White Lion - When The Children Cry

Little child
Dry your crying eyes
How can I explain
The fear you feel inside
´cause you were born
Into this evil world
Where man is killing man
and no one knows just why

What have we become
Just look what we have done
All that we destroyed
You must build again

When the children cry
Let them know we tried
´cause when the children sing
Then the new world begins

Little childYou must show the way
To a better dayFor all the young
´cause you were born
For the world to see
That we all can live
with love and peace

No more presidents
And all the wars will end
One united world under God

When the children cry
Let them know we tried
´cause when the children sing
Then the new world begins

What have we become
Just look what we have done
All that we destroyed
You must build again

No more presidents
And all the wars will end
One united world under God

When the children cry
Let them know we tried
´cause when the children fight
Let them know it ain´t right
When the children pray
Let them know the way
´cause when the children sing
Then the new world begins..


HISTORY

"When the Children Cry" is a power ballad, performed by the rock group White Lion on their 1987 album Pride. The single peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100, #53 in Canada, and #88 in the UK in early 1989.
In early 2003, just before the beginning of the Iraq War, it was re-released as a cover by Christian indie rock group Seventh Day Slumber. In 2007, T Beats UK produced a hip hop remix of the song using a sample from the first verse.[1]

[edit] Track listing
"When the Children Cry" – 4:18
"Lady of the Valley" – 6:35
Written by:James Henri Kenyon In 1980

[edit] Personnel
Mike Tramp – Lead vocals
Vito Bratta – Lead guitar
James Lomenzo – Bass guitar
Greg D'Angelo – Drums

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Fight to Survive • Pride • Big Game • Mane Attraction • Remembering White Lion • Return of the Pride
Live albums
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Compilations
The Best of White Lion • Anthology 83-89 • The Definitive Rock Collection
Videos
Escape from Brooklyn • Concert Anthology: 1987-1991
Singles
"Broken Heart" • "Wait" • "Tell Me" • "When the Children Cry" • "All You Need is Rock 'N' Roll" • "Little Fighter" • "Cry for Freedom" • "Radar Love" • "Lights and Thunder" • "Broken Heart" (version 2) • "Love Don't Come Easy" • "Out With the Boys"
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