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Reprise Records All songs written by Billie Joe Armstrong, apart from J.A.R written by Mike Dirnt Tracklisting: 1. Maria 3. Longview 4. Welcome to Paradise 5. Basketcase 6. When I Come Around 7. She 8. JAR (JASON ANDREW RELVA) 9. Geek Stink Breath 10 Brain Stew 11. Jaded 12. Walking Contradiction 13. Stuck With Me 14. Hitchin' A Ride 15. Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life ) 16. Redundant 17. Nice Guys Finish Last 18. Minority 19.Warning 20.Waiting 21. Macy's Day Parade LYRICS 1. Maria She smashed the radio with the board of education Turn up the static left of the state of the nation Turn up the flame, step on the gas Burning the flag at half mast She's a rebel's forgotten son An export of the revolution She is the first voice of the last ones in the line She'll drag the lake to keep the vendetta alive Bring in the head of the government The dog ate the document Somebody shot the President And no one knows where Maria went? Maria, Maria, Maria, Where did you go? Be careful what you're offering Your breath lacks the conviction Drawing the line in the dirt Because the last decision ....is no. 2.Poprocks & Coke Wherever you go You know I’ll be there If you go far, You know I’ll be there I’ll go anywhere, So I’ll see you there You place the name You know I’ll be there You name the time You know I’ll be there I’ll go anywhere So I’ll see you there I don’t care if you don’t mind I’ll be there not far behind I will dare Keep in mind I’ll be there for you Where there’s truth You know I’ll be there Amongst the lies You know I’ll be there I’ll go anywhere So I’ll see you there I don’t care if you don’t mind I’ll be there not far behind I will dare Keep in mind I’ll be there for you If you should fall You know I’ll be there To catch the call You I’ll be there I’ll go anywhere So I’ll see you there I don’t care if you don’t mind I’ll be there not far behind I will dare Keep in mind I don’t care I’ll be there for you I’ll be there for you 3.Longview Sit around and watch the tube,but nothing's on Change the channels for an hour or two Twiddle my thumbs just for a bit I'm sick of all the same old shit In a house with unlocked doors And I'm fucking lazy Bite my lip and close my eyes Take me away to paradise I'm so damn bored I'm going BLIND!!! And I smell like shit Peel me off this velcro seat and get me moving I sure as hell can't do it by myself I'm feeling like a dog in heat Barred indoors from the summer street I locked the door to my own cell And I lost the key Bite my lip and close my eyes Take me away to paradise I'm so damn bored I'm going BLIND!!! And I smell like shit I GOT NO MOTIVATION WHERE IS MY MOTIVATION NO TIME FOR THE MOTIVATION SMOKING MY INSPIRATION Sit around and watch the phone,but no one's calling Call me pathetic,call me WHAT YOU WILL My mother says to get a job But she don't like the one SHE'S got When masturbation's lost its fun You're fucking breaking Bite my lip and close my eyes Take me away to paradise I'm so damn BORED I'm going blind And loneliness has to suffice Bite my lip and close my eyes I was slipping away to paradise Some say,"Quit or I'll go BLIND." But it's just a myth 4. Welcome to Paradise Dear mother, Can you hear me whining? It's been three whole weeks Since that I have left your home This sudden fear has left me trembling Cause now it seems that I am out here on my own And I'm feeling so alone Pay attention to the cracked streets And the broken homes Some call it the slums Some call it nice I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my home Welcome To Paradise A gunshot rings out at the station Another urchin snaps and left dead on his own It makes me wonder why I'm still here For some strange reason it's now Feeling like my home And I'm never gonna go Pay attention to the cracked streets And the broken homes Some call it slums Some call it nice I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my home Welcome To Paradise Dear mother, Can you hear me laughing It's been six whole months since Since that I have left your home It makes me wonder why I'm still here For some strange reason it's now Feeling like my home And I'm never gonna go Pay attention to the cracked streets And the broken homes Some call it the slums Some call it nice I want to take you through a wasteland I like to call my home Welcome To Paradise 5. Basketcase 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 am I 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 am I just STONED 6. When I come Around I heard you crying loud, all the way across town You've been searching for that someone, and it's me out on the prowl As you sit around feeling sorry for yourself Don't get lonely now Dry your whining eyes I'm just roaming for the moment Sleazin' my back yard so don't get so uptight you been thinking about ditching me No time to search the world around Cause you know where I'll be found< When I come around I heard it all before So don't knock down my door I'm a loser and a user so I don't need no accuser to try and slag me down because I know I'm right So go do what you like Make sure you do it wise You may find out that your selfdoubt means nothing was ever there You can't go forcing something if it's just not right No time to search the world around Cause you know where I'll be found When I come around When I come around 7. She She... She screams in silence A sullen riot penetrating through her mind We... Wait for a sign To smash the silence with the brick of self-control Are you locked up in a world Thats been planned out for you? Are you feeling like a social tool without a use? Scream