Children

I remember walking with holes in our shoes
I remember we weren't the kind to make an excuse
I remember thinking we would break all the rules

Where are all those children now
Where are all those children now

I remember hellfire and brimstone, bedamned
I remember trembling at the touch of your hand
Crossing the desert to the California sand

Where are all those children now
Where are all those children now

I remember angels who lent us their wings
Cigarettes and paperback poetry kings
Kicking up dust like we didn't need a thing

Where are all those children now
Where are all those children now

Now the curtain calls and fails to fill me
I wander down the halls that used to thrill me

I remember singing San Francisco Bay Blues
I remember being happy just paying our dues
I remember thinking we had nothing to lose

Where are all those children now
Where are all those children now
Where are all those children now