American Idiot
2005.09.06. 21:41
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1.
American Idiot
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 mind fuck America Welcome to a new kind of tension All across the alien nation Where everything isn't meant to be okay Television dreams of tomorrow We're not the ones meant to follow For that's enough to argue
Maybe I am 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 Welcome to a new kind of tension All across the alien nation Everything isn't meant to be okay Television dreams of tomorrow We're not the ones meant to follow For that's enough to argue
Don't want to be an American idiot One nation controlled by the media Information age of hysteria Calling out to idiot America Welcome to a new kind of tension All across the alien nation Everything isn't meant to be okay Television dreams of tomorrow We're not the ones meant to follow For that's enough to argue
2.
Jesus Of Suburbia
I'm the son of rage and love The Jesus of suburbia From the bible of none of the above On a steady diet of soda pop and ritalin No one ever died for my sins in hell As far as I can tell At least the ones I got away with
But there's nothing wrong with me This is how I'm supposed to be In a land of make believe That don't believe in me
Get my television fix Sitting on my crucifix The living room in my private womb While the Mom's and Brad's are away To fall in love and fall in debt To alcohol and cigarettes and Mary Jane To keep me insane and doing someone else's cocaine
But there's nothing wrong with me This is how I'm supposed to be In a land of make believe That don't believe in me
City Of The Damned
At the center of the earth In the parking lot Of the 7-11 where I was taught The motto was just a lie
It says: Home is where your heart is But what a shame Cause everyone's heart Doesn't beat the same We're beating out of time
City of the dead At the end of another lost highway Signs misleading to nowhere City of the damned Lost children with dirty faces today No one really seems to care
I read the graffiti In the bathroom stall Like the holy scriptures in a shopping mall And so it seemed to confess It didn't say much But it only confirmed that The center of the earth Is the end of the world
And I could really care less
City of the dead At the end of another lost highway Signs misleading to nowhere City of the damned Lost children with dirty faces today No one really seems to care
I Don't Care
I don't care if you don't I don't care if you don't I don't care if you don't care I don't care if you don't I don't care if you don't I don't care if you don't care I don't care if you don't I don't care if you don't I don't care if you don't care I don't care if you don't I don't care if you don't I don't care if you don't care
Everyone is so full of shit Born and raised by hypocrites Hearts recycled but never saved From the cradle to the grave We are the kids of war and peace From Anaheim to the middle east We are the stories and disciples of The Jesus Of Suburbia
Land of make believe And it don't believe in me Land of make believe And I don't believe And I don't care And I don't care And I don't care And I don't care And I don't care
Dearly Beloved
Dearly beloved, are you listening I can't remember a word that you were saying Are we demented? Or am I disturbed The space that's in between insane and insecure
Oh therapy can you please fill the void Am I retarded or am I just overjoyed Nobody's perfect and I stand accused For the lack of a better word And that's my best excuse
Tales Of Another Broken Home
To live and not to breathe Is to die in tragedy To run, to run away To find what you believe And I leave behind This hurricane of fucking lies I lost my faith to this This town that don't exist
So I run I run away To the light of masochists And I leave behind This hurricane of fucking lies And I walked this line A million and one fucking times But not this time
I don't feel any shame I won't apologize
When there ain't nowhere you can go Running away from pain When you've been victimized Tales from another broken home
You're leaving You're leaving You're leaving Ah you're leaving home
3.
Holiday
Hear the sound of the falling rain Coming down like and Armageddon flame The shame The ones who died without a name Hear the dogs howling out of key To a hymn called Faith and Misery And bleed the company lost the war today
I beg to dream and differ From the hollow lies This is the dawning of the rest of our lives On Holiday
Hear the drum pounding out of time Another protester has crossed the line To find the money's on the other side Can I get another Amen There's a flag wrapped around the score of men A gag A plastic bag on a monument
The representative from California has the floor
Zieg Heil to the president gas man Bombs away is your punishment Pulverize the Eiffel towers Who criticize your government Bang, Bang goes the broken glass Kill all the fags that don't agree Trials by fire setting fire Is not a way that's meant for me Just cause Just cause because we're outlaws Yeah
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
4.
