 Genius Lyrics
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Green Day – Sassafras Roots
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“Sassafras Roots” is about wasting time and being completely unproductive. Instead of wasting time all alone, the narrator invites some friends to waste time with them.
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Green Day – Sassafras Roots (4-Track Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Roaming 'round your house, wasting your time / No obligation, just wasting your time / So why are you alone wasting your time? / When you could be with me, wasting your
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Green Day – Pulling Teeth (4-Track Demo)
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[Verse] / I'm all busted up / Broken bones and nasty cuts / Accidents will happen / But this time I can't get up / She comes to check on me / Making sure I'm on my knees / After
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Green Day – Longview
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“Longview” describes intense boredom, with a title taken from a Washington town where it was first played. Lyrically, the song is about a day spent sitting around the house, doing
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Green Day – She (4-Track Demo)
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[Verse 1] / She, 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 / [Chorus] / Are you
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Green Day – Disappearing Boy (Live in Barcelona 6/5/94)
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9. Sassafras Roots. 10. When I Come Around. 11. Coming Clean. 12. Emenius Sleepus. 13.
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Green Day – Christie Rd. (Dookie Outtake)
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[Verse 1] / Staring out of my window / Watching the cars go rolling by / My friends are gone, I've got nothing to do / So I sit here patiently / Watching the clock tick so slowly
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Green Day – 409 In Your Coffeemaker (Dookie Outtake)
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[Verse 1] / I sit in the state of a daydream / With all of your words flying over my head / Even more time gets wasted in a daze / It should seem obvious to you / Your screams and
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Green Day – In the End (4-Track Demo)
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[Verse 1] / All brawn and no brains, yeah, and all those nice things, yeah / You finally got what you want / Someone to look good with and light your cigarette / Is this what you
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Green Day – J.A.R. (Cassette Demo)
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[Verse 1] / My friend drove off the other day, now he's gone and all they say / Is "you got to live cause life goes on..." / But now I see I'm mortal, too, I can't live my life
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Green Day – When It’s Time (4-Track Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Words get trapped in my mind / So don't think I don’t take the time to feel the way I do / 'Cause the first day you came into my life / My time ticks around you / [
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Green Day – Chump (4-Track Demo)
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[Verse 1] / I don't know you, but I think I hate you / You're the reason for my misery / Strange how you've become my biggest enemy / And I've never even seen your face / [Chorus
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Green Day – Longview (Cassette Demo)
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[Bass Intro] / [Verse 1] / I sit around and watch the tube, but nothing's on / I change the channels for an hour or two / Twiddle my thumbs just for a bit / I'm sick of all the
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Green Day – Burnout (4-Track Demo)
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[Verse 1] / I declare I don't care no more / I'm burnin' up and out and growing bored / In my smoked out boring room / My hair is shaggin' in my eyes / Draggin' my feet to hit the
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Green Day – When I Come Around (Cassette Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Well, 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
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Green Day – Burnout (Cassette Demo)
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[Verse 1] / I declare I don't care no more / I'm burnin' up and out and growing bored / In my smoked out boring room / My hair is shaggin' in my eyes / Draggin' my feet to hit the
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Green Day – F.O.D. (4-Track Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Something's on my mind, it's been for quite some time / This time, I'm on to you / So where's the other face, the face I heard before? / Your head trip's boring me / [
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Green Day – Burnout (Live In Barcelona)
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Green Day. 1. Burnout. 2. Having a Blast. 3. Chump. 4. Longview. 5. Welcome to Paradise. 6. Pulling Teeth. 7. Basket Case. 8. She. 9. Sassafras Roots. 10. When ...
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Green Day – Paper Lanterns (Live In Barcelona)
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Green Day. 1. Burnout. 2. Having a Blast. 3. Chump. 4. Longview. 5. Welcome to Paradise. 6. Pulling Teeth. 7. Basket Case. 8. She. 9. Sassafras Roots. 10. When ...
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Green Day – 2000 Light Years Away (Live In Barcelona)
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Green Day. 1. Burnout. 2. Having a Blast. 3. Chump. 4. Longview. 5. Welcome to Paradise. 6. Pulling Teeth. 7. Basket Case. 8. She. 9. Sassafras Roots. 10. When ...
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Green Day – Christie Road (Live In Barcelona)
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Green Day. 1. Burnout. 2. Having a Blast. 3. Chump. 4. Longview. 5. Welcome to Paradise. 6. Pulling Teeth. 7. Basket Case. 8. She. 9. Sassafras Roots. 10. When ...
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Green Day – Road To Acceptance (Live In Barcelona)
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Green Day. 1. Burnout. 2. Having a Blast. 3. Chump. 4. Longview. 5. Welcome to Paradise. 6. Pulling Teeth. 7. Basket Case. 8. She. 9. Sassafras Roots. 10. When ...
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Green Day – Chump
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[Verse 1] / I don't know you, but I think I hate you / You're the reason for my misery / Strange how you've become my biggest enemy / And I've never even seen your face / [Chorus
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Green Day – Only Of You (Live In Barcelona)
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Green Day. 1. Burnout. 2. Having a Blast. 3. Chump. 4. Longview. 5. Welcome to Paradise. 6. Pulling Teeth. 7. Basket Case. 8. She. 9. Sassafras Roots. 10. When ...
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Green Day – When I Come Around (4-Track Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Well, 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
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Green Day – Basket Case (4-Track Demo)
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[Verse 1] / I really don't know where this story began / My friend Houston had got himself a girl / Swank is her name, she's got the best of him / And he's got the best of her in
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Green Day – Walking The Dog (Demo)
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[Intro- Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool] / Rolling, bong it! / Take Five / [Verse 1- Billie Joe Armstrong] / Mary Mack, dressed in black / Silver buttons all down her back / High to low, tip
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Green Day – Basket Case (Cassette Demo)
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[Verse 1] / 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
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Green Day – When I Come Around
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“When I Come Around” is about a boy who wants to be in a casual relationship, but has become involved with a girl who wants something more serious; his insecurities and poor self-
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Green Day – Chump (Live In Barcelona)
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Green Day. 1. Burnout. 2. Having a Blast. 3. Chump. 4. Longview. 5. Welcome to Paradise. 6. Pulling Teeth. 7. Basket Case. 8. She. 9. Sassafras Roots. 10. When ...
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Green Day – All by Myself
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Hidden track on Dookie about masturbating. Written and performed by the drummer Tré Cool
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Green Day – In the End
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“In The End” was written from Billie’s point of view as he saw his mother date other men after his father’s death. He had grown tired of seeing his mom with them and got sick of
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Green Day – Burnout
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“Burnout” is an anthem for apathetic and uninterested outcasts. Its lyrics explore the idea of indifference to the problems of life, and are often seen as a description of the punk
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Green Day – Coming Clean
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“Coming Clean” is about lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong coming out as bisexual. Released when Billie Joe was 21, and just months before marrying his wife, Billie Joe reflects back
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Green Day – Basket Case
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“Basket Case” spent five weeks at the top of the Modern Rock Tracks chart, becoming arguably Green Day’s signature song of the pre-American Idiot days.
It’s about Billie Joe
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Green Day – Green Day: Rock Band Setlist
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The Fox Theater – Oakland / Set 1 / "Song of the Century" / "21st Century Breakdown" / "Last Night on Earth" / "¿Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)" / "Restless Heart Syndrome" / Set 2
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Green Day – Haushinka (Cassette Demo)
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[Verse 1] / Haushinka is a girl with a peculiar name / I met her on the eve of my birthday / I didn't know (I didn't know) / I didn't know all that you think / I know now (I know
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