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