Steppenwolf - Children Of The Night Lyrics
Words and music by John KaySome of us are Rock n' Roll starsChasing the flash and travelMost of us wear the right length of hairBut that's all that is left of the dreamOh, the dream it was born in the summer of loveAnd it died with the Woodstock NationBut what has it left for the carpenter's sonAnd the new coming generation?Oh, we all believed we knew the wayBut fate did not agreeNow we've tired of asking who we areAnd what we ought to beChildren of the night howling at the gateHere to claim forgotten dreamsToo late, too lateOrphans of the darknessWaiting to belongBeen list'ning to the same old storyToo long to care, too longBarely thirteenhard and they're meanHunting in packslike jackalsThey prey on the meek, the old and the weakLike a scourge on the face of the earthAll around our townThey're fighting with gunsAnd building their homemade bazookasAnd ten year old Jimmy got arrested in schoolThey found a tank in his lockerOh, we all believed we held the keyTo peaceful harmonyBut the times have changed the way we feelAnd we fear our destinySure must be fun to watch a president runJust ask the man who owns oneWhy, up on the hill, they're killing the billThat would pay for his capitol crimeBut cardinal sin- he blessed him and said"I know that you're rotten down to the coreBut nobody else can do it so wellThat's why I'm behind you for three years more"Oh, they all believed they'd found the oneWho'd lead them to the lightBut the tides will turn against the foolWho'd believe that wrong it right 1974 Black Leather Music, Inc. (BMI)
