["Is all that I have to show","I've broken my fingers","To the 20th century deadline","We are the desperate in the decline","","Raised by the bastards of 1969","","Born in the era of humility","","21st century breakdown","Of flowers left over from the grave","","","A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled","I think I am losing what's left of my mind","I once was lost but never was found","Oh dream, America, dream","Well don't cross the line","","The pillar of damage control","Born on the 4th of July","From the light's early dawn","My generation is zero","","Born into Nixon I was raised in hell","My town was blind from refinery sun","I sat in the waiting room","My name is no one","And lied through my teeth","","The last one born, and the first one to run","","","I never made it as a working class hero","A worker of pride","I've given my heart and my soul","Wasting my time","Video games to the tower's fall","Condemnation is what I understood","Raised in the era of heroes and cons","We are the class of, the class of 13","I swallowed my pride","I am a nation","Oh scream, America, scream","And the means to an end","I once was lost but never was found","","Homeland security could kill us all","The \"freedom to obey\"","And I choked on my faith","And I've thrown the bouquet","I never made it as a working class hero","Is the song that strangles me","","","My generation is zero","I praise liberty","And waiting for Judgment Day","","My debt to the status quo","Believe what you see","I've been to the edge","","21st century breakdown","From heroes and cons","The scars on my hands","The long lost son","That left me for dead or alive","To the 20th century deadline","I was made of poison and blood","I can't even sleep","I think I am losing what's left of my mind"]
Performed by: Green Day Written by: Billie Joe Armstrong; Mike Dirnt; Frank E Iii Wright
Credits: Armstrong, Billie Joe (Songwriter); Dirnt, Mike (Songwriter); Wright, Frank E Iii (Songwriter); GREEN DAZE MUSIC (Publisher); WB MUSIC CORP. (Publisher)