| 1955 |
I lost it all to you and your vices, still I'm staying on to figure out my midlife crisis. |
U2, |
New York |
| 1956 |
I love blacks and gays and latinos, as long as they don't live next door. |
Mojo Nixon, Love Me, |
I'm A Liberal |
| 1957 |
I need help, I sold drugs, cause all I ever knew were crooks and thugs. |
Street Military, |
Dead In One Year |
| 1958 |
I never cease to wonder at the cruelty of this land, but it seems a time of sadness is a time to understand. |
Supertramp, |
Lord Is It Mine |
| 1959 |
I never realized I was spread too thin, until it was too late and I was empty within. |
Papa Roach, |
Last Resort |
| 1960 |
I see a woman in the night with a baby in her hand, under an old street light near a garbage can. |
Neil Young, |
Rockin' In The Free World |
| 1961 |
I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares. |
Billy Joel, |
No Man's Land |
| 1962 |
I think you like to be the victim, I think you like to be in pain. |
Everclear, |
Everything To Everyone |
| 1963 |
I turn to a life of crime cause I came from a broken family. |
2 Pac, |
16 On Death Row |
| 1964 |
I walk alone in the concrete with the living, where pigeons fly til they gather round the fallen ones. |
Third Eye Blind, |
Palm Reader |
| 1965 |
I wanna heal, I wanna feel, like I'm close to something real. |
Linkin Park, |
Somewhere I Belong |
| 1966 |
I was walking down the street one day, being pushed and shoved by people trying to beat the clock. |
Chicago, |
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is |
| 1967 |
I wish I felt nothing, then it might be easy for me like it is for you. |
The Wallflowers, |
I Wish I Felt Nothing |
| 1968 |
I wish the real world would just stop hassling me. |
Matchbox 20, |
Real World |
| 1969 |
I'm finding it harder to be a gentleman every day. All the manners that I've been taught have slowly died away. |
White Stripes, |
I'm Finding It Harder To Be A Gentleman |
| 1970 |
I'd like to set things straight, a few more people should be pulling their weight. |
Aaron Tippon, |
Working Man's PhD |
| 1971 |
If dirt were dollars, I wouldn't have to worry anymore. |
Don Henley, |
If Dirt Were Dollars |
| 1972 |
If I had a chance like you, maybe I would be in school. But I'm not, I'm out here living day to day surviving and I'm willing to die for my colors. |
Ice-T, |
Colors |
| 1973 |
If the world is broken its just cause hearts get broken. And I wonder what for when all I feel is love inside. |
Poe, |
Rise and Shine |
| 1974 |
If this is what he wants, and it's what she wants, then why's there so much pain? |
Blink 182, |
Stay Together For The Kids |