On Children - Velvet & Voices/a-capella

Written by：Ysaye M. Barnwell

Your children

Are not your children

Your children

Are not your children

They are the sons and daughters

Of life's longing for itself

They come trough you

But they are not from you

And though they are with you

They belong not to you

You can give them your love

But not your thoughts

For they have their own thoughts

They have their own thoughts

You can house their bodies

But not there souls

For their souls dwell

In a place of tomorrow

Which you cannot visit

Not even in your dreams

You can try to be like them

But you cannot make them just like you

Try to be like them

But you cannot make them just like you

Your children

Are not your children

They are the sons and daughters

Of life's longing for itself

They come through you

But they are not from you

And though they are with you

They belong not to you

You can give them your love

But not your thoughts

For they have their own thoughts

They have their own thoughts

You can house their bodies

But not there souls

For their souls dwell

In a place of tomorrow

Which you cannot visit

Not even in your dreams

You can try to be like them

But you cannot make them just like you

Try to be like them

But you cannot make them just like you