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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Barbra Streisand
Performer
Jonathan Tunick
Conductor
John Berkman
Piano
Simon Fanglen
Synclavier
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Stephen Sondheim
Composer
Jonathan Tunick
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Barbra Streisand
Producer
Alex Rodriguez
Assistant Engineer
Felipe Elgueta
Assistant Engineer
Steve Holroyd
Assistant Engineer
David Eike
Assistant Engineer
Mark Guilbeault
Assistant Engineer
Craig Brock
Assistant Engineer
Andy Bass
Assistant Engineer
Sue McLean
Assistant Engineer
Cary Butler
Assistant Engineer
David Marquette
Assistant Engineer
Eric Stitt Greedy
Assistant Engineer
Andy Smith
Assistant Engineer
Humberto Gatica
Mixing Engineer
George Marino
Mastering Engineer
Lyrics
How do you say to your child in the night
Nothing's all black but then nothing is all white?
How do you say it will all be alright
When you know that it mightn't be true?
What do you do?
Careful the things you say
Children will listen
Careful the things you do
Children will see
And learn
Children may not obey
But children will listen
Children will look to you
For which way to turn
To learn what to be
Careful before you say
Listen to me
Children will listen
Careful the wish you make
Wishes are children
Careful the path they take
Wishes come true
Not free
Careful the spell you cast
Not just on children
Sometimes the spell may last
Past what you can see
And turn against you
Careful the tale you tell
That is the spell
Children will listen
How can you say to a child who's in flight
Don't slip away and I won't hold so tight?
What can you say that no matter how slight won't be misunderstood?
What do you leave to your child when you're dead?
Only what ever you put in its head
Things that your mother and father had said
Which were left to them too
Careful what you say, children will listen
Careful you do it too, children will see and learn
Oh!
Guide them but step away
Children will glisten
Tamper with what is true
And children will turn
If just to be free
Careful before you say
Listen to me
Children will listen
Children will listen
Children, children will listen
Writer(s): Stephen Sondheim
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