Straight backed obedience
Driven to comply
Acts duly committed
Without the question 'why?'
Love for the adult
With unmutual respect
A diminishing soul
Too imbedded to detect
Quashed curiosity
For adult peace of mind
An inquisition missed
Too hard to rewind
Mouths shut, legs crossed
With eyes on the prize
A minute validation
For developmental deprivation
Can't you adults see
Children need to be seen?
They mirror your acts
And reflect your esteem
Can't you adults hear
Children need to be heard?
Their simplicity of truth
Redefine the absurd
You act for the immediate
Only for your convenience
You shut the kids down
Then blame them for deviance
Why for your sake
You keep kids in your wake
But ignore their joyous presence
When they're opportunities to take
Don't you remember
That you were once them?
Reaching out for the hand
Of your adult guardian
Don't you remember
How you wanted to play?
But told to sit down!
Listen! and Obey!
Nurture the child
That you wanted to be
To build a new adult
For our future community
We don't want the anger
That perpetuates the war
Between youth and adult
When we're all from one world
Understand today
To realise tomorrow
There's more to education;
There's no bow and arrow
In the words of Abe Lincoln
We must 'disenthrall'
Our industrial ideal
It's detrimental to all
Embrace a new culture
To flourish and thrive
Cultivate individuality
Aid kids to come alive!
We need a revolution
As our soulful solution
To bring the human race
To a new evolution!
Driven to comply
Acts duly committed
Without the question 'why?'
Love for the adult
With unmutual respect
A diminishing soul
Too imbedded to detect
Quashed curiosity
For adult peace of mind
An inquisition missed
Too hard to rewind
Mouths shut, legs crossed
With eyes on the prize
A minute validation
For developmental deprivation
Can't you adults see
Children need to be seen?
They mirror your acts
And reflect your esteem
Can't you adults hear
Children need to be heard?
Their simplicity of truth
Redefine the absurd
You act for the immediate
Only for your convenience
You shut the kids down
Then blame them for deviance
Why for your sake
You keep kids in your wake
But ignore their joyous presence
When they're opportunities to take
Don't you remember
That you were once them?
Reaching out for the hand
Of your adult guardian
Don't you remember
How you wanted to play?
But told to sit down!
Listen! and Obey!
Nurture the child
That you wanted to be
To build a new adult
For our future community
We don't want the anger
That perpetuates the war
Between youth and adult
When we're all from one world
Understand today
To realise tomorrow
There's more to education;
There's no bow and arrow
In the words of Abe Lincoln
We must 'disenthrall'
Our industrial ideal
It's detrimental to all
Embrace a new culture
To flourish and thrive
Cultivate individuality
Aid kids to come alive!
We need a revolution
As our soulful solution
To bring the human race
To a new evolution!