Help a child understand its sadness; This is a song that I thought I should sing I tried to, but I couldn't sing it clearly I tried to write, but I had nothing to say Help a child understand its sadness; This is the thought that I wanted to think A thing can give only something itself has What never saw cannot teach to see This life is split in two: There's what you think you need, baby And what you really need, but you Can never have it This life is split in two: Relief can never be relief What you would need to learn to soothe yourself Will not be there for you Even with all the things you do You love what you love because it demands that you do Just know that I'll be there for you Help a child understand its sadness I wanna hear the child's deepest prayers Listen quiet to its truest feelings Hear what it means when it says it's scared Help a child understand its sadness So when it's grown won't even have to sing! Unless its heart comes to sing in laughter And joyous songs about beautiful things But it's not too late for you: There's value that's not counterfeit Maybe some amount it survives Maybe it is not too late for you? There's love can't be counterfeited Guess what I always want to sing is: Tom, you want to do something true For reasons not quite clear to you You love what you love because it demands that you do Yea I know it's not too late for you