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21st Century Breakdown - Live

by Green Day

on Last Night on Earth (Live in Tokyo) (2009)

[Verse 1]
Born into Nixon I was raised in hell
A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled
The last one born, and the first one to run
My town was blind from refinery sun

[Pre-Chorus]
My generation is zero
I never made it as a working-class let's go

{Chorus]
21st century breakdown
I once was lost but never was found
I think I am losing what's left of my mind
To the 20th century deadline

Whembley

[Verse 2]
I was made of poison and blood
Condemnation is what I understood
Video games to the tower's fall
Homeland security could kill us all

[Pre-Chorus]
My generation is zero
I never made it as a working-class let's go

[Chorus]
21st century breakdown
I once was lost but never was found
I think I am losing what's left of my mind
To the 20th century deadline

London

Are you with me?
Are you with me?
This is what I need you to do
This is what I need you to do
When I say 1, 2, 3, 4
I want everybody to go f*cking crazy
Are you ready?


[Bridge]
We are the class of, the class of 13
Born in the era of humility
We are the desperate in the decline
Raised by the bast*rds 1, 2, 3, 4

[Verse 3]
My name is no one
The long lost son
Born on the 4th of July

Raised in the era of heroes and cons
That left me for dead or alive

[Verse 4]
I am a nation
A worker of pride
My debt to the status quo

The scars on my hands
And the means to an end
Is all that I have to jump, jump, jump

[Verse 5]
I swallowed my pride
And I choked on my faith
I've given my heart and my soul

I've broken my fingers
And lied through my teeth
The pillar of damage control

[Verse 6]
I've been to the edge
And I've thrown the bouquet
Of flowers left over from the grave
I sat in the waiting room
Wasting my time
And waiting for Judgment Day

[Refrain]
I praise liberty
The "freedom to obey"
Is the song that strangles me
Well don't cross the line
Alright

Get those hands up in the air

[Outro]
Oh dream, America, dream
I can't even sleep
From the light's early dawn

England

Oh scream, America, scream
Believe what you see
From heroes and cons