I never had a reason to believe in anything

I never had a cause that I could fight for

I never had too much of anything to call my own

a drunk mother and father of four

all my life I grew up watchin' others dreams come true

and how I waited for my day in the sun

every day I worked harder

and I got further in debt

till I realized that day was never gonna come

your written off lost cause

sold us down the river

got no hope to offer us

tore down without grief

what's a generation without a reason to believe

they tore down all my walls

and then they made all my hatred a crime

debilitating us with all their complacency

our thoughts become mundane

our generation thinks the same

our minds anesthetized by apathetic t.v.

No wars to fight

steel bridges won't burn

the beliefs we uphold

are lies we never learn

the only hope for the future

leaves us reason to grieve

what's a generation without a reason to believe