Children laugh
   children cry
   they're the future of our time
   will they hold us to blame
   for all the things we've turned away
   I don't like what I see now
   I don't like where we're going
   I don't like it, no
   you and I, we're getting older now
   you and I, who will show them
   if we don't show them how
  
   I want to know is it true
   is there a house of hope for me and you
   I want to know is it true
   is there a house of hope for me and you
  
   children laugh
   children cry
   they're the ones who will survive
   will they know what we've sold
   nature's gift we've turned for gold
   I don't like what I see now
   in my life, what I see now
   I don't like where we're going
   I don't like it, no
   you and I, we're getting older now
   you and I, who will show them
   if we don't show them how
  
   in this house of hope
   in this house of hope
   in this house of hope
  
   you and I, we're getting older now
   you and I, who will show them if we
   don't show them how