The Kids Aren't Alright

When we were young our future was so bright Our old neighborhood was so alive And every kid On the whole damn street Was gonna make it Big and that would be Now the neighborhood's cracked And torn The kids are grown up but their Lives are worn How can one little street Blow So many lives? Chasing dreams, nothing's free. Longing for youth to be. Still in all I can see. Wrecked a life, chasing dreams, Hey. Shelly had a chance but she really didn't She Dropped out and had a couple of kids Mark's Home 'cause he's got no job Plays his guitar But it's a lot of fun Took a man Into suicide Brandy died of OD and died What The hell is going on Through this dream reality. Chasing dreams, Nothing's free. Longing for Youth to be. Still in all I can see. Wrecked a life, chasing dreams, Hey.