When I was younger,
much younger than now
I thought I could change the world
I thought I could help all the people who
suffered I'd help the world get well
So I saved up my pennies and gave them to teacher,
to send to the children out there,
Those children who suffered from
hunger and disease
Those children with no one to care
And do some of those children have
children of their own?
Children of children full grown
When I was younger,
much younger than now
I thought I could change your mind
I thought with a song that was truth
without question
Problems would fade and die
So I sang about love and I
sang about freedom
And children who die for a word
And I was not alone,
there were many more sick
So many the world
must have heard
Still chil dren go hungry
with com fort unknown
The children of children
fooled and wronged
Children of nights well -meant
Children of love long spent
Children of tears unwept
Children of joy
Children of sorrow
Children our hope for tomorrow
And children go hungry with
comfort unknown
Children are children for the young
When I was younger, much younger than now,
I truly believed in our time.
The flowers, the captains,
the beads and the bells,
The peace and the love
we would find
We thought we were different,
we thought we were new
How they must have laughed
in their graves
They knew we'd grow tired,
they knew we'd grow bored
They knew we'd grow up
as they say
Children grow hungry with
comfort and love
Children of children full grown
Children of night's willment
Children of love long spent
Children of tears unwet
Children of joy
Children of sorrow
Children our hope
For tomorrow