Dream For Him Lyrics - Crosby Stills Nash

David Crosby 

How am I going to explain it to him 

What am I going to say when it's something that grim 

How the hell do you tell them there comes an end 

How are you going to handle it and still be their friend 

How do you explain this world we face 

To all of the innocents we brought to this place 

These and other questions stand in a row 

And I'm not satisfied with the answers I know 

What are you going to say to those eyes 

I can't even get close to the lies 

That are easier to tell, you just say oh, well 

I'll explain it when he's older 

But somehow that's colder than I want to be 

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I am uncomfortable lying to a child 

Feels like building a trap for something wild 

Feels like building your house on the sand 

And expecting the ocean to let it stand 

Somehow I must come up with better stuff 

You see, I'm just not satisfied with all that simplified guff 

That they shovel at the kids by the handful 

Like candy they buy at the stand full 

Of flags by the side of the road 

It's not good for them to hand them that load of crap like they do 

You see, I want a world where I can tell him the truth 

About everything from Jesus to John Wilkes booth 

How they lie in the house and the senate too 

Only get close to the truth when it suits them to 

And the very next day 

They're back to lying that way 

Of course it doesn't seem to matter what I want 

But I look at some of the faces all haggard and gaunt 

I wonder which thing made them lose their dreams 

'Caus mine is alive very much it would seem 

And I would just like to be able to hand it to him 

Without the light in those eyes ever getting dim 

I want a dream for him 

(Dream for him)