This is the instrumental version. I "borrowed" the photo from UNHCR official website.
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Lyrics
Where Are The Children
Her little hands all dirty from searching for scraps
In another time and place she'd be better off perhaps
But for now this is her home the only one she's known
Where nothing ever grows though many seeds are sown
He works from dawn to dusk for someone else's gain
Just a little lad so timid who smiles through all the pain
No schoolyard games for him no running playing ball
There's nothing but work for him no nothing at all
(Chorus)
Oh where are the children their childhood memories
Are they lost to the fighting, famine and disease
Their little lives forsaken all because of greed
So many words are spoken but they are weak in deed
Together hand in hand they walk down dusty roads
On their backs and in their hearts they carry heavy loads
This little boy and girl just maybe seven or eight
Searching for a better life before it get too late
(Chorus)
Oh where are the children their childhood memories
Are they lost to the fighting, famine and disease
Their little lives forsaken all because of greed
So many words are spoken but they are weak in deed
(Bridge)
Words without actions dreams without hope
In a world that struggles its so hard to cope
With so many lands divided peoples set apart
No lessons is ever learned from a broken heart
(Chorus)
Oh where are the children their childhood memories
Are they lost to the fighting, famine and disease
Their little lives forsaken all because of greed
So many words are spoken but they are weak in deed
c Buddy Sutton