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[Verse]
G#
How do you say to your child in the night
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Nothing is all black but then nothing is all white?
G#
How do you say it will all be alright
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When you know that it mightn't be true?
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What do you do?
A#
Careful the things you say
D#
Children will listen
A#
Careful the things you do
D#
Children will see
And learn
A#
Children may not obey
      D#
But children will listen
A#
Children will look to you
     D#           F#
For which way to turn
  A#             F
To learn what to be
Gm       Cm
Careful before you say
"listen to me."
                F7   Fm D#
Children will listen
B
Careful the wish you make
E
Wishes are children
B
Careful the path they take
             E    A
Wishes come true
Bm
Not free
B
Careful the spell you cast
     E
Not just on children
B
Sometimes the spell may last
 E                Em
Past what you can see
G    B
And turn against you...
             C#m
Careful the tale you tell
That is the spell
                E
Children will listen...
G
How can you say to a child who's in flight
G
Don't slip away and I won't hold so tight?
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What can you say that no matter how slight won't be misunderstood?
A
What do you leave to your child when you're dead
D
Only what ever you put in it's head
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Things that your mother and father had said
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Which were left to them too
         B                     E
Careful what you say, children will listen
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Careful you do it too, children will see and learn
Oh!
B
Guide them but step away
 E
Children will glisten
B
Tamper with what is true
     Em            B
And children will turn
If just to be free
B         C#m
Careful before you say
           E
"listen to me."
                F#m
Children will listen...
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Children will listen!
B
Children, children will listen