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Children
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Children was released on January 1, 1992 by Geffen* as a part of the album From Hell to Paradise
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Release DateJanuary 1, 1992
LabelGeffen*
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM133

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Mavericks
The Mavericks
Performer
Raul Malo
Raul Malo
Vocals
Paul Deakin
Paul Deakin
Drums
Robert Reynolds
Robert Reynolds
Bass Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Raul Malo
Raul Malo
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Raul Malo
Raul Malo
Producer
Steve Fishell
Steve Fishell
Producer

Lyrics

A child who's raised by an unworthy hand
Has less of a chance of being a man
Well, try to remember and then understand
Why a mother would cry while her husband lay dead
Shot down by the gun of a runaway train
Called life in the fast lane, it all ends the same
Well, the same children's lives they will always regret
Are the children who never forget
A man ends up tired and walking alone
On a street corner singing for a penny a song
What he cannot remember was never his own
That's the answer he gives when he speaks of his home
Well, the streets of my life I don't know anymore
Where the children are junkies and the ladies are whores
Well, the same children's lives they will always regret
Are the children who never forget
Goodnight, goodnight, sweet child
Why don't you dream with the angels to forget for a while?
To forget of the life that's been handed to you
Where everything's real, yet nothing is true
Well, perhaps you can change what the cards always read
For the children who never forget
For a time they were counting you out of this race
You stood up like a champion that had fallen with grace
Never showing the anguish that had covered your face
You were raped and forgotten, left to die in disgrace
Shot down by the gun of a runaway train
Called life in the fast lane, it all ends the same
Well, the same children's lives they will always regret
Are the children who never forget
Goodnight, goodnight, sweet child
Why don't you dream with the angels to forget for a while?
To forget of the life that's been handed to you
Where everything's real, yet nothing is true
Well, perhaps you can change what the cards always read
For the children who never forget
Goodnight, goodnight, sweet child
Why don't you dream with the angels to forget for a while?
To forget of the life that's been handed to you
Where everything's real, yet nothing is true
Goodnight, goodnight, sweet child
Why don't you dream with the angels to forget for a while?
To forget of the life that's been handed to you
Where everything's real, yet nothing is true
Goodnight, goodnight, sweet child
Why don't you dream with the angels to forget for a while?
Written by: Raul Malo
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