Year of the Child

Smile, smile So tonight, let us ask ourselves (smile, smile) What change will they see You know everybody's talking just about everywhere you walking 'bout a year that is second to none I hear it really seems a pleasure talking 'bout the little treasure (of she's gunna be number one) Come on and smile, smile It's a year of the child, child To be thankful for the joy they are bringing And for a while child, we have to smile smile 'Cause we are heading for a special thanksgiving (Smile, smile) (Child, child) (Smile, smile) (Child, child) A while I bumped into a lady, with a pretty bouncing baby and say, oh my what a cute little thing She replied,a clever pair of doctors have found a common factors and now you can even do it yourself Come on and smile, smile It's a year of the child, child To be thankful for the joy they are bringing And for a while child, we have to smile smile 'Cause we are heading for a special thanksgiving (Smile, smile) at progress that we have made (Child, child) (Smile, smile) what change that makes you (Child, child) I believe we're heading for a nation who won't use discrimination to upset the balance of things And so I take you to a brother whose a brother of another he's sure to straighten up things Come on and smile, smile It's a year of the child, child To be thankful for the joy they are bringing And for a while child, we have to smile smile 'Cause we are heading for a special thanksgiving Come on and smile, smile It's a year of the child, child To be thankful for the joy they are bringing And for a while child, we have to smile smile 'Cause we are heading for a special thanksgiving (Smile, smile) out of many we are one While we breathe we home (thankful for the joy that you're bringing) And where we are citizens of doubt, and those who tell us that we can't (child, child) We will respond with that timeless breath that sums up The spirit of the people (heading for a special thanksgiving) Yes we can (Smile, smile) (Child, child) (Smile, smile) (Child, child) Come on and smile, smile It's a year of the child, child To be thankful for the joy they are bringing (so tonight let us ask us) And for a while child, we have to smile smile 'Cause we are heading for a special thanksgiving (what progress are we gunna make) Come on and smile, smile It's a year of the child, child To be thankful for the joy they are bringing And for a while child, we have to smile smile 'Cause we are heading for a special thanksgiving Come on and smile, smile It's a year of the child, child To be thankful for the joy they are bringing And for a while child, we have to smile smile 'Cause we are heading for a special thanksgiving (thanksgiving) What if we said to (smile, smile) our children's children That what we were testing (child, child) we refused for what is done yet That we did not turn back, nor did we fall too (smile, smile) And with eyes fixed on the horizon, and God's grace upon us (child, child) we carry forth that great gift of freedom And deliver it safely to future generation