at me until my ears bleed I'm taking heed just for you She... She's figured out All her doubts were someone else's point of view We... Walking up this time To smash the silence with the brick of self-control Are you locked up in a world Thats been planned out for you? Are you feeling like a social tool without a use? Scream at me until my ears bleed I'm taking heed just for you EHHHHHH,AHHHHHHHHHH!!! Are you locked up in a world Thats been planned out for you? Are you feeling like a social tool without a use? Scream at me until my ears bleed I'm taking heed just for you 8. J.A.R [Jason Andrew Relva] My friend drove off the other day, And now he's gone and all they say, Is you gotta live cause life goes on But now I see i'm mortal too I can't live my life like you Gotta live it up while life goes on And I think it's alright That I do what I like cause that's the way I wanna live And so I give And i'm still giving And now I wonder about my friend If he gave all he could give Cause he lived his life like I live mine If you could see inside my head Then you'd start to understand The things I value in my heart You know that, I know that, Your watching me Gotta make a plan Gotta do what's right Can't run around in circles If you wanna build a life But I don't wanna make a plan For a day far away While i'm young and while i'm able All I wanna do is.... 9.Geek Stink Breath I'm on a mission I made my decision To lead a path of self destruction A slow progression Killing my complexion And it's rotting out my teeth I'm on a roll No self comtrol I'm blowing off steam with methamphetamine Don't know what I want That's all that I've got And I'm picking scabs off my face Every hour my blood is turning sour And my pulse is beating out of time I found a treasure filled with sick pleasure And it sits on a thin white line I'm on a roll No self comtrol I'm blowing off steam with methamphetamine Don't know what I want That's all that I've got And I'm picking scabs off my face I'm on a mission I got no decision Like a cripple running the rat race Wish in one hand shit in the other And see which one gets filled first I'm on a roll No self comtrol I'm blowing off steam with methamphetamine Don't know what I want That's all that I've got And I'm picking scabs off my face 10. Brain Stew I'm having trouble trying to sleep I'm counting sheep but running out As time ticks by And still I try No rest for crosstops in my mind On my own... here we go My eyes feel like they're gonna bleed Dried up and bulging out my skull My mouth is dry My face is numb Fucked up and spun out in my room On my own... here we go My mind is set on overdrive The clock is laughing in my face A crooked spine My sense dulled Passed the point of delerium On my own... here we go My eyes feel like they're gonna bleed Dried up and bulging out my skull My mouth is dry My face is numb Fucked up and spun out in my room On my own... here we go 11.Jaded Somebody keep my balance I think I'm falling off Into a state of regression The expiration date Rapidly coming up It's leaving me behind to rank Always move forward Going "straight" will get you nowhere There is no progress Evolution killed it all I found my place in nowhere I'm taking one step sideways Leading with my crutch Got a fucked up equilibrium Count down from 9 to 5 Hooray! We're gonna die! Blessed into our extinction Always move forward Going "straight" will get you nowhere There is no progress Evolution killed it all I found my place in nowhere Always move forward Going "straight" will get you nowhere There is no progress Evolution killed it all I found my place in nowhere 12. Walking Contradiction Do as I say not as I do because The shit so deep you can't run away I beg to differ on the contrary I agree with every word that you say Talk is cheap and lies are expensive My wallet's fat and so is my head Hit and run and then I'll hit you again I'm a smart ass but I'm playing dumb Standards set and broken all the time Control the chaos behind a gun Call it as I see it even if I was born deaf, blind and dumb Losers winning big on the lottery Rehab rejects still sniffing glue Constant refutation with myself I'm a vicitm of a catch 22 I have no belief But I believe I'm a walking contradiction And I ain't got no right Do as I say not as I do because The shit so deep you can't run away I beg to differ on the contrary I agree with every word that you say Talk is cheap and lies are expensive My wallet's fat and so is my head Hit and run and then I'll hit you again I'm a smart ass but I'm playing dumb I have no belief But I believe I'm a walking contradiction And I ain't got no right I have no belief But I believe I'm a walking contradiction And I ain't got no right 13. Stuck with Me I'm not part of your elite I'm just alright Class structure waving colors Bleeding from my throat Not subserviant to you I'm just alright Down classed by the powers that be Give me loss of hope Cast out... Buried in a hole Struck down... forcing me to fall Destroyed... giving up the fight Well,I know I'm not alright What's my price and will you pay it if it's alright? Take it from my dignity waste it until it's dead Throw me back into the gutter 'Cause it's alright Find another pleasure fucker Drag them down to hell Cast out... Buried in a hole Struck down... forcing me to fall Destroyed... giving up the fight Well,I know I'm not alright Cast out... Buried in a hole Struck down... forcing me to fall Destroyed... giving up the fight Well,I know I'm not alright 14. Hitchin' A Ride. Hey mister, where you headed? Are you in a hurry? I need a lift to happy hour. Say oh no. Do you brake for distilled spirits? I need a break as well. The well that inebriates the guilt. 