Lyrics for Teach Your Children as interpreted by kevin

Teach Your Children Lyrics
You, who are on the road must have a code that you can live by.
And so become yourself because the past is just a good bye.
Teach your children well, their father's hell did slowly go by,
and feed them on your dreams, the one they picks, the one you'll know by.
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry,
so just look at them and sigh and know they love you.

And you, of the tender years can't know the fears that your elders grew by,
and so please help them with your youth, they seek the truth before they can die.
Teach your parents well, their children's hell will slowly go by,
and feed them on your dreams, the one they picks, the one you'll know by.
Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry,
so just look at them and sigh and know they love you.

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AliWithAn_i
09-28-2002

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Love: Crosby, Stills, Nash
Hate: Young.
Oi!
=)


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vipergt196
05-17-2004

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this song is about the generation gap between young and old and how both groups dont always understand each other, however, both group must do their best to make the other understand them and meet in the middle somewhere.

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Regina
05-03-2005

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This is such a great song; I can't believe there're only two comments posted. I totally agree with vipergt196 and disagree with AliWithAn i...How can you hate Neil Young? I also think it's a message to parents to take care of their children, and at the same time it's a message to children to look after their aging parents.

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The Lawlorator
07-21-2005

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I love this song.

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jim68ny
07-30-2005

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Exactly right Regina. It is a positive song encouraging a connection between us all-old and young. Across generations...TEACH!!! Just a beautiful song. Now I thought the lyric was actually.."teach your children well, their fathers HEALTH will slowly go by. Not sure.

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Knyteguy
08-11-2006

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Bad ass song. CSNY rocks. Saw them live in lake tahoe 2 weeks ago. Freedom of speech tour!

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Thunderbolt
12-14-2006

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It's on the Office!

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onelokikitty
01-04-2007

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Knyteguy: I wasn't aware that Young still toured with CSN. From my understanding, there was quite a fallingout between Young and Crosby. I'm not sure on the accuracy of that statement, so please correct me if I'm wrong.

This song brings tears to my eyes every time. The incredible message delivered is that you are never done learning. Through all the teachings you give your children, you should be learning more from them every day. And it is also a message to youth that although your parents might not always do the best thing, they (usually, anyways) always mean the best.

Neil Young is a Rock God.

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ordjour92
01-20-2007

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hanson covered this song, and did a mighty fine job...if i do say so myself.

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trppnblly
02-05-2007

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onelokikitty, neil young definately does tour with crosby stills and nash. they recently played in my town. good stuff..

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melissssa
03-14-2007

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Jerry Garcia's steel guitar on this song is great!

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xanya
04-06-2007

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Thunderbolt: YEAH! And Michael G. Scott does a lovely cover of it, with help from Dwight, if I may say so...

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*puella*
06-11-2008

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i danced to this song with my father on my wedding day. i can say the tears were pouring down. i always remember him singing it to us while driving in the car when we were little.

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heartinakiln
06-13-2008

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I remember hearing this on the radio when I was little and my mom signing along.

It's about how parents need to remind their children of things that they lived through, like the bomb ("the fears that your elders grew by") and growing up constantly paranoid about it, or communism, etc. The things that the baby boomers didn't live through so much so they were all for it. It's a reminder that the elders should not let the youth forget the past, because history repeats itself.

And the younger generation needs to help the old people understand what it is like to be young, and to not get angry with them because they just want to know the truth before they die.

But, no matter what they tell you, remember that they love you.

Wonderful song.

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AndreAndre
09-15-2008

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vipergt says it well; and youve got to understand that, in the late 60's early 70's, that generation gap was even wider than it is now, and certainly far wider than i had ever been before that time.

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rosewind26
10-22-2009

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Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry,
so just look at them and sigh and know they love you.

I love this line there are so many ways I can think of it being true.

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