Only For The Children - The Stylistics

Give all that you have to give

When she estranged you

And bitterly blamed you

'Cause she’s so unhappy

Give, swallowing compromise

Though it won’t matter

Your so near the chatter of her

Winding up you

Somehow so far

All the demands that never seem to win

You try to withstand

All of her mood, her childish attitudes

Only for the children

I keep love alive

'Cause it’s only for the children

My love survives

Give though it means sacrifice

You feel temptation

But your imitation of hope

Must satisfy

You give, though it means you ignore

The lack of affection

And constant rejection destroyed

Though it hurts you

To swallow my pride, toss it aside

Though deep inside of me

I feel that through life

Living this life knowing it has to be

Only for the children

I keep love alive

'Cause it’s only for the children

Our love survives

Only for the children

I keep love alive

'Cause it’s only for the children

My love survives

Only for the children

I keep love alive

'Cause it’s only for the children

My love survives

Only for the children

I keep love alive

'Cause it’s only for the children