American Idiot "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 alienation. 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. Well maybe I'm the faggot America. I'm not a part of a redneck agenda. Now everybody do the propaganda. And sing along in the age of paranoia. Welcome to a new kind of tension. All across the alienation. 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. Don't wanna be an American idiot. One nation controlled by the media. Information age of hysteria. It's calling out to idiot America. Welcome to a new kind of tension. All across the alienation. 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. "Jesus Of Suburbia" [Part 1] 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 And 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 or my private womb While the moms and brads 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 And 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 [Part 2: City Of The Damned] At the center of the Earth In the parking lot Of the 7-11 were 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 It's 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 of 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 careeeeee [Part 3: 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 [x4] I don't careeeeeeeeee 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! I don't care! [x4] [Part 4: 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 lack of a better word, and that's my best excuse [Part 5: 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 masochist 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... "Holiday" Hear the sound of the falling rain Coming down like an Armageddon flame (Hey!) The shame, the ones who died without a name Hear the dogs howling out of key To a hymn called Faith and Misery (Hey!) A plead, 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 a drum pounding out of time Another protestor has crossed the line (Hey!) The line, the money's on the other side Can I get another Amen (Amen) There's a flag wrapped around the score of men (Hey!) A gag, A plastic bag on a monument I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies This is the dawning of the rest of our lives On holiday "The representative from California has the floor" Seek out to the president gasbag Bombs away is your punishment Pulverize the Eiffel tower who criticized your government Bang bang goes the broken glass man Kill all the fags that don't agree Triumph by fires, sinning buyers Is that a way that's meant for me Just cause Just cause because we’re all ok 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 I walk a lonely road The only one I that have ever known Don't know were it goes But its 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 shadows the only one that walks beside me My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me Till then I walk alone Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ahhh Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah I'm walking down the line That divides me somewhere in my mind On the border line of the edge And were I walk alone Read between the lines of what's Fucked up and every things all right 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 shadows the only one that walks beside me My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me Till then I walk alone Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ahhh Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah I walk alone I walk a... I walk this empty street On the Boulevard of broken dreams Were the city sleeps And I'm the only one and I walk a.. My shadows the only one that walks beside me My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me Till then I'll walk alone! Are We The Waiting 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, are we we are the waiting and screaming are we we are, are we we are thr waiting forget me nots and second thoughts live in isolation heads or tails and fairytales in my mind are we we are, are we we are the waiting unknown the rage and love, thr 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 St. Jimmy St. Jimmy's coming down across the alleyway Upon the blvd, like a zip gon on parade Light of a silhouette, he's insubordinate Coming at you on the count of 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 vein of the establishment. I'm the patron saint of the denial with an angel face And a taste for suicidal cigarettes and ramen And a little bag of dope. I am the son of a bitch and Edgar Allan 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? My name is St. Jimmy. I'm a son of a gun I'm the one that's from the way outside I'm a teenage assassin executing some fun In the cult of life of crime. I'd really hate to say it but, I told you so So shut your mouth before I shoot you down dl'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 don't wear it out. Give Me Novacaine Take away the sensation Inside my bittersweet migrain 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 over whelming Give me a long kiss goodnight And tell me 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 DRain the pressure from the swelling This sensation's over whelming Give me a long kiss goodnight And everything will be alright Tell me Jimmy I won't feel a thing. She's a Rebel 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 and she's holding on my heart like a handgrenade is she thinking 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 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 some days he feels like dying she gets so sick of crying she sees the mirror of herself an image she wants to tell to anyone willing to buy he steals the image in her kiss from her heart's 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 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 fue! The town bishop is an extortionist and he don't even know 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. This city's burning "It's not my burden". It's not over before it's too late, there is nothing left to analyze. Where will all the martyrs go when the virus wires 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 father's rage And your mother's love. Made me the idiot america. It's not over 'till you're underground. It's not over before it's too late. This citys burning. "It's not my burden". It's not over before it's too late. 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". 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 rest, 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 fathers come to pass. Twenty years has gone so fast. Wake me up when September ends.[x3] Homecoming Part I: The Death of St. Jimmy My heart is beating from me I am standing all alone Please call me only if you are coming come 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 A fixture in the city of lust What the hell's your name? What's your pleasure what is your pain? Do you dream to 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 out his brains into the bay In the state of mind Is my own private suicide Part II: East 12th ST. Well nobody cares Well nobody cares Does anyone care if nobody cares? Well nobody cares Well nobody cares Does anyone care if nobody cares? Jesus filling out paperwork now At the facility on East 12th st. He's not listened 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 under belly His life's on the line with anxiety now And she had enough And he 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 out of here right now Just wanna be free Is there a responsibility Get me out of here right now This lifelike dream ain't for me Part III: Nobody likes you! I fell asleep while watching Spike TV After 10 cups of coffee And your still not here Dreaming of a song But something went wrong And you can't tell anyone 'Cause noone's here Left me here alone And I should've stayed home After 10 cups of coffee I'm thinking were'd you go Nobody likes you Everyone left you They're all out without you Havin' fun Where'd you go? Everyone left you Nobody likes you They're all out without you Havin' fun Where'd you go? Part IV Rock and roll girlfriend *written and sung by Tre' Geez...ha... 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 plat 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 my case Off of my case Off of my case Part V: We're coming home again Here they come marching down the street Like a desperation murmur of a heartbeat 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 Round and round 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 As soon as my feet touched ground We're back in barrio And to you and me, that's jingle town That's home We're coming home again Home We're coming home again Home We're coming home again Home We're coming home again (NO FUCKING CONTROL I NEED IT I KNOW...) Home We're coming home again Nobody likes you Everyone left you They're all out with out you Havin' fun... 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 Now I wonder how whatsername has been Seems that she disappeared without a trace Did she 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 head I must confess, the regrets are useless 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 "Basket Case" Do you have the time to listen to me whine About nothing and everything all at once I am one of those Melodramatic fools Neurotic to the bone No doubt about it Sometimes I give myself the creeps Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me It all keeps adding up I think I'm cracking up Am I just paranoid? Or I'm just stoned I went to a shrink To analyze my dreams She says it's lack of sex that's bringing me down I went to a whore He said my life's a bore So quit my whining cause it's bringing her down Sometimes I give myself the creeps Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me It all keeps adding up I think I'm cracking up Am I just paranoid? Uh, yuh, yuh, ya Grasping to control So I better hold on Sometimes I give myself the creeps Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me It all keeps adding up I think I'm cracking up Am I just paranoid? Or I'm just stoned