Nimrod
All words by Billie Joe Armstrong

1. 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 it's 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 a spine

Living on command
You're shaking lots of hands
Kissing up and bleeding all your trust
Taking what you need
Bite the hand that feeds
You kill your memory
(repeat chorus 2x)

2. 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 brake 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!
(repeat chorus)

3. The Grouch
I was a young boy that had big plans
Now I'm just another shitty old man
I don't have fun and I hate everything
The world owes me
So fuck you

Glory days don't mean shit to e
I drink a six pack of apathy
Life's a bitch and so am I
The world owes me
So fuck you

Wasted youth and a fist full of ideals
I had a young and optimistic point of view
Wasted youth and a fist full of ideals
I had a young and optimistic point of view

I've decomposed and my guts getting fat
Oh my God I'm turning now like my dad
I'm always rude
I've got a bad attitude
The world owes me
So fuck you

The wife's a nag
And the kid's fucking up
I can't have sex cause I can't get it up
I'm just a grouch sitting on the couch
The world owes me
So fuck you
(repeat the wasted youth thing, then go and repeat the first chorus and 2nd verse)

4. Redundant
We're living in repetition
Content in the same old shtick 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 ti;; I'm nauseous
Taken for granted now
Now I waste it, faked it, now I hate it

Now I can not speak
I lost my voice
I'm speechless and redundant
Cause I love you's not enough
I'm lost for words
(repeat 1st chorus again)

5. Scattered
I've got some scattered pictures lying on my bedroom floor
Reminds me of the times we shared
Makes me wish that you were here
Now it seems I've forgotten my purpose in this life
All the songs have been erased
Guess I've learned from my mistakes

Open the past and present
Now and we are here
Story to tell and I am listening
Open the past and present and the future too
It's all I've got and I'm giving it up to you

Loose ends in knots
Leaving a lump down in my throat
Gagging on a souvenir
Lodged to fill another year
Drag it on and on until my skin is ripped to shreds
Leaving my self wide open
Living out a sacrifice
(repeat chorus)

If you got no one and I've got no place to go
Would it be all right?
Could it be all right?
(repeat 1st verse and then chorus)

6. All the Time
All the time
Every time I need it
What's the time?
I'd say the time is right
Here's to me
Lets find another reason
Down the hatch and a attitude, salud

Wasting time, wasting time
Down a bum fucked road
And I don't know were the hell it will go
Heirlooms and huffing fumes
And I'm picking up the pace
And I'm gonna smash straight into a wall

All the time
A new year's resolution
How soon do we forget
Doing time
Loving every minute
Live it upon another let down, salud

Promises, promises, it was all seein stone
Cross my hart and hope to die
Sugar fix
Dirty tricks
And a trick question
Guess I should have read between the lines

Having the time of my life
watching the clock tick
Having the time of my life
Watching the clock tick

All the time
Where did all the time go?
It's too late to day goodnight
Time flies when you're having fun
Times up when you work like a dog, salud

7. Worry Rock
Another sentimental argument
Love fucked without a kiss again and dragged it through the mud
Yelling at brick walls and punching windows made f stone
The worry rock has turned to dust
And fallen on our pride

A knocked down dragged out fight
Fat lips and open wounds
Another wasted night and no one to take the fall.

Where do we go from here?
And what did you do with the directions?
Promise me no dead end streets
And I'll guarantee we'll have the road.
(repeat chorus again)

8. Platypus (I Hate You)
You rise and fall
Back up against the wall
What goes around is coming back and haunting you
It's time to quite
Cause you ain't worth the shit
Under my shoes or the piss on the ground

No one loves you and you know it
Don't pretend that you enjoy it or you don't care
Cause now I wouldn't lie or tell you all the things you want to hear
Cause I hate you (4x)

I heard your sick
Sucked on that cancer stick
A throbbing tumor and a radiation high
Shit out of luck
And now your time is up
It brings me pleasure just to know your going to die
(repeat friendly chorus)

Dickhead, fuckface, cock smoking
Mother fucking, asshole, dirty twat
Waste of semen, I hope you die HEY!

