Teach Your Children

Cover/Original:

 Cover, originally performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young

Written by:

 Graham Nash

Produced by:

Lead Singer:

Copyright:

 Original © 1970

Versions and Availability:
  • Recorded live for Underneath Acoustic Live
  • A studio version was available as a paid download on Hanson.net, also included on the Strong Enough to Break Bonus Disc

Additional notes:

Lyrics:

 You, who are on the road
Must have a code that you can live by
And so become yourself
Because the past is just a good bye.
Teach your children well,
Their father's hell did slowly go by,
And feed them on your dreams
The one they picked,
The one you'll know by.

Don't you ever ask them why,
If they told you,
You will cry,
So just look at them and sigh
And know they love you.

And you, of tender years,
Can't know the fears
That your elders grew by,
And so please help them with your youth,
They seek the truth, before they can die.

Teach your parents well,
Their children's hell,
Will slowly go by,
And feed them on your dreams
The one they picked,
The one you'll know by.

Don't you ever ask them why,
If they told you,
You will cry,
So just look at them and sigh
And know they love you.