Steve Earle and The Dukes > Songs > Teach Your Children > Lyrics


    [Verse 1]
    You, who are on the road
    Must have a code that you can live by
    And so, become yourself
    Because the past, is just a goodbye

    [Chorus]
    Teach, your children well
    Your father's hell, did slowly go by
    And feed, them on your dreams
    The one they pick's, the one you'll know by

    [Post-Chorus]
    Don't you ever ask them why
    If they told you you would cry
    So just look at them and sigh
    And know they love you

    [Verse 2]
    And you of tender years (Can you hear and do you care?)
    Can't know the fears (And can you see?)
    That your elders grew by (We must be free)
    And so please help (To teach your children)
    Them with your youth (What you believe in)
    They seek the truth (Make a world)
    Before they can die (That we can live in)

    [Chorus]
    Teach, your parents well
    Their children's hell, will slowly go by
    And feed, them on your dreams
    The one they pick's, the one you'll know by

    [Post-Chorus]
    Don't you ever ask them why
    If they told you you would cry
    So just look at them and sigh
    And know they love you
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