When we were young our 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 our 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 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 down 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
    James committed suicide
  Brandon OD:d and died
  What the hell is going on?!
  The cruelest dream, reality
    Chances thrown
  Nothing's free
  Longing for used to be
  Still it's hard
  Hard to see
  Fragile lives, shattered dreams
    Chances thrown
  Nothing's free
  Longing for used to be
  Still it's hard
  Hard to see
  Fragile lives, shattered dreams