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D♭
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200
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Alternative rockPop rock
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Release year
1998
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Loading the chords for 'The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright (Official Music Video)'.
When we were young, the future was so bright (whoa)The old neighborhood was so alive (whoa)And every kid on the whole damn street (whoa)Was gonna make it big and not be beatNow the neighborhood's cracked and torn (whoa)The kids are grown up but their lives are worn (whoa)How can one little street swallow so many lives?Chances thrown, nothing's freeLonging for what used to beStill it's hard, hard to seeFragile lives, shattered dreams, goJamie had a chance, well, she really did (whoa)Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids (whoa)Mark still lives at home 'cause he's got no job (whoa)Just plays guitar and smokes a lot of potJay committed suicide (whoa)Brandon OD'd and died (whoa)What the hell is going on?The cruelest dream, realityChances thrown, nothing's freeLonging for what used to beStill it's hard, hard to seeFragile lives, shattered dreams, goChances thrown, nothing's freeLonging for what used to beStill it's hard, hard to seeFragile lives, shattered dreamsLyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind | By: Bryan Keith Holland | Lyrics © ROUND HILL CARLIN, LLC
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Verse

When we were young, the future was so bright (whoa)
The old neighborhood was so alive (whoa)
And every kid on the whole damn street (whoa)
Was gonna make it big and not be beat
Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn (whoa)
The kids are grown up but their lives are worn (whoa)
How can one little street swallow so many lives?
Chances thrown, nothing's free

Chorus

Longing for what used to be
Still it's hard, hard to see
Fragile lives, shattered dreams, go

Instrumental

Verse

Jamie had a chance, well, she really did (whoa)
Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids (whoa)
Mark still lives at home 'cause he's got no job (whoa)
Just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot
Jay committed suicide (whoa)
Brandon OD'd and died (whoa)
What the hell is going on?
The cruelest dream, reality
Chances thrown, nothing's free

Chorus

Longing for what used to be
Still it's hard, hard to see
Fragile lives, shattered dreams, go

Instrumental

Chances thrown, nothing's free

Chorus

Longing for what used to be
Still it's hard, hard to see
Fragile lives, shattered dreams

By: Bryan Keith Holland · Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind · Lyrics © ROUND HILL CARLIN, LLC
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