We used to walk in the sun with our heads held up high We used to stand on our own, and we never asked why We used to do everything we were told not to do But now we all stand in line like the rest of them do And now it's gone, gone, gone Tell me, when did things go so wrong? We used to laugh in their face at the things that they said And if we had to be them, then we'd rather be dead And now we all stand in line like the rest of them do We let it all slip away, tell me, what did we do? And now it's gone, gone, gone Tell me, when did things go so wrong? And now it's gone, gone, gone Tell me, when did things go so wrong? All right, yeah And now it's gone, gone, gone Tell me, when did things go so wrong? We used to walk in the sun with our heads held up high We used to stand on our own, and we never asked why We used to do everything we were told not to do But now we all stand in line like the rest of them do And now it's gone, gone, gone Tell me, when did things go so wrong? And now it's gone, gone, gone Tell me, when did things go so wrong?