Genius Lyrics
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Green Day – Pulling Teeth
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“Pulling Teeth” was written from the perspective of a man who is abused by his girlfriend, and how he can’t get out of his situation. The song has a very dark bit of humor to it
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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 – 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 – Disappearing Boy (Live in Barcelona 6/5/94)
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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 – 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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The Red Shore – Pulling Teeth
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From beyond I can sense your torment / Your heart is an unmarked grave / In the days that are yet to speak of / You will writhe in a sea of pain / It begins with a hollow judgement
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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 – 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.
The song
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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 what that you think / I know now (I know
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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 – 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 – 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 – 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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I figured out a way to break those doubting fools / A hand up, I manned up, and dropped those Joules
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Joules is the SI unit of energy/work. E-dubble here is referencing work: He will break “those doubting fools” by putting in the work and effort necessary to make they doubts disappear.
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