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