I'm Asking

(album: For Ladies Only - 1971)

I'm asking all you mothers
Do your children take jive?
And God was just piled upon them
Do you think they'll survive?
You send them to the movies
What you think that they'll see?
You know that that won't be love
That's not rated GP
But they can watch a murderer
A rapist or a cheat
Armies killing millions
And violence in our streets

I'm asking
Yes, I'm asking

But lost stinking bodies
Are still not for young eyes
I'm asking all you mothers
Do you tell your children lies?
How do you think they'll grow up
If they're weaned upon a gun
Or stories of how the stork
Has brought you, your new son

Feel the resentment
As a wellness fills their eyes
When truth is discovered
If they leave you cold
Don't you be surprised

I'm asking
I'm asking all you mothers
I'm asking
All you mothers to be
I'm asking
For the sake of our children
Don't take away their right
The right to be free

I'm asking all you young girls
Have you learned about love's pleasures
Or did your parents bind your morals
Restrain you from those treasures
Turn and look behind you
Was your mother really there?
Your child looks a lot like you
For her sake I hope you'll be fair

You want your kids to grow up
With the things you never had
Then give them all their freedom
Respect there values of good and bad

I'm asking
Yes, I'm asking
I'm asking
I'm asking
Do you tell your children lies
I'm asking
I'm asking
I'm asking
Yes, I'm asking
I'm asking
I'm asking
I'm asking
Do you tell your
I'm asking...