The Children Are Running Away

歌詞

We built them a school with a seat near the window Too high for a child's eye to see the bright sky We gave them a list of the rules of good living "Aim low if you want to, but don't aim too high" We showed them the place they could take in the factory We taught them to speak and the things they should say We measured potential, along with their shoe size We taught them the game, but my god, they won't play And away, away, the children are running Each to the place that they're wanting to go Away, Away, the children are running They don't want to learn what we want them to know And the children are running away We taught them their sex and their class and position We taught them to add and subtract and to spell We showed them the part of the scale that they come from Be good go to heaven, be bad go to Hell Come back, we need robots with suitable functions Come back, we need toadies to grease the machine Come back, there are jobs for you all in our system Come back, we need soldiers to die for the queen And away, away, the children are running Each to the place that they're wanting to go Away, Away, the children are running They don't want to learn what we want them to know And the children are running away There's no room at the top for sweet sensitive dreamers No room at the top for your softies and weeds No room at the top for poetical fancy Society pays for society's needs Come back, we need leaders to make the decisions Come back, we need experts with sword and with pen Come back, we need surgeons to make the incisions Come back, we need martyrs and heroes of men And away, away, the children are running Each to the place that they're wanting to go Away, Away, the children are running They don't want to learn what we want them to know And the children are running away