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 1.  When we were young the future was so bright. 
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       The old neighborhood was so alive, 
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       And ev'ry kid on the whole damn street 
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       Was gonna make it big in ev'ry beat. 
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       Now the neighborhood cracked and torn. 
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       The kids are grown up but their lives are worn. 
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       How can one little street swallow so many lives? 
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              Chances burned,  nothing's free 
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               Longing for used to be.    
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               Still it's hard, hard to see  
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               Fragile lives, shattered dreams.  

          2. Jenny 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 lot of pot 

              Jay committed suicide 

               Brandon OD'd and died 

               What the hell is going on? 

              The cruellest dream - reality 
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              Chances burned,  nothing's free 
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               Longing for used to be.    
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               Still it's hard, hard to see  
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               Fragile lives, shattered dreams.  
                  Bridge, then repeat Chorus.