Sons And Daughters Lyrics - Not Only... But Also - The 88

And it all began like a new routine 

We were drunk, we were tired, we were sick 

We were in between 

And the jig was up when the sun went down 

It was dark, it was mean, it was black 

There was not a sound 

And when the morning papers did not come 

We shook our heads 

We knew that we were done and so we sat and prayed for 

Just another try 

Throw your babies in the water 

Let your hair down like you used to 

And tell all your sons and daughters 

They don't have to grow up like you 

They're not supposed to 

Now the birds don't sing and the cars won't go 

There's a lump in your throat 

There's no songs on the radio 

And the walls caved in and the well went dry 

And the mountains shook 

And the people all wondered why 

And in the morning I woke up to find 

There's someone here 

There's someone in my mind 

And so I hung my head 

And I began to cry 

Throw your babies in the water 

Let your hair down like you used to 

And tell all your sons and daughters 

They don't have to grow up like you 

They're not supposed to 

Cradled, whipped 

And mother's tongue 

It's not hard to see what went wrong 

If I told you once, I told you twice 

You can beg, you can kneel, you can pray 

You'll be sacrificed 

And when the morning papers did not come 

We shook our heads 

We knew that we were done and so we sat and prayed for 

Just another try 

Throw your babies in the water 

Let your hair down like you used to 

And tell all your sons and daughters 

They don't have to grow up like you 

They're not supposed to 

Throw your babies in the water 

Let your hair down like you used to 

And tell all your sons and daughters 

They don't have to grow up like you 

They're not supposed to