We keep hurting each other  When words can't be easily said  No understanding or reason  Just fear and confusion instead  We need hope for the future  And the young need a chance to survive  No one knows the pain that's felt by the innocent  Wo are Fighting to stay alive  Can no one see the tears in their eyes    Only the children  Only the children cry  Only the children    Why do those who have plenty   Ignore those with nothing at all  Why must the ones just beginning  Stand with their backs to the wall  They keep asking for answers   And we keep on telling them lies  They only want to understand what they feel inside  The hunger that tears them apart  It's the one thing they've known   From the start    Only the children  Only the children cry  Only the children  Only the children cry    [Instrumental break]    Only the children  Only the children cry  Only the children