WHERE WILL THE CHILDREN PLAY?

PROGRESS???

This is a very prophetic song that Cat Stevens wrote in 1970.

His lyrics are so true to today, even more so than 54 years ago.

WHERE WILL THE CHILDREN PLAY?

Well, I think it’s fine

Building jumbo jets

Or taking a ride in a cosmic train

Switch on summer from a slot machine

Yes, you can get anything you want to if you

Want ‘cause you get anything.

I know we’ve come a long way

We’re changing day by day

But tell me where do the children play?

Well, you roll on roads

Over fresh green grass

For your lorry loads

Pumping petrol gas

And you make them long

And you make them tough

But they just go on and on

And it seems you can’t get off.

Oh, I know we’ve come a long way

We’re changing day by day

But tell me, where will the children play?

Well, you’ve cracked the sky

Scrapers fill the air

But you will keep on building higher

‘Til there’ no room up there.

Will you make us laugh?

Will you make us cry?

Will you tell us when to live ?

Will you tell us when to die?

I know we’ve come a long way,

We’re changing day by day

But tell me where will the children play? Cat Stephens 1970