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The Kids Aren't Alright

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The Kids Aren't Alright

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Track 9

3:00

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"The Kids Aren't Alright" is a track by The Offspring, from the album Greatest Hits. The track is 3:00 long. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 2 articles about The Offspring.

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Lyrics

The Kids Aren't Alright

When we were young, the future was so bright
Woah-oh
The old neighborhood was so alive
Woah-oh
And every kid on the whole damn street
Woah-oh
Was gonna make it big and not be beat

Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn
Woah-oh
The kids are grown up, but their lives are worn
Woah-oh
How can one little street swallow so many lives?

Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for, used to be
Still it's hard, hard to see
Fragile lives
Shattered dreams (go!)

Jamie had a chance, well, she really did
Woah-oh
Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids
Woah-oh
Mark still lives at home 'cause he's got no job
Woah-oh
He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot

Jay commited suicide
Woah-oh
Brandon OD'd and died
Woah-oh
What the hell is going on?
The cruelest dream, reality

Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for, used to be
Still it's hard, hard to see
Fragile lives
Shattered dreams (Go!)

Chances thrown
Nothing's free
Longing for (what), used to be
Still it's hard, hard to see
Fragile lives
Shattered dreams

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3:00

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9

1Can't Repeat
3:27
5All I Want
1:53
6Gone Away
4:28
7Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)
3:08
8Why Don't You Get a Job
2:49
9The Kids Aren't Alright
3:00
10Original Prankster (feat. Redman)
3:41
11Want You Bad
3:22
12Defy You
3:48
13Hit That
2:48
14(Can't Get My) Head Around You
2:15
15The Kids Aren't Alright (Full Mix) [The Wiseguys Remix]
4:58
16Next to You
2:40
—Hit That
2:48
—Self Esteem
4:18

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