Where have all the children gone?   How long must the search go on?   See them on the milk carton   Someone stole their only son   Abducted from their place of play   It seems to happen every day   Almost like it's done for pay   But who to know and who's to say?      Posted in the corner store   Two missing children, maybe more   Their age, their height, the clothes they wore   And just what the witness saw   Most of them are never found   Although a few will come around   In garbage or the river drowned   Simetimes six feet underground      Abduction!      Abductors must be really sick   Something in their heads went click   A message from some late night flick   Or even some backwoods red neck hick   The schools are going on patrol   'Cause now the thief is on a roll   Their adding up and taking toll   Abductor must not have a soul      Where have all the children gone?   How long must the search go on?   See them on the milk carton   Someone stole someone's son   Abducted from their place of play?   Are they sold into slavery?   Some say they just ran away   But who's to know and who's to say?