Bm
All the little kids left running in the street
               F#m
They'll find the lonely side of life
Bm
Alone in time they'll find
         F#m
There's a soul inside that's blind
              Bm
All the little kids left running in the street
               F#m
They'll find the lonely side of life
Bm
Alone in time they'll find
          F#m
There's a soul inside that's blind


[Verse 1]
Bm                  F#m                                Bm
Hunger, poverty was something this young boy was never meant to see
            F#m
So how's he living free?
Bm                          F#m                          Bm
Brothers, mothers, fathers, sisters dying in the heat so helplessly
              F#m
Now what's he meant to be?
Bm               F#m                             Bm
TV cameras, news photography portray this boy as something mean
        F#m
Down in New Orleans
Bm                            F#m
But this young boy just needs something quick to eat
                      Bm
That's why he's doing robberies
           F#m
Out in the street


[Chorus]
               Bm
All the little kids left running in the street
                F#m
They'll find the lonely side of life
Bm
Alone in time they'll find
          F#m
There's a soul inside that's blind
               Bm
All the little kids left running in the street
                 F#m
They'll find the lonely side of life
Bm
Alone in time they'll find
          F#m
There's a soul inside that's blind


[Verse 2]
                Bm
No wonder we're called the dying youth

The dying age and it's the truth
F#m
Jealousy and greed just pollute
                    Bm
And no one seems to help or dilute

The situation
F#m
Just point the blame
                              Bm
We're the ones withering away
                                 F#m
And killing each other every day
                               Bm
Living our lives for the change
                   Bm     Bm        F#m
But all we seem to see is crime and AIDS
                   F#m    F#m       Bm
And all we seem to see is life just wasted
Bm        Bm
I feeling jaded
F#m                        F#m      F#m        Bm
Silent pain, but smiles in people's faces

Smiles in people's faces
F#m
Inside they hide it, inside they chase it
Bm
Our minds, our souls
         F#m                               Bm
It's the youngest that are growing in this war-ridden world
                     F#m
Yet they're the ones sitting in unheard
      Bm
Their words are falling on deaf ears
F#m                             Bm
Life just wasted, feeling jaded

Silent pain, but smiles in people's faces


[Chorus]
               Bm
All the little kids left running in the street
                 F#m
They'll find the lonely side of life
Bm
Alone in time they'll find
          F#m
There's a soul inside that's blind
               Bm
All the little kids left running in the street
                 F#m
They'll find the lonely side of life
Bm
Alone in time they'll find
          F#m
There's a soul inside that's blind


[Chorus]
(One stroke)
               Bm
All the little kids left running in the street
                 F#m
They'll find the lonely side of life
Bm
Alone in time they'll find
          F#m
There's a soul inside that's blind
               Bm
All the little kids left running in the street
                 F#m
They'll find the lonely side of life
Bm
Alone in time they'll find
          F#m
There's a soul inside that's blind