The Kids Aren't Alright

When we were young our future was so bright (whoa

oh!)

The old neighborhood was so alive (whoa

oh!)

And every kid on the whole damn street (whoa

oh!)

Was gonna make it big and not be beat

Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn (whoa

oh!)

The kids are grown up but their lives are worn (whoa

oh!)

How can one little street

Swallow so many lives?

Chances thrown

nothing's free

Longing for used to be

Still it's hard

hard to see

Fragile lives

shattered dreams

(Whoa!)

Jamie had a chance

well she really did (whoa

oh!)

Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids (whoa

oh!)

Mark still lives at home 'cause he's got no job (whoa

oh!)

He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot

Jay committed suicide (whoa

oh!)

Brandon OD'd and died (whoa

oh!)

What the hell is going on?

The cruelest dream

reality

Chances thrown

nothing's free

Longing for used to be

Still it's hard

hard to see

Fragile lives

shattered dreams

Chances thrown

nothing's free

Longing for used to be

Still it's hard

hard to see

Fragile lives

shattered dreams