D          D/C              D/B 
We are not helpless, we are men 
D/Bb        G        G/F#           Em       A 
What lies between us it can be set aside and ended 
D    D/C           D/B            D/Bb 
Ev'ryday we learn more how to hate 
         G        G/F#            Em        A  
Shut the door and then we tell ourselves we can't relate 
D    D/C             D/B          D/Bb 
Only to the ones who are the same 
          G        G/F#              Em              A 
Yet even they are diff'rent and ever so they shall remain 
        G                  Bm 
All are strangers, all are friends 
        G 
All are brothers  
 
Open up, my friend, and learn to hear 
For even lying when it has nothing you should fear 
If you cannot let yourself be known 
By anyone then you are hiding and not whole 
All are strangers, all are friends 
All are brothers,  
  
We, your children, we would ask you all 
Please do not hide your eyes and listen when we call 
We will whisper, shout or make a scene 
We are the answer for we can live the peace we dream 
All are strangers, all are friends 
All are brothers, oh yeah, oh yeah 
 
D              Dsus4  (troughout this verse) 
Yes, America's children 
Are askin' ev'rybody some questions about how it is 
Yes, America's children 
Are makin' it hard to look them in the eyes 
America's children 
Are makin' it hard to live lies, you know, whoa, it is 
And America's children 
               D7  
Yes, and it's right on, children of the earth, and it's right on 
Children of the earth, and it's right on 
Children of the earth and it's right on, right on, yeah 
 
This is what has made our nation free 
For life is change and only blind men cannot see 
The new order is upon us now 
It is the children they have the wisdom to be free 
All are strangers, all are friends 
All are brothers  
 
 
 
by: José Duarte 
jtduarte1@netcabo.pt