I carried you in my arms
Through the hotel to our room
The night was filled with music

Those old historic tunes
Songs of revolution
Filled our hearts and fed our souls

As the fireworks exploded
Like those cannons long ago


See the kids in the candlelight
Spirits on the mend
Every golden child tonight

Just changes on the wind
See the kids in the candlelight
See 'em shining bright

Innocence beyond the fight
See the kids in the candlelight


Five hundred wooden saints below
The color's cracked and dry
You said their stories should be told

Did they suffer when they died?
Give us your tradition
Give us hope and send us home

We'll be the cracked bells tolling
The voice of dust and bones


See the kids in the candlelight
Spirits on the mend
Every golden child tonight

Just changes on the wind
See the kids in the candlelight
See 'em shining bright

Innocence beyond the fight
See the kids in the candlelight


The pillow that you dream on
Lies rolled up on the floor
You tossed it at the TV screen

At the drug lord and his war
Thinking of the courtyard
Forced a tear from your eyes

The white shirts in the moonlight
The warm forgiving smiles


See the kids in the candlelight
Spirits on the mend
Every golden child tonight

Just changes on the wind
See the kids in the candlelight
See 'em shining bright

Innocence beyond the fight
See the kids in the candlelight


Yea, yea, yea
Yea, yea, yea