American Idiot
Green Day
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American Idiot
02 : 55
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Jesus of Suburbia: I. Jesus of Suburbia / II. City of the Damned / III. I Don’t Care / IV. Dearly Beloved / V. Tales of Another Broken Home
09 : 09
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Holiday
03 : 53
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Boulevard of Broken Dreams
04 : 21
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Are We the Waiting
02 : 44
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St. Jimmy
02 : 56
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Give Me Novacaine
03 : 26
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She’s a Rebel
02 : 01
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Extraordinary Girl
03 : 35
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Letterbomb
04 : 07
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Wake Me Up When September Ends
04 : 46
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Homecoming: I. The Death of St. Jimmy / II. East 12th St. / III. Nobody Likes You / IV. Rock and Roll Girlfriend / V. We’re Coming Home Again
09 : 19
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Whatsername
04 : 12
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Track Lyrics
American Idiot Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Don't wanna be an American idiot
Don't want a nation under the new mania
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mindfuck America
[Chorus]
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alienation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue
[Verse 2]
Well, maybe I'm the faggot America
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
Now everybody do the propaganda
And sing along to the age of paranoia
[Chorus]
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alienation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
Don't wanna be an American idiot
One nation controlled by the media
Information age of hysteria
It's calling out to idiot America
[Chorus]
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alienation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue
Holiday Lyrics
[Intro]
Say hey
Cha
[Verse 1]
Hear the sound of the fallin' rain
Comin' down like an Armageddon flame (Hey)
The shame, the ones who died without a name
Hear the dogs howlin' out of key
To a hymn called "Faith and Misery" (Hey)
And bleed, the company lost the war today
[Chorus]
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday
[Verse 2]
Hear the drum poundin' out of time
Another protester has crossed the line (Hey)
To find the money's on the other side
Can I get another Amen? (Amen)
There's a flag wrapped around a score of men (Hey)
A gag, a plastic bag on a monument
[Chorus]
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
On holiday
(Hey)
[Guitar Solo]
[Interlude]
Three, four
The representative from California has the floor
[Bridge]
Sieg Heil to the President Gasman
Bombs away is your punishment
Pulverize the Eiffel Towers
Who criticize your government
Bang-bang goes the broken glass, and
Kill all the fags that don't agree
Trials by fire, settin' fire
Is not a way that's meant for me
Just 'cause (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
Just 'cause, because we're outlaws, yeah (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
[Chorus]
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
This is the dawning of the rest of our lives
This is our lives on holiday
Boulevard of Broken Dreams Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I walk a lonely road
The only one that I have ever known
Don't know where it goes
But it's home to me, and I walk alone
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one, and I walk alone
[Pre-Chorus]
I walk alone, I walk alone
I walk alone, and I walk a—
[Chorus]
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beatin'
Sometimes, I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then, I walk alone
[Post-Chorus]
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah
[Verse 2]
I'm walkin' down the line
That divides me somewhere in my mind
On the borderline
Of the edge and where I walk alone
Read between the lines
What's fucked up and everything's all right
Check my vital signs
To know I'm still alive, and I walk alone
[Pre-Chorus]
I walk alone, I walk alone
I walk alone, and I walk a—
[Chorus]
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beatin'
