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Written and sung by Roland Orzabal and released in November 1981, it was the band’s first release, recorded in Bath, England shortly after the break-up of Orzabal and Curt Smith’s previous band Graduate. The song would eventually be re-recorded for inclusion on Tears for Fears' debut LP The Hurting...
[Verse 1: Roland Orzabal]
It's a sad affair
When there's no one there
He calls out in the night
And it's so unfair
At least it seems that way
When you gave him his life
[Chorus: Roland Orzabal]
And all this time it's been getting you down
You ought to pick him up when there's no one around
And convince him, oh, just talk to him
Cause he knows in his heart you won't be home soon
He's an only child in an only room
And he's dependant on you
And he's dependant on you
[Verse 2: Roland Orzabal]
And it seems so strange
That at the end of the day
Making love can be so good
But the pain of birth
What is it worth
When it don't turn out the way it should?
[Chorus: Roland Orzabal]
And all this time it's been getting you down
You ought to pick him up when there's no one around
And convince him, oh, just talk to him
Cause he knows in his heart you won't be home soon
He's an only child in an only room
And he's dependant on you
And he's dependant on you
[Interlude]
[Outro: Roland Orzabal, Caroline Orzabal]
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Suffer, suffer the children
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Suffer the Children was written by Roland Orzabal.
Suffer the Children was produced by Ross Cullum & Chris Hughes.
Tears for Fears released Suffer the Children on Tue Nov 19 1985.
“Suffer the Children” was the first song we did together when we left Graduate. It was our very first experimentation with sequencers and drum machines, with a guy called David Lord, who worked with Peter Gabriel and different people down in Bath. So that was actually the first song we did as Tears...