Red eye, code blue
I'd like to strangle you
And watch your eyes bulge right out of your skull
When you go down
Head first into the ground
I'll stand above you to piss on your grave
(repeat pretty chorus again)

9. Uptight
I woke up on the wrong side of the floor
Made, made my way to the front door
Broke my engagement with myself
Perfect picture of bad health
Another notch scratched on my belt
The future just ain't what it used to be

I got a new start on a dead end road
Peaked, peaked out on reaching new lows
Owe, I paid all my debts to myself
Perfect picture of bad health
Another notch scratched on my belt
The future's in my living room

Uptight, I'm a nag with a gun
All night, suicide's last call
I've been uptight all night
I'm a son of a gun
(repeat chorus about 4x)

10. Last Ride In
There are no words to this song.
Sorry.

11. Jinx
I fucked up again
It's all my fault
So turn me around and face the wall
Read me my rights and tell me I'm wrong
Until it gets into my thick skull
A slap on the wrist
A stab in the back
Torture me, I've been a bad boy
Nail me to the cross
Until you have won
I lost before I did any wrong

I'm hexed with regrets and bad luck
Keep your distance cause it's rubbing off
Or you will be damned to spend you life in hell
Or on earth with me tangled at your feet
You finally met your nemesis
Disguised as your fatal long lost love
So kiss it good bye
Until death do us part
You fell for a jinx for crying out loud

12. Haushinka
Haushinka is a girl with a peculiar name
I met her on the eve of my birthday
Did she know
Did she know, before she went away
Does she know?
But it's to damn late

This girl has gone far away
Now she's gone

All I have is a memory to date
A cheap hat and cigarettes, and a peculiar name
I didn't know
I didn't know, before she went away
I know now
I know now, and it's to damn late
(repeat chorus 3x)

Will she ever find her way?
I'm too damn young to be too late, but am I?
Yet again I'm kicking myself, and I'll be here in battle scares, waiting for you
Waiting for you now
(repeat chorus 3x)

13. Walking Alone
Come together like a foot in a shoe
Only this time I think I stuck my foot in my mouth
Thinking out loud and acting in vain
Knocking over anyone that stands in my way

Sometimes I need to apologize
Sometimes I need to admit that I ain't right
Sometimes I should just keep my mouth shut
Or only say hello
Sometimes I still feel I'm walking alone

Walk on eggshells on my old stomping ground
Yet there's really no one left that's hanging around
Isn't that another familiar face?
Too drunk to figure out they're fading away
(repeat chorus 2x)

14. Reject
Who the hell are you to tell me what I am and what's my master plan
What makes you think that it includes you?
Self-righteous wealth
Stop flattering yourself

Cause when the smoke clears here I am
your reject all American
Sucking up you social sect
Making you a nervous wreck
To hell and back and hell again I've gone
You're not type
Not my type

What's the difference between you and me?
I do what I want, and you do what your told
So listen up and shut the hell up
It ain't no big deal
And I'll see you in hell

Cause when the smoke clears here I am
Your reject all American
Falling from grace, right on my face
To hell and back and hell again I've gone

15. Take Back
You pushed me once too far again
I'd love to break your fucking teeth
Stick it down the center of your back
You better grow some eyes in the back of your head
I fight dirty just like you looks
Can't take, can't take, can't take anymore

Take back
Take back
Take

The taste of bad blood on the tip of my tongue
An eye for eye
Gun for gun
Cold cocked and I'm taking back what's mine
Expect it when you're least expecting it
No loss of love, the smell of regret
Lights out
Can't take anymore
Shite
(repeat chorus)

16. King For a Day
Started at the age of 4
My mother went to the grocery store
Went sneaking through her bed room door to find something in a size 4

Sugar and spice and everything nice wasn't made for only girls
GI Joe in panty hose is making room for the one and only
King for a day
Princess by dawn
King for a day
In a leather thong
King for a day
Princess by dawn
Just wait till all the guys get a load of me

My daddy threw me in therapy
He thinks I'm not a real men
Who put the drag in the drag queen
Don't knock it until you tried it
(repeat chorus)

17. Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)
Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you were to go
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 it's right
I hope you had the time of your life

So take the photographs and still frames in your mind
Hang it on a self 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
(repeat chorus 3x)

18. Prosthetic Head
I see you, down in the front line
Such a sight for sore eyes, you're a suicide makeover
Plastic eyes, lookin' through a numbskull
Self effaced
What's his face
You erased yourself so shut up
You don't let up

You have a growth that must be treated
Like a severed severe pain in the neck
You can smell it but you can't see it
No explanation identified
Cause you don't know
You don't say
And you got no reply

Hey you, where did you come from?
Got a head full of lead, you're a inbred bastard son
All dressed up, red blooded, Amannequin
Do or die, no reply, don't deny that you're synthetic.
You're pathetic
(repeat chorus, then part 1st verse)
You don't know
You don't say
And you got no reply