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
Children of rock 'n' roll
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 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?

Children of rock 'n' roll
Raised on rock 'n' roll
We played Elysian Park
Until the night was dark,
Children of rock 'n' roll
We travelled 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