Train up the children
in the way they should go
Show them the lessons
of the heart
Teach them the truth
That they most need to know
And when they are old
they won't depart
A prodigal son
I thought I could run
from the truth
I wandered away
I squandered the days
of my youth
But when I had come
to the end of myself
I found I was left all alone
The light of the truth
I had known
led me back home
So train up the children
in the way they should go
Show them the lessons
of the heart
Teach them the truth
That they most need to know
And when they are old
they won't depart
Sometimes we feel
our children don't hear
what we say
Now it's their turn
What did they learn
from our ways
And if we were careful
to teach them his word
To water the seeds
we have sown
The light of the truth
we have shown
Will lead them back home
So train up the children
in the way they should go
Show them the lessons
of the heart
Teach them the truth
That they most need to know
And when they are old
they won't depart
Faith weaves the truth
into the fabric of youth
like the threads
of a tapestry
And our children become
what they see
when they're young
'Cause our faith
runs in the family
So train up the children
in the way they should go
Show them the lessons
of the heart
Teach them the truth
That they most need to know
And when they are old
they won't depart
Train up the children
in the way they should go
Show them the lessons
of the heart
Teach them the truth
That they most need to know
And when they are old
they won't depart
And when they are old
they won't depart
And when they are old
they won't depart