Sometimes, I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then, I walk alone
[Post-Chorus]
Ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah, ah-ah
I walk alone, and I walk a—
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
I walk this empty street
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where the city sleeps
And I'm the only one, and I walk a—
[Chorus]
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me
My shallow heart's the only thing that's beatin'
Sometimes, I wish someone out there will find me
'Til then, I walk alone
[Instrumental Outro]
Are We the Waiting Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
Starry nights, city lights comin' down over me
Skyscrapers, stargazers in my head
Are we? We are
Are we? We are the waiting unknown
This dirty town is burnin' down in my dreams
Lost and found, city-bound in my dreams
[Chorus]
And screamin'
Are we? We are
Are we? We are the waiting
And screamin'
Are we? We are
Are we? We are the waiting
[Verse 2]
Forget-me-nots, second thoughts live in isolation
Heads or tails, fairy tales in my mind
Are we? We are
Are we? We are the waiting unknown
The rage and love, story of my life
The Jesus of Suburbia is a lie
[Chorus]
And screamin'
Are we? We are
Are we? We are the waiting
And screamin'
Are we? We are
Are we? We are the waiting unknown
Are we? We are
Are we? We are the waiting
And screamin'
Are we? We are
Are we? We are the waiting unknown
Are we? We are
Are we? We are the waiting unknown
St. Jimmy Lyrics
[Intro: Billie Joe Armstrong & Tre Cool]
St. Jimmy's comin' down across the alleyway
Up on the boulevard like a zip gun on parade
Light of a silhouette, he's insubordinate
Comin' at you on the count of one, two
(One, two, three, four)
[Verse 1: Billie Joe Armstrong]
My name is Jimmy and you better not wear it out
Suicide commando that your mama talked about
King of the Forty Thieves and I'm here to represent
The needle in the vein of the establishment
[Chorus: Billie Joe Armstrong, Billie Joe Armstrong & Mike Dirnt]
I'm the patron saint of the denial
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal
[Verse 2: Billie Joe Armstrong]
Cigarettes and ramen and a little bag of dope
I am the son of a bitch and Edgar Allan Poe
Raised in the city in the halo of lights
Product of war and fear that we've been victimized
[Chorus: Billie Joe Armstrong, Billie Joe Armstrong & Mike Dirnt]
I'm the patron saint of the denial
With an angel face and a taste for suicidal
[Bridge: Billie Joe Armstrong]
Are you talkin' to me?
I'll give you somethin' to cry about
Shh
Shh
Shh
St. Jimmy
[Breakdown: Billie Joe Armstrong]
My name is St. Jimmy, I'm a son of a gun
I'm the one that's from the way outside now (St. Jimmy)
A teenage assassin executing some fun
In the cult of the life of crime now (St. Jimmy)
I really hate to say it, but I told you so
So shut your mouth before I shoot you down, ol' boy (St. Jimmy)
Welcome to the club and give me some blood
I'm the resident leader of the lost and found (St. Jimmy)
[Outro: Billie Joe Armstrong]
It's comedy and tragedy
It's St. Jimmy and that's my name
And don't wear it out
Give Me Novacaine Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Take away the sensation inside
Bittersweet migraine in my head
It's like a throbbin' toothache of the mind
I can't take this feelin' anymore
[Chorus]
Drain the pressure from the swelling
This sensation's overwhelming
Give me a long kiss goodnight
And everything'll be alright
Tell me that I won't feel a thing
So give me Novacaine
[Verse 2]
Out of body and out of mind
Kiss the demons out of my dreams
I get the funny feelin' and that's alright
Jimmy says it's better than here
I'll tell you why
[Chorus]
Drain the pressure from the swelling
This sensation's overwhelming
Give me a long kiss goodnight
And everything'll be alright
Tell me that I won't feel a thing
So give me Novacaine
Oh, Novacaine
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Drain the pressure from the swelling
This sensation's overwhelming
Give me a long kiss goodnight
And everything'll be alright
Tell me, Jimmy, I won't feel a thing
So give me Novacaine
She’s a Rebel Lyrics
[Chorus]
She's a rebel, she's a saint
She's the salt of the earth and she's dangerous
She's a rebel, vigilante
Missing link on the brink of destruction
[Verse 1]
From Chicago to Toronto
She's the one that they call ol' Whatsername
She's a symbol of resistance
And she's holdin' on my heart like a hand grenade
[Verse 2]
Is she dreamin' what I'm thinkin'?
Is she the mother of all bombs? Gonna detonate
Is she trouble like I'm trouble?
