Intro: E A x2
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Hey... I'm gonna cry, cry, cry. Set the children free
I'm gonna cry, cry, cry. Set the children free
EA
Mommy loves to work and daddy loves to play
EA
Sometimes daddy got to go far away
EA
I'm too young to go quiet in the night
EA
Try to put me to sleep I'm gonna give it a fight
EA
I'm gonna cry, cry, cry. Set the children free
EA
I'm gonna cry, cry, cry. Set the children free
EA
Wake you up at 5 am
EA
Before the sunrise I'll be your friend
EA
And you know I don't like for you to take too long
EA
Just come running when you hear this song
EA
I'm gonna cry, cry, cry. Set the children free
EA
I'm gonna cry, cry, cry. Set the children free
EA
Well now....I'm gonna miss you now Mr. Far Away
EA
Paint a picture of you and send it off today
EA
And when you come home you can bring it back to me
EA
Color in the lines, define this whole world for me
EA
I'm gonna cry, cry, cry. Set the children free
EA
I'm gonna cry, cry, cry. Set the children free
EA
Practice makes perfect and that I agree
EA
So don't be surprised that I want to be free
EA
I know what I know and that's all that I know
EA
But I been told you reap what you sow
EA
I'm gonna cry, cry, cry. Set the children free
EA
I'm gonna cry, cry, cry. Set the children free
EA
Mama's telling me what to eat today
EA
But I don't feel like I'm gonna go that way
EA
What I need is something sweet and nice
EA
What I need is a treat alright
EA
I'm gonna cry, cry, cry. Set the children free
EA
I'm gonna cry, cry, cry. Set the children free
EA
Set the children free. Set the children free
EA
Set the children free
E
Free up their hearts, free up their minds
A
Set the children free
E
Free up their dreams and their imagination
A
Set the children free
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Set the children free