Song Description
Couple with children is breaking up.
| Song Length |
3:37 |
Genre |
Country - Contemporary |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Poignant |
Subject |
Divorce |
| Similar Artists |
Kenny Rogers, Leann Rimes |
Language |
English |
| Era |
2000 and later |
| |
Lyrics
"WHEN THE CHILDREN PUT AWAY THE TOYS"
She liked creamy. I liked crunchy.
I took it fast. She took it slow.
She'd be high, when I was low.
We never understood.
Though we did the best we could..
WHEN THE CHILDREN PUT AWAY THE TOYS.
She said potato. I said french fries.
It's so scary when it quietly dies.
She knew how to cry.
I was too cold.
We never figured out,
What life was all about.
WHEN THE CHILDREN PUT AWAY THE TOYS.
BRIDGE: We didn't want to see it,
So we kept on tryin'.
But all that time
Our hearts were lyin'.
Sometimes it's so hard to tell,
When things are quietly going to hell.
Like a balloon without air.
What was I doin' there?
Maybe next time things will flow.
It was all a mystery.
Or where we just too blind to see?
WHEN THE CHILDREN PUT AWAY THE TOYS.
REPEAT BRIDGE
I say opposites don't attract.
They just repel, and that's a fact.
The best laid plans go down the drain.
The answer lies somewhere.
Love was all so unfair,
WHEN THE CHILDREN PUT AWAY THE TOYS