How Do You Tell a Child That Someone Has Died

How do you tell a child that someone has died?

Innocent visions of youth are only a lie

I tried to tell'em

And Lord knows I've tried

But anyway you'll break it

You'll just make'em cry

Little Tommy

I have bad news for you today

The teacher you loved, Mr. Peterson

Has sadly passed away

He was killed by a motorist

In a drunken act of rage

Let em live on in your heart

Now we must turn the page

How do you tell a child that someone has died?

Innocent visions of youth are only a lie

I tried to tell'em

And Lord knows I've tried

But anyway you'll break it

You'll just make'em cry

Little Suzy, I'm sad to say

Your father has passed on

His love for you was relentless as it was strong

If he only knew he'd be gone so soon

He would have tried and spend some more time

But he's on God's clock

Not yours and mine

Keep him in your heart

Each and every day

And there he will live on

And never fade away

How do you tell a child that someone has died?

Innocent visions of youth are only a lie

I tried to tell'em

And Lord knows I've tried

But anyway you'll break it

You'll just make'em cry

But anyway you'll break it

You'll just make'em cry