1, 2. 1, 2, 3, 4. Cold turkey's getting stale, tonight I'm eating crow. Fermented salmonella poison oak no There's a drought at the fountain of youth, and now I'm dehydrating. My tongue is swelling up, as say 1, 2. 1, 2, 3, 4. Troubled times, you know i can not lie. I'm off the wagon and I'm hitchin' a ride. There's a drought at the fountain of youth, and now I'm dehydrating. My tongue is swelling up, I say Shit! 15. Good Riddance (Time of your life) Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road. Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to do. So make the best of this test, and don't ask why. It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time. It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right. I hope you had the time of your life. So take the photographs, and still frames in your mind. Hang it on a shelf of good health and good time. Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial. For what it's worth, it was worth all the while. I hope you had the time of your life. I hope you had the time of your life 16.Redundant We're living in repetition. Content in the same old stick again. Now the routine's turning to contention, Like a production line going over and over and over, roller coaster. Now I cannot speak, I lost my voice. I'm speechless and redundant. 'Cause I love you's not enough. I'm lost for words. Choreographed and lack of passion. Prototypes of what we were. Went full circle 'til I'm nauseous. Taken for granted now. Now I waste it, faked it, ate it, now i hate it. Now I cannot speak, I lost my voice. I'm speechless and redundant, 'cause I love you's not enough. I'm lost for words, now I cannot speak 17.Nice Guys Finish Last Nice guys finish last. You're running out of gas. Your sympathy will get you left behind. Sometimes you're at your best, when you look the worst. Do you feel washed up, like piss going down the drain Pressure cooker pick my brain and tell me I'm insane. I'm so fucking happy I could cry. Every joke can have its truth and now the joke's on you. I never knew you were such a funny guy. Oh nice guys finish last, when you are the outcast. Don't pat yourself on the back, you might break your spine. Living on command. You're shaking lots of hands. Kissing up and bleeding all your trust, taking what you need. Bit the hand that feeds. You kill your memory 18. Minority I wanna be the minority I don't need your authority Down with the moral majority 'Cause I wanna be the minority I pledge allegiance To the underworld One nation underdog There of which I stand alone A face in the crowd Unsung against the mold Without a doubt, singled out The only way I know Stepped out of the line Like a sheep run from the herd Marching out of time To my own beat now... The only way I know One light, one mind Flashing in the dark Blinded by the silence Of a thousand broken hearts "For crying out loud" She screamed unto me A free for all, fuck 'em all You are your own sight I wanna be the minority (x4) 19.Warning This is a public service announcement This is only a test Emergency, evacuation, protest May impair your ability To operate machinery Can't quite tell Just what it means to me Keep out of reach of children Don't you talk to strangers Get your philosophy from a bumper sticker Warning, live without warning Without, alright Better homes and safety-sealed communities Did you remember to pay the utility? Caution: police line You better not cross Is the cop or am I The one that's really dangerous? Sanitation, expiration date Pushing everything Or shut up and be a victim of authority (Chorus) (Verse 2) (First 2 lines through megaphone) (Chorus) This is a public service announcement This is only a test 20. Waiting I've been waiting a long time For this moment to come I'm destined for anything at all Downtown lights will be shining On me, like a new diamond Ring out, under the midnight hour Well no one can touch me now And I can't turn my back It's too late, ready or not at all Well I'm so much closer than I have ever known... Wake up! Dawning of a new era Calling, don't let it catch ya Falling, ready or not at all So close, enough to taste it I can almost embrace this Feeling, on the tip of my tongue You better thank your lucky stars Dumbstruck, colour me stupid Good luck, you're gonna need it Where I'm going, if i get there at all Wake up! You better thank your lucky stars! 21. Macy's Day Parade Today's the Macy's Day parade The night of the living dead is on it's way With a credit report for duty call It's a lifetime guarantee Stuffed in a coffin, 10% more free Red light special at the mausoleum Give me something that I need Satifaction guaranteed to you What's the consolation prize? Economy sized dreams of hope When I was a kid, I thought I wanted all the things that I haven't got Oh, but I learned the hardest way Then I realized what it took To tell the difference between thieves and crooks A lesson learned to me and you Give me something that I need Satisfaction guaranteed Because I'm thinkin about a brand new hope The one I've never known Cuz now I know it's all that I wanted What's the consolation prize? Economy sized dreams of hope Give me something that I need Satisfaction guaranteed Because I'm thinkin about a brand new hope The one I've never known And where it goes And I'm thinkin about the only road The one I've never known And where it goes And I'm thinkin about a brand new hope The one I've never known 'Cause now I know it's all that I wanted Copyright Green Day Mania/SJ Wood, 2004. All Rights Reserved |
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