American Idiot

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 sensation's overwhelming Give me a long kiss goodnight And everythi

Don't want to be an American idiot Don't want a nation under the new mania Can you hear the sound of hysteria? The subliminal mind fuck America Welcome to a new kind of tension All across the alienation Where everything isn't meant to be O.K. Televis

St. Jimmy's coming down across the alleyway Upon the blvd. like a zip gun on parade Light of a silhouette, he's insubordinate Coming at you on the count of 1,2 1,2,3,4! My name is Jimmy and you better not wear it out Suicide commando that your mamma

[Part 1: The Death Of St. Jimmy] 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

Don't want to be an American idiot Don't want a nation under the new mania Can you hear the sound of hysteria? The subliminal mind fuck America Welcome to a new kind of tension All across the alienation Where everything isn't meant to be O.K. Televis

Starry nights, city lights Coming down over me Sky scrapers 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, a

Hear the sound of the falling rain Coming down like an 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 d

Green Day - Shoplifter Shoplifter, you'll never learn When you commit the crime Shoplifter, you're getting burned And now you gotta do the time It's a 1 2 3 on the felony Well not everything is free Now that you served the community It's the life of

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 Blvd. of Broken Dreams Where the city sleeps And I'm the only one and I walk alone I walk alone, I

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 From Chicago to Toronto She's the one that they Call "Old Whatsername" She's the symbol Of resistance An

He hit the ground running At the speed of light His star is brightly shining Like a neon light It's your favorite son It's your favorite son A fixture on the talk shows To the silver screen From here to Colorado He's a sex machine He's your favorite

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 Some days he feels like dying S

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

Nobody likes you Everyone left you They're all out without you Having fun 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 h

[Part 1: 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

I'm breakin' rocks in the hot sun I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the law won I needed money 'cause I had none I fought the law and the law won I fought the law and the law won I left my baby and I feel so sad I guess my race is

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 Blvd. of Broken Dreams Where the city sleeps And I'm the only one and I walk alone I walk alone, I

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 Here comes the rain again Falling from the stars Drenched in my pain again