CHILDREN OF THE 80'S 
(Words and Music by Joan Baez)

We're the children of the 80's, haven't we grown 
We're tender as a lotus and we're tougher than stone 
And the age of our innocence is somewhere in the garden

We like the music of the 60's 
We think that era must have been nifty 
Flower children, Woodstock and the War 
Dirty scandals, cover-ups and more 
Oh, but it's getting harder to deceive us 
We don't care if Dylan's gone to Jesus 
Jimi Hendrix is playing o 
We know Janis Joplin was the rose 
And we also know that that's the way it goes 
With all the stuff that she put in her arm 
Don't be alarmed

We are the children of the 80's, haven't we grown 
We're tender as a lotus and we're tougher than stone 
And the age of our innocence is somewhere in the garden

Some of us are the sisters and the brothers 
Who prefer the nighttime for our cover 
leather jacket and a single golden earring 
Hang out at discos, rock shows, lose our hearing 
Put tattoos all up and down our thighs 
Do anything our parents would despise 
Take uppers, downers, blues and reds and yellows 
Our brains are turning to Jello 
We think that life is overrated 
Loneliness was underestimated 
We are looking forward to the days 
When we live inside of a purple haze 
Where the salvation of the soul is rock and roll

We are the children of the 80's, haven't we grown 
We're tender as a lotus and we're tougher than stone 
And the age of our innocence is somewhere in the garden

Some of us may offer a surprise 
Recently have you looked in our eyes 
Maybe we're your conscience in disguise 
We're well informed and we are wise 
Please stop telling us lies 
We know Afghanistan's invaded 
We know Bolivia's dictated 
We know America's inflated 
And although we do not move in masses 
We have lit our candles from your ashes 
We are the warriors of the sun 
The golden boys and the golden girls 
For a better world

We are the children of the 80's, haven't we grown 
We're tender as a lotus and we're tougher than stone 
And the age of our innocence is somewhere, somewhere in the garden

© 1981 Gabriel Earl Music (ASCAP)