As Tears Go By

As Children's literature class is coming to a close, I would like to put up a song of poetry by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. This song can sum up much of what we discussed in class this semester, emphasizing the loss of innocence and the remembrance of childhood that every man and woman goes through.

“It is the evening of the day

I sit and watch the children play

Smiling faces I can see

But not for me

I sit and watch

As tears go by...

My riches can't buy everything

I want to hear the children sing

All I hear is the sound

Of rain falling on the ground

I sit and watch

As tears go by... 

It is the evening of the day

I sit and watch the children play

Doing things I used to do

They think are new

I sit and watch

As tears go by”

– The Rolling Stones