You have to know where you're going
Before you say goodbye
You have to know what you're asking
Before you ask why
And I think to myself, wonderful way
My world revolves just a different way
And I think for a while reflecting a smile
If changes are coming, I gotta say
You have to know where you're going
Before you say goodbye
You have to know what you're asking
Before you ask why
Love, love
Children of rock 'n' roll
Love, love
Raised on rock 'n' roll
I remember all the words of
Love that we sang out of tune
Waving goodbye to a generation
As we danced by the light of the moon
I remember oh so clear how the world
Looked from Blueberry Hill
When you sang all the songs
On a six-string guitar
And it made you a rock 'n' roll star
You have to know where you're going
Before you say goodbye
You have to know what you're asking
Before you ask why?
You have to know where you're going
Before you say goodbye
You have to know what you're asking
Before you ask why
Children of rock 'n' roll
Raised on rock 'n' roll
Children of rock 'n' roll
We played Elysian Park
Until the night was dark
Children of rock 'n' roll
We traveled eight miles high
We never saw the sky
Children of rock 'n' roll
We had a beautiful day
When an island gave way
To the children of rock 'n' roll
And in the Garden of Dreams
We found out what it means
To be the children of rock 'n' roll
Raised on rock 'n' roll
Raised on rockin', raised on rockin'
Raised on rockin' ways
Raised on rockin', raised on rockin'
Raised in rockin' days
Raised on rockin', raised on rockin'
Raised on rockin' ways
Raised on rockin', raised on rockin'
Raised in rockin' days