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The Kids Aren't Alright by The Offspring

When we were young the (1)____________ was so bright
(Whao)
The old neighborhood was so alive
(Whao)
And every kid on the (2)__________ damn street
(Whao)
Was gonna (3)________ it big and not be beat
Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn
(Whao)
The kids are (4)__________ up but their lives are worn
(Whao)
How can one little street
Swallow so (5)________ lives?
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longin' for what used to be
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives, (6)__________________ dreams

Jamie had a chance, well she really did
(Whao)
Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids
(Whao)
Mark (7)__________ lives at home 'cause he's got no job
(Whao)
He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot
Jay committed suicide
(Whao)
Brandon OD'd and died
(Whao)
What the (8)________ is going on?
The cruelest dream, reality
Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longin' for what used to be
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives, (9)__________________ dreams

Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longin' for what used to be
Still it's hard
Hard to see
Fragile lives, shattered dreams

Answers:
(1) future(2) whole(3) make(4) grown(5) many(6) shattered(7) still(8) hell(9) shattered