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
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
I walk alone I walk alone I walk alone I walk a
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me Til then I walk alone
I'm walking 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 of what's Fucked up and everything's alright Check my vital signs to know I'm still alive And I walk alone
I walk alone I walk alone I walk alone I walk a
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me Till then I walk alone
I walk alone I walk a
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
My shadow's the only one that walks beside me My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me Till then I walk alone
5.
Are We The Waiting
Starry nights city lights Coming down over me Skyscrapers and stargazers In my head
Are we we are Are we we are The waiting Unknown This dirty town was burning down in my dreams Lost and found city bound in my dreams
And screaming Are we we are Are we we are the waiting And screaming Are we we are Are we we are the waiting
Forget me nots and second thoughts Live in isolation Heads or tales and fairytales in my mind Are we we are Are we we are The waiting Unknown
The rage and love The story of my life The Jesus of suburbia is a lie And screaming
Are we we are are we we are the waiting unknown Are we we are are we we are the waiting unknown Are we we are are we we are the waiting unknown Are we we are are we we are the waiting unknown Are we we are are we we are the waiting unknown
6.
St. Jimmy
St. Jimmy's coming down Across the alleyway up on the boulevard Like a zipgun on parade Light of a silhouette, he's insubordinate Coming at you on account of wonder 1, 2, 3, 4
My name is Jimmy and you better not wear it out Suicide commando that your momma talked about King of the 40 thieves And I'm here to represent The needle in the vain of the establishment
I'm the patron saint of the denial With an angel face and a taste for suicidal
Cigarettes and raman and a little bag of dope I am the son of a bitch and Edgar Allen Poe Raised in the city under a halo of lights The product of war and fear that we've been victimized
Are you talking to me I'll give you something to cry about
St. Jimmy
My name is St. Jimmy I'm a son of a gun I'm the one that's from the way outside A teenage assassin executing some fun In the cult of the life of crime now
I'd really hate to say it But I told you so So shut your mouth before I shoot you down ol' boy Welcome to the club And give me some blood I'm the resident leader of the lost and found
It's comedy And tragedy It's St. Jimmy And that's my name And don't wear it out
7.
Give Me Novacaine
Take away the sensation inside Bittersweet migraine in my head It's like a throbbing toothache Of the mind I can't take this feeling anymore
Drain the pressure from the swelling This sensations overwhelming Give me a long kiss goodnight And everything will be alright Tell me that I won't feel a thing
Give me novacaine
Out of body and out of mind Kiss the demons out of my dreams I get the funny feeling and that's alright Jimmy says it's better than here
Drain the pressure from the swelling This sensations overwhelming Give me a long kiss goodnight And everything will be alright Tell me Jimmy I won't feel a thing
Give me novacaine
8.
She's A Rebel
She's a rebel She's a saint She's salt of the earth And she's dangerous She's a rebel Vigilante Missing link on the brink Of destruction
From Chicago To Toronto She's the one that they Call old whatsername She's a symbol Of resistance And she's holding on my Heart like a hand grenade
Is she dreaming What I'm thinking 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
She sings the revolution The dawning of our lives She brings this liberation That I just can't define Nothing comes to mind
9.
Extraordinary Girl
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
She's all alone again Wiping the tears from her eyes
Somedays he feels like dying She gets so sick of crying
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 hearts apocalypse From the one called whatsername
She's all alone again Wiping the tears from her eyes
Some days he feels like dying
Some days it's not worth trying Now that they both are finding She gets so sick of crying
10.
