The children are our future,
to whom we need to teach
good morals and good values,
good principles we must preach.
It was his fifth birthday,
his mom asked what he'd like,
his face lit up with joy,
"I want a brand new bike!"
She always did her best
to make sure she raised him right,
and she thought that she'd taught him
not to give up without a fight.
He loved his cool new bike,
he'd ride it from dusk till dawn,
but without his training wheels,
his fun would not last long.
His first time out on just two wheels,
he takes a nasty fall,
so maybe he doesn't love that bike,
as much as he thought after all.
So he starts a vicious circle,
that is just to be repeated,
it's the first time he gives up,
the first time he's defeated.
The things we learn when we're young
stay with us for all time,
if we start giving up when we are kids,
we will for all our lives.
That little boy soon
grew to be a young man,
respectful and polite
by his mother's helping hand.
A strong appearance
can hide weakness locked inside,
he could never conquer school,
no matter how hard he tried.
So he did what he's done
every time before,
he just gave up,
trying no more.
As a child his mother let him
give up when things got tough,
so now he just gives up
every time the road gets rough.
A quitter never wins
and a winner never quits,
but he found the perfect girl
to heal his broken spirit.
He is everything she wants
she is all he'll ever need,
three long years later,
she has to move, she's got to leave.
When love's stretched to the limits,
when the distance is far and wide,
he surrenders to the weakness
that he thought he'd locked inside.
So she calls him on the phone
and she asks if this is it.
"Is this the end? You'll give up now?
Are you saying you'll just quit?"
She now stands in last place
when he use to put her first,
she knows that if he'd just try,
that they could make it work.
But what we learn when we are young
we live by as we age,
and now he's given up again
like he's done so many days.
Always get back up,
even if it's just to fall again,
because if you are persistant,
you will always win.
Teach your children every day
not to give up easily,
life may make things tough
but things worth having don't come free.
So when you fall
get right back up,
because you could never
try enough.
 
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