THE CHILDREN CRY FOR LOVE, MOTHER,
THE CHILDREN NEED TO KNOW,
THAT THEY ARE LOVED AND CHERISHED
THEN THEY SHALL ALWAYS GROW
INTO WONDERFUL, LOVING ADULTS
THAT KNOW WHO, AND WHERE, THEY ARE,
THEY SHALL ALWAYS UNDERSTAND
ABOUT THAT DISTANT STAR
THAT BECKONS EACH OF US INTO THE NIGHT
AND WE DO HOPE THAT WE FIND
THE STAR THAT SHINES SO BRIGHTLY,
YET IT IS THE ELUSIVE KIND.
THE STAR THAT BRIGHTLY SHINES
IS THE TRUE LOVE WITHIN A HEART,
THE KIND OF LOVE WE ALL DESIRE,
LOVE THAT IS TRUE FROM THE START.
WHEN A CHILD IS LOVED ALL HIS LIFE,
HE TENDS TO DO THE SAME,
HE SHALL LOVE ALL IN RETURN,
HE MAKES FOR HIMSELF A GREAT NAME.
LOVE BUILDS ONE ANOTHER IN TIME,
LOVE MAKES ONE KNOW THEIR MIND.
LOVE LOVES WHEN ALL MANKIND
DOES NOT UNDERSTAND THE LOVING MIND.
THE CHILDREN CRY FOR LOVE, MOTHER,
THEY NEED DISCIPLINE, TOO.
BUT LOVE IS THE MAIN THING, MOTHER,
THE GREATER PART SHALL COME FROM YOU.