Make it a double twist of fate or a melody that
[Bridge]
She sings the revolution
The dawning of our lives
She brings this liberation
That I just can't define
Well, nothin' comes to mind (Hey)
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
She sings the revolution
The dawning of our lives
She brings this liberation
That I just can't define
Well, nothin' comes to mind
[Chorus]
She's a rebel, she's a saint
She's the salt of the earth and she's dangerous
She's a rebel, vigilante
Missing link on the brink of destruction
She's a rebel, she's a saint
She's the salt of the earth and she's dangerous
She's a rebel, vigilante
Missing link on the brink of destruction
[Outro]
She's a rebel, she's a rebel
She's a rebel and she's dangerous
She's a rebel, she's a rebel
She's a rebel and she's dangerous
Extraordinary Girl Lyrics
[Instrumental Intro]
[Verse 1]
She's an extraordinary girl
In an ordinary world
And she can't seem to get away
He lacks the courage in his mind
Like a child left behind
Like a pet left in the rain
[Chorus]
She's all alone again
Wipin' the tears from her eyes
Some days, he feels like dyin'
She gets so sick of cryin'
(Ah)
[Verse 2]
She sees the mirror of herself
An image she wants to sell
To anyone willing to buy
He steals the image in her kiss
From her heart's apocalypse
From the one called Whatsername
[Chorus]
She's all alone again
Wipin' the tears from her eyes
Some days, he feels like dyin'
She gets so sick of cryin'
(Ah)
[Instrumental Break]
[Chorus]
She's all alone again
Wipin' the tears from her eyes
Some days, he feels like dyin'
Some days, it's not worth tryin'
Now that they both are findin'
She gets so sick of cryin'
[Outro]
She's an extraordinary girl
An extraordinary girl
An extraordinary girl
An extraordinary girl
Letterbomb Lyrics
[Intro: Kathleen Hanna]
Nobody likes you, everyone left you
They're all out without you, having fun
[Verse: Billie Joe Armstrong]
Where have all the bastards gone?
The underbelly stacks up ten high
The dummy failed the crash test
Collectin' unemployment checks
A flunky only along for the ride
Where have all the riots gone
As the city's motto gets pulverized?
"What's in love is now in debt"
On your birth certificate
So strike the fuckin' match to light this fuse, 'use
[Pre-Chorus: Billie Joe Armstrong]
The town bishop's an extortionist
And he don't even know that you exist
Stand still when it's do or die
You better run for your fuckin' life
[Chorus: Billie Joe Armstrong]
It's not over 'til you're underground
It's not over before it's too late
This city's burnin', it's not my burden
It's not over before it's too late
There is nothin' left to analyze
[Bridge: Billie Joe Armstrong]
Where will all the martyrs go when the virus cures itself?
And where will we all go when it's too late?
Say
A-don't look back
[Pre-Chorus: Billie Joe Armstrong]
You're not the Jesus of Suburbia
The St. Jimmy is a figment of
Your father's rage and your mother's love
Made me the idiot America
[Chorus: Billie Joe Armstrong]
It's not over 'til you're underground
It's not over before it's too late
This city's burnin', it's not my burden
It's not over before it's too late
[Outro: Billie Joe Armstrong]
Well, she said, "I can't take this place
I'm leavin' it behind"
Well, she said, "I can't take this town
I'm leavin' you tonight"
Wake Me Up When September Ends Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends
Like my father's come to pass
Seven years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends
[Chorus]
Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are
As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends
[Verse 2]
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends
Ring out the bells again
Like we did when spring began
Wake me up when September ends
[Chorus]
Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are
As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends
Like my father's come to pass
Twenty years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends
Wake me up when September ends
Wake me up when September ends
Whatsername Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Thought I ran into you down on the street
Then it turned out to only be a dream
[Chorus]
I made a point to burn all of the photographs
She went away and then I took a different path
I remember the face, but I can't recall the name
Now I wonder how Whatsername has been
[Verse 2]
Seems that she disappeared without a trace
Did she ever marry ol' what's-his-face?
[Chorus]
I made a point to burn all of the photographs
She went away and then I took a different path
I remember the face, but I can't recall the name
Now I wonder how Whatsername has been
[Guitar Solo]
[Bridge]
Remember, whatever
It seems like forever ago
Remember, whatever
It seems like forever ago
(Remember, whatever)
The regrets are useless in my mind
(It seems like forever ago)
She's in my head, I must confess
(Remember, whatever)
The regrets are useless in my mind
(It seems like forever ago)
She's in my head, so long ago
Go, go, go, go
Go, go, go, go, go
[Outro]
And in the darkest night
If my memory serves me right
I'll never turn back time
Forgetting you, but not the time