When we were young, the future was so (1)______
The old (2)____________ was so alive
And every kid on the whole (3)____ street
Was gonna make it big and not be (4)____
Now the neighborhood's cracked and (5)____
The kids are (6)_____ up, but their lives are worn
How can one (7)______ street
Swallow so many lives
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for what used to be
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives, (8)_________ dreams
Jamie had a (9)______ , well she really did
Instead she (10)_______ out and had a couple of kids
Mark still lives at home, 'cause he's got no (11)___
He just plays (12)______ and smokes a lot of pot
O.J. committed (13)_______
Brandon od'd and (14)____
What the hell is going on?
The (15)________ dream, reality
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for what used to be
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives, shattered dreams
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for what used to be
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives, shattered dreams