Letterbomb
Where have all the bastards gone The underbelly stacks up ten high The dummy failed the crash test Now collecting unemployment checks Like a flunkie 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 fucking match to light this fuse
The town bishop is an extortionist And he don't even know that you exist Standing still when it's do or die You better run for your fucking life
It's not over till you're underground It's not over before it's too late
There is nothing left to analyze
Where will all the martyrs go When the virus cures itself And where will we all go when it's too late
You're not the Jesus of suburbia The St. Jimmy is a figment of Your fathers rage and your mothers love Made me the idiot America
It's not over til you're underground It's not over before it's too late This city's burning it's not my burden It's not over before it's too later
She said I can't take this place I'm leaving it behind She said I can't take this town I'm leaving you tonight
11.
Wake Me Up When September Ends
Summer has come and past The innocent can never last Wake me up when September ends Like my fathers come to pass Seven years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends
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
Summer has come and past 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
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
Summer has come and past 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
12.
Homecoming
My heart is beating from me I am standing all alone Please call me only if you are coming home Waste another year flies by Waste a night or two You taught me how to live
In the streets of shame Where you've lost your dreams in the rain There's no sign of hope The stems and seeds of the last of the dope There's a glow of light The St. Jimmy is the spark in the night Bearing gifts and trust The fixture in the city of lust
What the hells your name What's your pleasure and what's your pain Do you dream too much Do you think what you need is a crutch
In the crowd of pain St. Jimmy comes without any shame He says We're fucked up But we're not the same And mom and dad are the ones you can blame
Jimmy died today
He blew his brains out into the bay In the state of mind in my own private suicide
East 12th Street And nobody cares And nobody cares Does anyone care if nobody cares And nobody cares And nobody cares Does anyone care if nobody cares
Jesus is filling out paperwork now At the facility on east 12th street He's not listening to a word now He's in his own world And he's daydreaming
He'd rather be doing something else now Like cigarettes and coffee with the underbelly His life's on the line with anxiety now And she had enough And he's had plenty
Somebody get me out of here Anybody get me out of here Somebody get me out of here Get me the fuck right out of here
So far away I don't want to stay Get me outta here right now I just wanna be free Is there a possibility Get me out of here right now This life like dream ain't for me
Nobody Likes You
I fell asleep while watching Spike TV After 10 cups of coffee And you're still not here Dreaming of a song When something went wrong But I can't tell anyone Cause you're not here
Left me here alone When I should have stayed home After 10 cups of coffee I'm thinking Where'd you go
Nobody likes you Everyone left you They're all out without you Havin' fun Everyone left you Nobody likes you They're all out without you Havin' fun Where'd you go
Rock And Roll Girlfriend
I got a rock and roll band I got a rock and roll life I got a rock and roll girlfriend And another ex-wife
I got a rock and roll house I got a rock and roll car I play the shit out the drums And I can play the guitar
I got a kid in New York I got a kid in the Bay I haven't drank or smoked nothin' In over 22 days So get off of my case
We're Coming Home Again
Here they come marching down the street, Like a desperation murmur of a heart beat Coming back from the edge of town Underneath their feet
The time has come and it's going nowhere Nobody ever said that life was fair now Go-carts and guns are treasures they will bear In the summer heat
The world is spinning around and around Out of control again From the 7-11 to the fear of breaking down So send my love a letterbomb And visit me in hell We're the ones going
Home We're coming home again
I started fuckin' running Just as soon as my feet touch ground We're back in the barrio But to you and me That's jingletown
Home We're coming home again
Nobody likes you Everyone left you They're all out without you Havin' fun
13.
Whatsername
Thought I ran into you down on the street Then it turned out to only be a dream 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
Seems that she disappeared without a trace Did she ever marry old what's his face 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
Remember, whatever It seems like forever ago Remember, whatever It seems like forever ago The regrets are useless In my mind She's in my head I must confess The regrets are useless In my mind She's in my head From so long ago
And in the darkest night If my memory serves me right I'll never turn back time
Forgetting you, but not the time
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