ X! C$ X/ x& k- \! t& @A little more dying every day( ]- d9 R8 ]5 X5 V
- h2 b! f% G" O4 d0 wSirens scream through the empty streets, i6 ^* ?. y* a, U2 k' \$ o! g) E
Headed to the scene of another mistake * x" e4 H# h1 m% \- _2 jOne man hanging on the edge of life / q. P2 ]& z6 y. \9 c2 jThe other one thrown in a bag % \, |/ ?. r) q9 B' A . H* M% ]6 B! mThe children watch the children think 5 e1 p' K% G- M6 KThat the bottom line is that nothing's free 5 h, o. y( r% U9 N, T+ @" R& R- sBut it doesn't take much to end a life & U' z/ D) h& NWhen the thoughts stop coming out straight: Z" _/ y1 U; R/ n6 a
; e2 f ^4 M0 ~6 j' m, lChildren throw their lives away3 D! K' ^' W% L/ R/ [" d3 }7 D
A little more every day