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| The Kids Aren't Alright |
Performed By: The Offspring
From the album: "Americana" (1998)
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 and not be 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
What used to be
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives
Shattered dreams
Jamie 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 lotta pot
Jay committed suicide
Brandon O.D.'ed and died
What the hell is going on
Cruelest 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
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Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)
Why Don't You Get A Job?
Original Prankster
Want You Bad
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