Dream for Him Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

[Verse 1]
How am I going to explain it to him?
What am I going to say when it's something that grim?
How the hell do you tell them there comes an end?
How are you going to handle it and still be their friend?
How do you explain this world we face
To all of the innocents we brought to this place?

[Verse 2]
These and other questions stand in a row
I'm not satisfied with the answers I know
What are you going to say to those eyes?
I can't even get close to the lies
That are easier to tell, you just say oh, well
I'll explain it when he's older
But somehow that's colder than I want to be

[Bridge]
I am uncomfortable lying to a child
Feels like building a trap for something wild
Feels like building your house on the sand
And expecting the ocean to let it stand

[Verse 3]
Somehow I must come up with better stuff
You see, I'm just not satisfied with all that simplified guff
That they shovel at the kids by the handful
Like candy they buy at the stand full
Of flags by the side of the road
It's not good for them to hand them that load of crap like they do