Children-the Family

I believe someone's out there Who's gonna help me give A nameless child loving care I believe you are out there You're gonna help me give the Children tender loving care So much hate has turned to Vengeance All the laughter has turned to crying While the mothers lose their children From war to war I am hungry and I'm cold and I have no one to hold for My mother and my father are Dead and gone Where do I belong? CHORUS: The children of Kosovo Are crying for a helping hand The children of Kosovo Are dreaming of a peaceful land. They have beaten my older brother They have torn away my sister I'm afraid I want revenge Is there no other way Let's hold our hands tightly together And think as one forever You and I can make a Change for a better world. No more war CHORUS.

Tell me your story and I'll tell you mine I'm all ears, take your time, we got all night Show me the rivers crossed, the mountains scaled Show me who made you walk all the way here Settle down, put your bags down You're alright now We don't need to be related to relate We don't need to share genes or a surname You are, you are my chosen Chosen family So what if we don't look the same? We've been going through the same thing, yeah You are, you are my chosen Chosen family Hand me a pen and I'll rewrite the pain When you're ready, we'll turn the page together Open your heart, it's time we celebrate Who you were, who you are We're one and the same, yeah, yeah We don't need to be related to relate We don't need to share genes or a surname You are, you are my chosen Chosen family So what if we don't look the same? We've been going through the same thing, yeah You are, you are my chosen Chosen family I chose you You chose me I chose you Chosen family (I chose) I chose you (chose you) You chose me We're alright now We don't need to be related to relate We don't need to share genes or a surname You are, you are my chosen Chosen family So what if we don't look the same? We've been going through the same thing, yeah You are, you are my chosen Chosen family We don't need to be related to relate We don't need to share genes or a surname You are, you are my chosen My chosen family So what if we don't look the same? We've been going through the same thing, yeah You are, you are my chosen My chosen family

(Raul Malo) A child who is raised by an unworthy hand Has less of a chance being a man Who will try to remember and then understand Why a mother would cry While a husband lay dead Shot down by a 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 are my life I don't know anymore Where the children's are junkies And the ladies are whores Well the same children's lives They will always regret Are the children who never forget Chorus Goodnight, goodnight sweet child Why don't you dream with the angels To forget for awhile 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 like grace Never showing the anguish That had covered your face You were raped and forgotten Left to die in disgrace Shot down by a 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 Repeat chorus twice Goodnight, goodnight sweet child Why don't you dream with the angels To forget for awhile

There's nothing you haven't heard before They're just the facts of the background noise Run for your life when the bell tolls your time People will run some will follow you But you're always tried for the things you do Riding the Surge is a test of your nerve Ride It Out These cities can stand proud and stay intact But they'll be torn down now in seconds flat Running around with their heads in the clouds Making amends now for nature's revenge... Ride It Out (The wicked rain will come ... write our epitaph Overcome by the surge... When the darkness comes you will the power of her wrath) * This is like nothing you've seen before It's not a drill this is all out war Run you can try but there's nowhere to hide Look to the skies while they're watching their backs Best try to leave now it's time to make tracks Ride It Out Ride It Out