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