Lyrics:

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