For the Kids

[Verse 1]
There's a light, it's burnin' in your eyes tonight
You're doing more then killin' time
Did our dreams simply burn like kerosene?
Chasin' the ghosts of another life
I know you're gonna go away
Before you do I got somethin' to say

[Chorus]
If we could stay together for the kids
And a few more years
They might not end up like we did
Love has a way of losin' its shine over time
You were young and so was I
And we don't have to be happy
We don't have to bе happy

[Verse 2]
There's a voice of a littlе girl and a little boy
Is your freedom worth the price?
There's nothin' left to say
The heart tends to only want what causes it to break
And we both know this ain't right
So think about them before you go
'Cause I can't do this on my own

[Chorus]
If we could stay together for the kids
And a few more years
They might not end up like we did
Love has a way of losin' its shine over time
You were young and so was I
And we don't have to be happy
We don't have to be happy
We don't have to be happy

[Chorus]
If we could stay together for the kids
And a few more years
They might not end up like we did
I know love has a way of losin' its shine over time
You were young and so was I
If we could stay together for the kids
It'll be enough
This ain't about love and it ain't about us

[Outro]
And we don't have to be happy
We don't have to be happy
We don't have to be happy
We don't have to be happy
We don't have to be happy
We don't have to be happy
We don't have to be happy
We don't have to be happy
We don't have to be happy
We don't have to be happy
We don't have to be happy
We don't have to be happy
We don't have to be happy
Darlin' won't you come back home
We don't have to be happy
We don't have to be happy
We don't have to be happy
We don't have to be happy