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 in every 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 Used to be Still it's hard Hard to see Fragile lives shattered dreams
Jenny 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 cruellest dream - reality
Chances thrown Nothing's free Longing for what used to be Still it's hard Hard to see Fragile lives Shattered dreams
The Offspring - The Kids Aren`t Alright
The old neighborhood was so alive
And every kid on the whole damn street
Was gonna make it big in every 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
Used to be
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives
shattered dreams
Jenny 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 cruellest dream - reality
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for
what used to be
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives
Shattered dreams