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 those children now? Where are those children now? I remember hellfire and brimstone be damned I remember trembling at the touch of your hand Crossing the desert to the California sand Where are those children now? Where are 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 those children now? Where are 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 those children now? Where are those children now? Where are those children now?