Children Say Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Starquest 

Cover art for Children Say lyrics by Level 42

I think this song is about his feelings associated with NOT having children.

Anyone who has children can relate to some of these lyrics:

"it seems they traded the years for mere complications"

Oh yeah. Life is a lot more complicated when you have children. Nothing is easy anymore.

"they've felt it before when the man in their pocket counted the cost of their material gains"

Children are expensive. Very expensive.

"as one more day slips away, who ever thought we could be so lonely?"

Despite all his sound reasoning, is he regretting not having children?