Lyrics to
Save The Children

This version of Save The Children was released by Gil Scott-Heron in 1971.

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If you’re driving through the country on a lazy afternoon
Or you’re watching your children playing after school
They seem to be so unaware of
The things that they soon have to take care of

We’ve got to do something to save the children
Soon it will be their turn to try and save the world
Right now they seem to play such a small part of
The things that they soon be right at the heart of

My little Tommy he said he wants to be a fireman
And little Mary she said she got to teach school
If we know all we say we know about the problems
Why can’t we do something to try and solve them

We’ve got to do something to save the children
Soon it will be their turn to try and save the world
We got to do something to save the children
To save the children
To save the children

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About Lyrics and Save The Children by Gil Scott-Heron

The lyrics to Save The Children are the words, verses and chorus for the song released by Gil Scott-Heron in 1971. Elements of the lyrics to Save The Children are both direct in meaning and also metaphorical with the real meanings of the song only known by Gil Scott-Heron and any collaborating writers working on the lyrics for Save The Children back when it was created.

Some people have an interest in the etymology behind words and phrases. You can take apart the lyrics to Save The Children by Gil Scott-Heron in a number of ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Save The Children" means the words set to the music of Save The Children, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Gil Scott-Heron. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Save The Children and the lyrics to Save The Children are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Gil Scott-Heron who came here looking just for the lyrics to Save The Children, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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