I remember walking with holes in our shoes   I remember we weren't the kind to make an excuse   I remember thinking we would break all the rules   Where are those children now? Where are those children now?      I remember hellfire and brimstone be damned   I remember trembling at the touch of your hand   Crossing the desert to the California sand   Where are those children now? Where are those children now?      I remember angels who lent us their wings   Cigarettes and paperback poetry kings   Kicking up dust like we didn't need a thing   Where are those children now? Where are those children now?      Now the curtain calls and fails to fill me   I wander down the halls that used to thrill me      I remember singing, "San Francisco Bay Blues"   I remember being happy just paying our dues   I remember thinking we had nothing to lose   Where are those children now? Where are those children now?   Where are those children now?