1073 – Cat Stevens – Where do the children play? (1970)

Escrita por Cat Stevens, foi lançada em 23 de novembro de 1970 no disco Tea for the tillerman. Na verdade, foi a canção que abriu o disco.

A canção fala sobre os tempos conturbados do final dos anos 60, como guerra, desenvolvimento urbano, pobreza, desastres ecologicos e o futuro da humanidade. Cat Stevens viria a regrava-la em 2005, com Dolly Parton.

A letra:

Well I think it's fine, building jumbo planes
Or taking a ride on a cosmic train
Switch on summer from a slot machine
Yes, get what you want to if you want
Cause you can get anything

I know we've come a long way
We're changing day to day
But tell me, where do the children play?

Well you roll on roads over fresh green grass
For your lorry loads pumping petrol gas
And you make them long, and you make them tough
But they just go on and on, and it seems that you can't get off

Oh, I know we've come a long way
We're changing day to day
But tell me, where do the children play?

Well you've cracked the sky, scrapers fill the air
But will you keep on building higher
'Til there's no more room up there?
Will you make us laugh, will you make us cry?
Will you tell us when to live, will you tell us when to die?

I know we've come a long way
We're changing day to day
But tell me, where do the children play?

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