Teach Your Children lyrics
by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young



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 would cry,

So just look at them and sigh and know they love you.



And you, of tender years, (can you hear and)

Can't know the fears that your elders grew by, (do you care and)

And so please help them with your youth, (can't you see we)

They seek the truth before they can die. (must be free to)

Teach your parents well, (teach the children)

Their children's hell will slowly go by, (to believe and)

And feed them on your dreams (make a world that)

The one they picked, the one you'll know by (we can live in)

Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you would cry,

So just look at them and sigh and know they love you.