American Idiot booklet (extract)

GREEN DAY american idiot

JESUS OF SUBURBIA I’m the son of rage and love The Jesus of Suburbia 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 that 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 in 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 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

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 the 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 She sings the revolution The dawning of our lives She brings this liberation That I just can’t define Nothing comes to mind 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 (x2) She’s a rebel, she’s a rebel, she’s a rebel And she’s dangerous (x2)

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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 to go 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 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

10. letterbomb 1. american idiot 2. jesus of suburbia 11. wake me up 3. holiday when september 4. boulevard of ends broken dreams 5. are we the waiting 6. st. jimmy 12. homecoming 7. give me novacaine 8. she’s a rebel 13. whatsername 9. extraordinary girl

produced by rob cavallo and green day mixed by chris lord-alge www.greenday.com www.repriserecords.com