see them running through the trees

their feet like sails in the breeze

and now that spring has just begun

at last their fears can be outrun

as it goes, they are on their own

they are the children of the sun

 

they have marks upon their knees

the cost of nature’s toughest fees

the evening sky begins its show

telling you it’s time to go

and give you all that you need to know

about the children of the sun

 

year after year they cross these fields

to see what the other side will reveal

golden rays will fade and the darkness falls in time

oaks and pines and firs guide their way through moonlit skies

 

the moon she laughs 

as they have their fun

she knows well

they are the children of the sun

 

among the thicket you will find

you’ve spent your whole life nearly blind

they’ll teach the ways of the sun

and all you thought you knew comes undone

shining light across the land

they are the children of the sun

 

telling folktales by fire

flowing swift as the river

things have never been clearer

in this land from which we grow

 

year after year they cross these fields

to see what the other side will reveal

golden rays will fade and the darkness falls in time

oaks and pines and firs guide their way through moonlit skies

 

year after year they cross these fields

to see what the other side will reveal

golden rays will fade and the darkness falls in time

oaks and pines and firs guide their way through moonlit skies

 

the moon she laughs 

as they have their fun

the sun he smiles 

as their day is done

the moon she laughs 

as they have their fun

she knows well

they are the children of the sun