Look back on your lives Your memories are hiding the kids of tragedy Fall down on your knees If you try to please those forgotten kids of tragedy Well, they were young and old And their lives were sold to a new reality And they'd all been told That their hearts were cold to the twentieth century And when your heart denied Did you ever try to show them sympathy? Stand back on your heels And see how you feel in the face of charity So if you don't see the signs in me Look out for the kids of tragedy You can trace that line in reality To the kids, whoa, oh, oh of tragedy Look back on your lives Your memories are hiding the kids of tragedy Fall down on your knees
If you try to please those forgotten kids of tragedy You let them take the blame But did you feel the shame for the things you let them do? And when you made them a part Of your reckless game, your talking won't do So stand and admit you were wrong to forget There were times they needed you Those times when they lied The envy of pride as it tried to face the truth So if you can't see the signs in me Look out for the kids of tragedy You can trace that line in reality To the kids, whoa, oh, oh of tragedy Look back on your lives Your memories are hiding the kids of tragedy Fall down on your knees If you try to please those forgotten kids of tragedy