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When we were young the future was so bright (woh-oh)
                                     
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The old neighbourhood was so alive (woh-oh)
                                        
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And every kid on the whole damn street (woh-oh)
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Was gonna make it big and not be beat
                                     
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Now the neighbourhood's cracked and torn (woh-oh)
                                        
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The kids are grown up but their lives are worn (woh-oh)
                                        
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How can one little street swallow so many lives

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Chances thrown, nothing's free
         
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Longing for what used to be
            
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Still it's hard, hard to see
         
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Fragile lives, shattered dreams, wow

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Jamie had a chance, well she really did (woh-oh)
                                     
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Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids (woh-oh)
                                        
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Mark still lives at home 'cause he's got no job (woh-oh)
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Just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot
                         
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Jay comitted suicide (woh-oh) 
                      
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Brandon OD'd and died (woh-oh)
                                        
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What the hell is going on, the cruelest dream, reality

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F#
Chances thrown, nothing's free
         
C#
              
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Longing for what used to be
            
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F#
Still it's hard, hard to see
         
C#
              
G#
 
Fragile lives, shattered dreams, wow