Green Day

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 wanna be the minority
I don't need your authority
Down with the moral majority
Cause I wanna be the minority

I pledge allegience to the underworld
One nation under dark of which I sit alone
A piece in a crowd, a sound against the mold
Without a doubt, singled out, the only way I know

I wanna be the minority
I don't need your authority
Down with the moral majority
Cause I wanna be the minority

Stand out on the line
Like a sheep runs from the herd
Marching out of time
To my own beat now
The only way I know

One light of mine flashing in the dark
Blinded by the silence of a thousand broken hearts
For crying out loud, she screamed out to me
A free for all, fuck em all, you and your site

I wanna be the minority
I don't need your authority
Down with the moral majority
Cause I wanna be the minority

One light of mine flashing in the dark
Blinded by the silence of a thousand broken hearts
A free for all, fuck em all, you and your site

I wanna be the minority
I don't need your authority
Down with the moral majority
Cause I wanna be the minority

...The minority
I wanna be the minority
The minority
I wanna be the minority

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.
Bite the hand that feeds.
You kill your memory

She screams in silence
A sullen riot penetrating through her mind
Waiting for a sign
To smash the silence with the brick of self control

Are you locked up in a world
That's 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's figured out
All her doubts were someone else's point of view
Waking up this time
To smash the silence with the brick of self control

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 to 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 you falling
ready or not at all
oh so close 
enough to taste it
almost 
I can embrace this feeling 
on the tip of my tounge

well I'm so much closer than
I have ever known
wake up
better thank your lucky stars
(shey hey hey)

well I'm so much closer than
I have ever known
wake up
better thank your lucky stars
(shey hey hey)

I've been 
waiting a lifetime for this 
moment to come
I'm dstined for anything at all

dumbstruck
colour me stupid
good luck
you're gonna need it
where I'm going if I get there at all

wake up
better thank your lucky stars

This is a public service announcement
Ths 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 talk to strangers
Get your philosphy from a bumper sticker

Warning: Live without warning
Warning: Live without warning

Better homes and safety-sealed communities?
Did you remember to pay the utility
Caution: police line: you better not cross
Is it the cop or am I the one that's really dangerous?
Sanitation, Expiration date, Question Everything?
Or shut up and be the victim or authority

Warning: Live without warning
Warning: Live without warning

Better homes and safety-sealed communities?
Did you remember to pay the utility?
Caution: police line: you better not cross
Is it the cop or am I the one that's really dangerous?
Sanitation, Expiration date, Question Everything?
Or shut uo and be the victim of authority

Warning: live without warning
Warning: live without warning
This was a public service announcement
This was only a test

Dear mother, can you hear me whining?
It's been three whole weeks since 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 slums and some call it nice
I want to take you through a wasteland
That 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 reasons it's now feeling like my home
And I'm never gonna go

Dear mother, can you hear me laughing?
It's been six whole months since 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