:S.E. Hinton owns The Outsiders I know...So umm read and review...

Youth Of The Nation

Pony's P.O.V.

I was on my way walking to school with my pal Johnny. Me and Darry had just got in another fight. Im just lucky he didn't hit me. Today is going to suck. Besides we have to take a math test, I just have a bad feeling something bad is going to happen. Just call it Deja Vu. But I ignored the feeling and sooner or later we arrived. Johnny walked a little ahead of me. Two-Bit was already there flirting with Marcia. I rolled my eyes. Would he ever grow up?

"Hey Pony." Oh great he noticed me. I gave him a weak forced smile.

"Hey Two-Bit." He grinned his goofy grin at me. He then pointed and nodded in Marcia's direction and said,

"Marcia invited us to her Birthday party tonight."He said grinning.

"Cool." I managed to mutter. A soc Marcia invited us greasers to her party? Unbelievable. Maybey things were starting to look up.

Just then the bell rang and all the kids hanging around outside ran inside. I went to my math class and sat next to my friends Johnny and Patrick. The teacher passed out the tests and told us to get started. So I started awnsering the questions as best as I could. WQhen I heard a girl scream and a gun shot. My whole class and other classes ran out. II gasped when I saw a girl laying on the ground covered in blood. I heard more screams. I looked up some gothic kid was shooting more kids and was grinning like a maniac. I paled I knew who that kid was. His name is Michael. He used to be my friend in kindergarten. Until I left him and had neww friends. I couldn't think because his gun was pointed at a girl, a certain long read headed girl. Cherry! My eyes went wide and I rean infront of her taking two bullets to the chest. I fell down in shock. Cherry screamed. I bearly looked up to see Two-Bit scream "PONYBOY." Then I heard more screams. Then I blacked out.

Last day of the rest of my life
I wish I would've known
Cause I didn't kiss my mama goodbye

I didn't tell her that I loved her and how much I care
Or thank my pops for all the talks
And all the wisdom he shared

Unaware, I just did what I always do
Everyday, the same routine
Before I skate off to school

But who knew that this day wasn't like the rest
Instead of taking a test
I took two to the chest

Call me blind, but I didn't see it coming
Everybody was running
But I couldn't hear nothing

Except gun blasts, it happened so fast
I don't really know this kid
Even though I sit by him in class

Maybe this kid was reaching out for love
Or maybe for a moment
He forgot who he was
Or maybe this kid just wanted to be hugged
Whatever it was
I know it's because

chorus:
We are, We are, the youth of the nation

Little Suzy, she was only twelve
She was given the world
With every chance to excel

Hang with the boys and hear the stories they tell
She might act kind of proud
But no respect for herself

She finds love in all the wrong places
The same situations
Just different faces

Changed up her pace since her daddy left her
Too bad he never told her
She deserved much better

Johnny boy always played the fool
He broke all the rules
So you would think he was cool

He was never really one of the guys
No matter how hard he tried
Often thought of suicide

It's kind of hard when you ain't got no friends
He put his life to an end
They might remember him then

You cross the line and there's no turning back
Told the world how he felt
With the sound of a gat

chorus

Who's to blame for the lives that tragedies claim
No matter what you say
It don't take away the pain

That I feel inside, I'm tired of all the lies
Don't nobody know why
It's the blind leading the blind

I guess that's the way the story goes
Will it ever make sense
Somebody's got to know

There's got to be more to life than this
There's got to be more to everything
I thought exists...

:There Ya go...Im not sure If I should continue or not...rr