Singles años 70 número 31

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young -Teach Your Children

Originalmente, el grupo estaba formado por David Crosby, Stephen Stills y Graham Nash. Crosby fue miembro fundador de The Byrds, Stills procedía de Buffalo Springfield y el británico Graham Nash de The Hollies, En su segundo álbum "Déjà Vu" ,alguien tuvo la brillante idea de invitar a Neil Young. Neil había sido compañero de Stephen Stills en Buffalo Springfield y era un guitarrista excepcional y le dio al álbum un toque especial y una fuerza de la que el primer álbum carecía. De este álbum se publico en single el tema Teach Your Children, una bella canción de tematica hippie y que conto con la colaboración del mítico Jerry García (Grateful Dead) en la guitarra steel.

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Teach Your Children
by Graham Nash

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 goodbye.

Teach, your children well
Their father's hell
Did slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one they pick's
The one you'll know by.
Don't you ever ask them why
If they told you, you would die
So just look at them and sigh
And know they love you.

And you (Can you hear and)
Of tender years (Do you care and)
Can't know the fears (Can you see we)
That your elders grew by (Must be free to)
And so please help (Teach your children)
Them with your youth (You believe and)
They seek the truth (Make a world that)
Before they can die (We can live in)

Teach your parents well
Their children’s hell
Will slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one they pick's
The one you’ll know by.

Don’t you ever ask them why
If they told you, you would cry
So just look at them and sigh
And know they love you.

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