The Kids Aren't Alright Lyric - The Offspring

When we were young the future was so bright
The old neighborhood was so alive
And every kid on the whole d*mn 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 cuz 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 h*ll is going on?
The cruelest dream reality!


                     Artist: The Offspring
                     Album: Americana