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Pat Benatar – Hell Is for Children (1980) | Track profile | Dork

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Pat Benatar
Crimes of Passion
Hell Is for Children

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Hell Is for Children

Release date: 5th May 1980

From Crimes of Passion

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About This Track

"Hell Is for Children" is a track by Pat Benatar, from the album Crimes of Passion, released 5th May 1980. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

Hell Is for Children

[Verse 1]

They cry in the dark, so you can't see their tears

They hide in the light, so you can't see their fears

Forgive and forget, all the while

Love and pain become one and the same

In the eyes of a wounded child

[Chorus]

Because hell, hell is for children

And you know that their little lives can become such a mess

Hell, hell is for children

And you shouldn't have to pay for your love with your bones and your flesh

[Verse 2]

It's all so confusing, this brutal abusing

They blacken your eyes, and then 'pologize

Be daddy's good girl, and don't tell mommy a thing

Be a good little boy, and you'll get a new toy

Tell grandma you fell off the swing

[Chorus]

Because hell, hell is for children

And you know that their little lives can become such a mess

Hell, hell is for children

And you shouldn't have to pay for your love with your bones and your flesh

No, hell is for children

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]

Hell, hell is for hell

Hell is for hell

Hell is for children

Hell, hell is for hell

Hell is for hell

Hell is for children

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]

Hell, hell is for hell

Hell is for hell

Hell is for children

Hell is for children

Hell is for children

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Track details

From Crimes of Passion

1980

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Album

Crimes of Passion

Release year

1980

—Never Wanna Leave You
—I'm Gonna Follow You
—Hell Is for Children
—Wuthering Heights
—Wuthering Heights
4:29
—Out-a-Touch
—Prisoner of Love
—Little Paradise
—Hit Me With Your Best Shot
2:51

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Neil Giraldo, Pat Benatar, Roger Capps
Producer: Keith Olsen
Engineer: Chris Minto, Keith Olsen
Bass: Roger Capps
Drums: Myron Grombacher
Guitar: Neil Giraldo, Scott St. Clair Sheets
Keyboards: Neil Giraldo
Vocals: Pat Benatar
Mastering Engineer: Greg Fulginiti, Jo Hansch