The Kids Aren't Alright - The Offspring

When we were young the future was so bright The old neighborhood was so alive And every kid on the whole damn street Was gonna make it big and not be beat Now the neighborhood's cracked and torn The kids are grown up but their lives are worn How can one little street Swallow so many lives Chances thrown Nothing's free Longing for what used to be Still it's hard Hard to see Fragile lives, shattered dreams Jamie had a chance, well she really did Instead she dropped out and had a couple of kids Mark still lives at home cause he's got no job Just plays guitar and smokes a lot of pot Jay committed suicide Brandon OD'd and died What the hell is going on Cruelest dream, reality Chances thrown Nothing's free Longing for what used to be Still it's hard Hard to see Fragile lives, shattered dreams Chances thrown Nothing's free Longing for, used to be Still it's hard Hard to see Fragile lives, shattered dreams

I don't mind All the guys dancing with my girl Thats fine I know them all pretty well Chorus: But i know sometimes i must get out in the light Better leave her behind, where the kids are alright Sometimes I feel i gotta get away Bells chime I know i gotta get away Chrorus: And i know if i dont i'll go out of my mind Better leave her behind, where the kids are alright I know if i go things'l be alot better for her I had things planned but her folks wouldn't let her I don't mind All the guys dancing with my girl Thats fine I know them all pretty well Chorus: But i know sometimes i must get out of the light Better leave her behind, where the kids are alright Sometimes I feel i gotta get away Bells chime I know i gotta get away Chorus: And i know if i don't i'll go out of my mind Better leave her behind, where the kids are alright

You know the kids are alright You know the kids are alright I got the taste on my tongue And air in my lungs The kids are alright Oh darling, oh darling I'm skippin' school Hidin' from your mama but you ain't no fool Sailin' through your classes like an ocean cruise, oh yeah Oh heaven, oh heaven where did you go? Dancing to the rhythm of the radio Signal's getting weaker as I'm getting old, oh yeah You know the kids are alright You know the kids are alright I got the taste on my tongue And air in my lungs The kids are alright Oh my little heaven, yeah we can dream Shining out the memories for the silver screen Scattering around me like a colour scheme, oh yeah Oh mama, oh mama I'm up all night Sweating, yeah I'm climbing up the farenheits Coasting through the city like a satellite, oh yeah You know the kids are alright You know the kids are alright I got the taste on my tongue And air in my lungs The kids are alright Oh horror, oh horror what did you see? Monsters in the closet and they just won't leave Clogging up your arteries with memories, oh yeah The skeleton living inside your head Rattling and gasping, coming up for breath Maybe in your memory I'm still not dead, oh yeah You know the kids are alright You know the kids are alright I got the taste on my tongue And air in my lungs The kids are alright

We don't really care about the trends you like to follow You know what they say They here today and gone tomorrow Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh If I'm in the mood I get as ratchet as I wanna Turn around and show you I could bless you with some culture Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Workin' ain't no nine to five California that's a vibe Friends that's always down to ride You know, you know that's the life We just wanna have some fun It's some love for everyone Pass it 'round when you get done That's the move yeah that's the one We all, we all, we alright The kids are alright We all, we alright Yeah the kids are alright We all, we all, we alright The kids are alright We all, we alright Yeah, the kids are- Everything is new 'cause we about that innovation Call it how we see it we a genius generation Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh Workin' ain't no nine to five! California that's a vibe We down to ride You know, you know that's the life We wanna have some fun It's some love for everyone Pass it 'round when you get done That's the move yeah that's the one (The one) We all, we all, we alright The kids are alright We all, we alright Yeah the kids are alright We all, we all, we alright The kids are alright We all, we alright Yeah the kids are- Do it while you young Don't let them turn you numb Don't let them get you strung Ooh let me put you on Don't listen to them lies Stop following the hype Better meditate, better namaste Better go and get your life We all, we all, we alright The kids are alright We all, we alright Yeah the kids are alright We all, we all, we alright The kids are alright We all, we alright Yeah the kids are- Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Hoh!) The kids are alright Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, yeah yeah (Hoh!) Yeah the kids are alright (Whoo!) Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (Hoh!) The kids are alright Ooh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah the kids are alright

This world of hate and shallowness Where enemies become your consolation Those of us who win the game give up their minds I don't call that winning Say this doesn't apply to you, but ask yourself first "What have I done today to win the game, and just what have I sacrificed?" Win the battle, lose the war I know I've played this game before When people were still real I don't want this anymore It's time for me to close the door There's nothing left to feel Reflect on all our yesterdays My own words choke me, why were they spoken? Regret for things I've said and done just can't compare with Regret for those that I have never tried So blame this world or blame yourself It's really all the same When you are standing on that precipice From which you just cannot return Win the battle, lose the war I know I've played this game before When people were still real I don't want this anymore It's time for me to close the door There's nothing left to feel In the style of forgotten men, I look to my horizon I see nothing While thoughts of guns and desecration sweep through my mind But only coffins and bones remain As I look to you, the emptiness behind your eyes seals my decision Can't carry on in this world of jugglers Where all this thoughtlessness and bludgeonings Your key to success, what kind of tradition to carry on Blackball! The new disease Blackball! The new disease Blackball! Your evil ways have found their way inside, inside me Blackball! The new disease Blackball! The new disease Blackball! For a better life in this high-tech dog-eat-dog existence Win the battle, lose the war I know I've played this game before When people were still real I don't want this anymore It's time for me to close the door There's nothing left to feel

