The Kids Aren't Alright

When we were young the future was so bright

The old neighborhood was so alive

Every kid on the whole damn street

Was gonna make it big and not be mean

Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn

The kids are crowded but the lives are won

How can one little street

Swallow so many lives

Chances thrown

Nothing's free

Longing for

Years to be

Still ain't time

To be free

Still ain't hard, hard to see

Fragile lives, shattered dreams

Jamie had a chance, well she really did

Still she dropped out and had a couple of kids

Marcel lives at home 'cause he's got no job

She's a bass guitarist, wants a lot of buy

Jake committed suicide

Brandon OD'd and died

What the hell is going on?

Cruelest dream reality

Chances grow

Nothing's free

Longing for

You're supreme

Still ain't far

Hard to see

Fragile lights

Shattered dreams

No

Chances grow

Nothing's free

Longing for years to be

Still it's hard, hard to see

Fragile lives, shattered dreams