Teach Your Children Well.

Lyrics: British and American musician, singer and songwriter Graham William Nash.
Vocals: Folk rock supergroup composed of the American singer-songwriters David Crosby (formerly of ‘The Byrds’) and Stephen Stills (formerly of ‘Buffalo Springfield’) and the English-American singer-songwriter Graham Nash (formerly of ‘The Hollies’) and Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, (formerly of ‘Buffalo Springfield’), collectively known as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

Released in 1970, “Teach Your Children” by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young is a warm, reflective song about the relationship between generations. Written by Graham Nash, it highlights how parents and children can learn from each other, encouraging understanding, guidance, and the passing on of better values for the future.

Teach Your Children Well.

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 picked 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.
And you of tender years,
Can’t know the fears that your elders grew by,
And so help them with your youth,
They seek the truth before they can die.
Teach your parents well,
Their children’s hell will slowly go by,
And feed them on your dreams,
The one they picked 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.