The Kids Aren't Alright

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 1.  When we were young the future was so bright.
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       The old neighborhood was so alive,
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       And ev'ry kid on the whole damn street
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       Was gonna make it big in ev'ry beat.
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       Now the neighborhood cracked and torn.
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       The kids are grown up but their lives are worn.
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       How can one little street swallow so many lives?
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              Chances burned,  nothing's free
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               Longing for used to be.
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               Still it's hard, hard to see
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               Fragile lives, shattered dreams.
          2. 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
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              Chances burned,  nothing's free
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               Longing for used to be.
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               Still it's hard, hard to see
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               Fragile lives, shattered dreams.
                  Bridge, then repeat Chorus.

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