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
A 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