Adam Again - Tree House lyrics

Some kids from the apartments Were out playing in a field When they came across a clubhouse in the sky But the big kids pulled the ladder up Once they got inside And the little kids below began to cry In the valley city families struggle to survive Minimum wage becomes their self esteem And the real estate developer Took over their hillside A thousand homes like only in their dreams One of these days We might understand The last will be first in the end And if we wait too long For them to come down to the rest of us There's gonna be a fire in the tree house Children ought to play together Someone throw the ladder down Small children and their mothers Brave the winter all alone They pray their sun will shine another day I know they call it the homeland But it must not feel like home Go on and hang your heads, Daddy's far away One of these days We might understand The last will be first in the end And if we wait too long For them to come down to the rest of us There's gonna be a fire in the tree house Children ought to play together Someone throw the ladder down Children ought to play together Someone throw the ladder down Must we beat our brothers down? Must we make our sisters frown? If we look into their eyes Surely we will recognize Our own true flesh and blood Our own flesh and blood Our own