these streets

timmy swore he'd be a baseball player, and johnny swore that he would go to the moon, jerry had real potential, but to the life of drugs is how he'd lose, i saw failure in aarons eyes, when his mother told him of his father's lies, steve was only 17 when his son was born, while jessica left him broken and torn, how can a kid become a man, if he's broken inside and he don't understand, they wrote me off they said i'd go nowhere, tried to say that my parents didn't care, but with open arms they stood by, i'm sorry for all the nights i made them cry, this is the street that made me who i am, if i could go back i do it all again, cuz this street was our playground, i can't believe that it's over now, as i stare out the window, all that remains are shadows, images left that once was, broken dreams left from us, you can take these scars away, but i'll still bleed right here, cause i don't wanna leave, cause you believed in me, cuz this street was our playground, i can't believe that it's over now, yeah these streets were our playground, i can't believe that it's over now, thoughts of where all the time went, our dreams died on this pavement, memories for a lifetime, give it all just for one night, let's go back to the way it used to be, we had it all when we had nothing, together we could conquer anything, fragile dreams and cold concrete, cuz this street was our playground, i can't believe that it's over now, yeah these streets were our playground, i can't believe that it's over now, so as i stand here looking back, we've all taken different paths, the broken dreams we raise our glass, to promises that never last, to a street filled with so much hope, and to being young and broke, we only had one thing to fear, singing this song right here, cuz this street was our playground, i can't believe that it's over now, yeah these streets were our playground, i can't believe that it's over now