For The Kids Lyrics

Stay together for the kids

Tuesday night is bin night

You take the bins to the end of the drive

You look up at the stars and wonder

How you manage to survive

Just for a moment

You stop and reflect

You've just got time

To smoke a cigarette

You look back at the house and sigh

You know the kids are asleep

How did so much of your life go by

With all those secrets that you keep?

Stay together for the kids

The mantra that everybody uses

The truth challenges us to look it in the eyes

But everyone refuses

Stay together for the kids

But did you ever stop to ask them what they think

Instead, another precious year of your life

Washes down the kitchen sink

Regrets you've got so many

Far too many to discuss

You thought with time it would get easier

To proceed with the minimum of fuss

Just for a moment

You remember her face

She's the one that got away

Floating forever in time and space

You look up at the house and sigh

You can hear your wife on the phone

How did so much of your life go by

With so much left unknown?

Stay together for the kids

The mantra that everybody uses

The truth challenges us to look it in the eyes

But everyone refuses

Stay together for the kids

But did you ever stop to ask them what they think

Instead, another precious year of your life

Washes down the kitchen sink

Stay together for the kids (together for the kids)

The truth challenges us to look it in the eyes

(Together for the kids)

But everyone refuses

Stay together for the kids (together for the kids)