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Children Of The 80S - Lyrics by Joan Baez


Lyrics
We're the children of the eighties haven't we grown
We're tender as a Lotus and we're tougher than a stone.
And the age of our innocence is somewhere in the garden.
We like the music of the sixties
It's The Rolling Stones
The Beatles and The Doors.
Flower children
Woodstock and the war.
Ahbut it's getting harder to deceive us.
And we don't care if Dylan's gone to Jesus
Jimmy Hendrix is playing on.
We know Janis Joplin was the Roseahbut all the stuff she put in her arm.
We are not alone.
We're the children of the eighties haven't we grown. . .
Some of us are the sisters and the brothers
We take a leatherjacket and a single golden earring.
Hang out at Discos
Rock showslose our hearing
Take uppersdownersblues and reds and yellows.
Our brains are turning to jello
We are looking forward to the days when we live inside of a purple haze.
And the salvation of the soul is Rock and Roll
We are the children of the eighties haven't we grown. . .
Recently have you looked in our eyes
Maybe with your conscience in disguise.
We're well informed and we are wiseplease stop telling us lies.
We know Afganistan's invaded and we know El Salvador's dictated
Ahbut our lives have just begunwe are the warriers of the sun.
We're the golden boys and the golden girls
For a better world.
We are the children of the eighties haven't we grown. . .

Book: Shattered Sighs