Mommy doesn't have a head any more Keep it underneath my bed on the floor Well that's alright, that's OK She never really used her head anyway Daddy called me a silly bore Bet he won't say that anymore Because the way his body is severed too His vocal cords are gonna be hard to use Beheaded, watch you spurt like a garden hose Beheaded, bloody mess all over my clothes Watch my girl friend come to the door Chop off her head, she falls to the floor Now watching my baby's jugular blow Really makes my motor go Wrap a towel round the bloody stump Take my baby's body to the city dump Then wipe the mess off the bloody axe Scoop all the heads into my burlap sack Beheaded, watch her spurt like a garden hose Beheaded, bloody mess all over my clothes All my collection, adorns my room on bamboo poles Use to be a little, but a little got more and more Now I'm craving yours Night brings bad dreams, bad dreams and guillotines Off with her head Off with her head Off with her head Off with her head Off with her head Off with her head Find another victim for my machine Put him in a home-made guillotine Blade falls, gonna need a casket Watch your head plop in a wicker basket Leave the house at a quarter to four Come back with sixteen or more Cause the more I walk, the more I see I got a funny feeling coming over me Beheaded, watch you spurt like a garden hose Beheaded, bloody mess all over my clothes

Head over heals I've fit in before Now I don't wanna do it no more I've held it all in with blood on my face Built it up man so bad you can taste I don't slag no one, I don't even judge Don't give a shit 'cause I'm not gonna budge I just want to be who I want to be Guess it's hard for others to see I'm not a trendy asshole Do what I want Do what I feel like I'm not a trendy asshole Don't give a fuck If it's good enough for you 'Cause I am alive Smash is the way you feel all alone Like an outcast you're out on your own Smash is the way you deal with your life Like an outcast you're smashing your strife Head over heels I've fit in before Now I don't want to do it no more Just want to be who I want to be Guess it's hard for others to see I'm not a trendy asshole Do what I want Do what I feel like I'm not a trendy asshole Don't give a fuck If it's good enough for you 'Cause I am alive Head over heels I've fit in before Now I don't want to do it no more Just want to be who I want to be Guess it's hard for others to see I'm not a trendy asshole Do what I want Do what I feel like I'm not a trendy asshole Don't give a fuck If it's good enough for you I'm not a trendy asshole Do what I want I do what I feel like I'm not a trendy asshole Don't give a fuck If it's good enough for you 'Cause I am alive I am alive, I am alive

Sometimes I think I'm gonna drown 'Cause everyone around's so hollow And I'm alone Sometimes I think I'm going down But no one makes a sound, they follow And I'm alone Yeah, if I make it I'd be amazed Just to find tomorrow Yeah one more day and I'd be amazed Just to see it waiting Yeah and if I make it I'm still alone No more hope for better days Yeah if I could change Then I'd really be amazed And when you know you can't relate To one more shiny face Your heart breaks No one cares And when you know you can't go on 'Cause everything is wrong Your heart breaks No one's there Yeah if I make it I'd be amazed Just to find tomorrow Yeah one more day and I'd be amazed Just to see it waiting Yeah and if I make it I'm still alone No more hope for better days Yeah if I could change Then I'd really be amazed Yeah if I make it I'd be amazed Just to find tomorrow Yeah one more day and I'd be amazed Just to see it waiting Yeah and if I make it I'm still alone No more hope for better days Yeah if I could change Then I'd really be amazed

Hitting walls for a feet With our friends and we hear this free All the dogs, dropping bombs He see HUCK IT You don't have the ties You won't have the eyes HUCK IT Cause you realize You don't need to justify That cable show is not the lives we know Drop a bomb in the publics eye Fuck the SPONSORS they always lie You are pointing to go fast and GO Broken bombs and baking skin Notify your next of kin You'll know you'll come alive some day HUCK IT Now you feel alive, Stinks like shit all the time HUCK IT Its like you gotta try Risky shit, by the time You can not practice lay it on the line HUCK IT Now you're down in luck Cause you dont give a fuck HUCK IT And go by the time You go out doin what you know No talking shit just leave it all and go home HUCK IT Now youll feel alive Stinks like shit all the time HUCK IT Like you gotta try Risky shit by the time Cant practice just lay it on the line HUCK IT Now you're down in luck Cause you dont give a fuck HUCK IT And go by the time You go out doin what you know No talking shit just leave it all and go home

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