"Children Of The Night" Steppenwolf
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Some of us are
rock and roll stars
Chasin' the flash and travel
Most of us wear
The right length of hair
But that's all that is left
Of the dream
Oh the dream
It was born
in the summer of love
And it died with the Woodstock nation
But what has it left
For the carpenter's son
And the new coming generation?
Oh we all believed
we knew the way
But fate did not agree
Now we're tired of asking
who we are
And what we ought to be
(Children of night)
Children of the night
(Children of night)
Howlin' at the gate
(Children of night)
Here to claim forgotten dreams
Too late,
too late,
too late
(Children of night)
Orphans of the darkness
(Children of night)
Waiting to belong
(Children of night)
Been listening to
the same old story
Too long
to care,
too long
Barely thirteen,
hard and they're mean
Hunting in packs like jackals
They prey on the meek
The old and the weak
Like a scourge on the face of the earth
All around our town
They're fighting with guns
And building their homemade bazookas
And ten year old Jimmy
Got arrested in school
They found a tank in his locker
Oh we all believed
we held the key
To peaceful harmony
But the times have changed
The way we feel
And we fear our destiny
(Children of night)
Children of the night
(Children of night)
Howlin' at the gate
(Children of night)
Here to claim forgotten dreams
Too late,
too late,
too late
Sure must be fun
To watch a president run
Just ask the man who owns one
Why up on the hill
They're killing the bill
That would pay for his capitol crime
But cardinal sin
He blessed him and said
I know that you're rotten
Down to the core
But nobody else
can do it so well
That's why I'm behind you
For three years more
Oh they all believed
They found the one
Who'd lead them to the light
But the tides will turn
Against the fool
Who'd believe that wrong is right
(Children of night)
Children of the night
(Children of night)
Howlin' at the gate
(Children of night)
Here to claim forgotten dreams
Too late,
too late,
too late
(Children of night)
Orphans of the darkness
(Children of night)
Waiting to belong
(Children of night)
Been listening to
the same old story
Too long
to care,
too long.
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Some of us are
rock and roll stars
Chasin' the flash and travel
Most of us wear
The right length of hair
But that's all that is left
Of the dream
Oh the dream
It was born
in the summer of love
And it died with the Woodstock nation
But what has it left
For the carpenter's son
And the new coming generation?
Oh we all believed
we knew the way
But fate did not agree
Now we're tired of asking
who we are
And what we ought to be
(Children of night)
Children of the night
(Children of night)
Howlin' at the gate
(Children of night)
Here to claim forgotten dreams
Too late,
too late,
too late
(Children of night)
Orphans of the darkness
(Children of night)
Waiting to belong
(Children of night)
Been listening to
the same old story
Too long
to care,
too long
Barely thirteen,
hard and they're mean
Hunting in packs like jackals
They prey on the meek
The old and the weak
Like a scourge on the face of the earth
All around our town
They're fighting with guns
And building their homemade bazookas
And ten year old Jimmy
Got arrested in school
They found a tank in his locker
Oh we all believed
we held the key
To peaceful harmony
But the times have changed
The way we feel
And we fear our destiny
(Children of night)
Children of the night
(Children of night)
Howlin' at the gate
(Children of night)
Here to claim forgotten dreams
Too late,
too late,
too late
Sure must be fun
To watch a president run
Just ask the man who owns one
Why up on the hill
They're killing the bill
That would pay for his capitol crime
But cardinal sin
He blessed him and said
I know that you're rotten
Down to the core
But nobody else
can do it so well
That's why I'm behind you
For three years more
Oh they all believed
They found the one
Who'd lead them to the light
But the tides will turn
Against the fool
Who'd believe that wrong is right
(Children of night)
Children of the night
(Children of night)
Howlin' at the gate
(Children of night)
Here to claim forgotten dreams
Too late,
too late,
too late
(Children of night)
Orphans of the darkness
(Children of night)
Waiting to belong
(Children of night)
Been listening to
the same old story
Too long
to care,
too long.
