When we were young the
future was so bright
The old neighborhood was
so alive
And every kid on the whole
damn street
Was gonna make it big
and not be beat
Now the neighborhood's
cracked and torn
The kids are grown up
but their lives are worn
How can one little street
Swallow so many lives
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for what used
to be
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives, shattered
dreams
Jamie had a chance, well
she really did
Instead she dropped out
and had a couple of kids
Mark still lives at home
cause he's got no job
He just plays guitar and
smokes a lot of pot
Jay committed suicide
Brandon OD'd and died
What the hell is going
on
The cruelest dream, reality
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