Suffer the children, let them come to me Suffer the children, may they all, may we always be as children Ooh, children And the tie you wear is choking you You seem sewn within your suit You've buttoned down your fantasies And tailor-made your truth Yet... you daydream Suffer the children, let them come to me Suffer the children, may they all, may we always be as children Ooh, children And the girl within the woman Wanted flowers in her hair To be pretty as the petals But the woman wouldn't dare Be happy