Broken Hearts and Dreams Lyrics

An entire generation

Is left without a chance

Poorer than our parents

A twist of circumstance

Born in pessimism

Discouraged by our dreams

The Sixties finally taught us

That nothing's what it seems

We're mad that we have no one

To blame except ourselves

Why can't we ever retire

Why can't we help ourselves

We're the generation

Of broken hearts and dreams

Just let us by

Now we can blame the President

But he can't stop a storm

It started with the Cold War

Long before we were born

The world grew even colder

And the future moved away

We got even older

And our chances slipped away

And if you think we're spoiled

And won't look for a way

Just take a look around you

At the children of today

We're the generation

Of broken hearts and dreams

Just let us by

If we don't change the future

Our kids will surely die

You think that we're defiant

But we're trained to question why

At least we can all read the signs

And we will not use your guns

As bad as we have got it

We're still the lucky ones

Tell me we're not crazy

It's growing worse each day

Tell me we're not lazy

We just want a better way

We're the generation

Of broken hearts and dreams

Just walk on by