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