Are You Afraid Of Your Children

Official lyrics not available. Especially unclear portions italicized. Are you afraid of your children The ones you raised so high Hoping they would make it Where you just never could Do you blame them for falling Though you always knew they would Now he's crying And you can comfort him Once more Cutting the corners Finding the faults Hearing the questions And heeding the calls Knowing this would happen Maybe once or twice He'd fall down you'd pick him up And you'd try to make it all right again Are you afraid of your children The ones you raised so high Hoping they would make it Where you just never could Do you blame them for falling Though you always knew they would Now he's crying And you can comfort him Once more And you thought They'd really leave you Were you jealous Of their going Knowing you'd be parted Was it fair for you to say That you'd always be there at his side You can be his teacher but not his bride Are you afraid of your children The ones you raised so high Hoping they would make it Where you just never could Do you blame them for falling Though you always knew they would Now he's crying And you can comfort him Once more Now he's crying and alone And you can comfort him once more

Are You Afraid Of Your Children (unreleased song) Written by Elvis Costello (unconfirmed) Performed by Rusty Background:  Recorded as a home demo by Rusty in November 1972. Author might be EC alone or with Allan Mayes.      (0 known performance)

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