A Song

When we were young

the future was so bright

The old neighborhood was so alive

And every kid on the whole damn street

Was gonna make it big in every 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 Used to be

Still it's hardHard to see

Fragile lives shattered dreams

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

Chances thrown

Nothing's free

Longing for what used to be

Still it's hardHard to see

Fragile lives Shattered dreams

Vocabulary

· Cracked: messed up; wack; not right
· Torn: meaning extremley ugly
· Swallow: to accept without opposition
· Shattered: To damage seriously; disable:
· Pot: a container of earthenware, metal, etc., usually round and deep and having a handle or handles and often a lid, used for cooking, serving, and other purposes.