When we were young the future was so bright   The old neighborhood was so alive   And every kid on the whole damn street   Was going to 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 because he's got no job   He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot      Jay committed suicide   Brandon O.D.'d and died   What the hell is going on?   The 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