Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Okkervil River
Canonical path: /okkervil-river/missing-children
Related lyric paths: 6
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Missing Children
Read Missing Children lyrics by Okkervil River on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Missing Children
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Kids get lost
Lambs out wandering
Bigger, blacker, things go following
Then into a patch of forest
Somebody once planted for this
Songs not over, phone's still ringing
Eyes still rolling, eyes still clinging,
Something in the air starts singing.
Radio's switched on and buzzing,
Something in the wind starts humming.
Something in the field starts haunting,
Kids grow up and kids get numb and
Kids it's coming, kid's it's going to come.
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Okkervil River performs "Missing Children", and this lyric page sits inside the Okkervil River catalog on LyroVerse.
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