When we were young the future was so bright 当我们还年轻的未来是如此光明

The old neighborhood was so alive 老邻居们也这样活着

And every kid on the whole damn street 而在整个该死的街道每一个孩子

Was gonna make it big and not be beat 是要让它大而不可战胜

   

Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn 现在，附近的开裂和撕裂

The kids are grown up but their lives are worn 孩子们都长大了，但他们的生活被磨损

How can one little street 哪有一个小街道

Swallow so many lives 吞下这么多的生命

   

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Chances thrown 抛出机会

Nothing's free 没有什么是免费的

Longing for what used to be 向往曾经被认为是

Still it's hard 仍然很难

Hard to see 难得一见

Fragile lives, shattered dreams 脆弱的生命，破碎的梦

   

Jamie had a chance, well she really did 杰米有机会，她也真的做到了

Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids 相反，她退学了，有一对夫妇的孩子

Mark still lives at home cause he's got no job 马克还住在家里的事业他有没有工作

He just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot 他只是玩吉他，烟抽得很凶锅

   

Jay committed suicide 周杰伦自杀

Brandon OD'd and died 布兰登ODd而死

What the hell is going on 这到底是怎么回事

The cruelest dream, reality 最残酷的梦想，现实

   

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