The Kids Aren't Alright

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 bib and not be beat now the neighborhood is cracked and torn the kids are grown up but their lifes are worn how can one little street swallow so many lifes? chances thrown, nothing`s free longing for what used to be still it`s hard, hard to see fragile lifes, shattered dreams jamie had a chance, well she really did instead she dropped down and had a couple of kids mark still lives at homr cause he`s got no job he just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot