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The Grouch (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)

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The Grouch (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97) Lyrics

[Intro]
This song's for you, this song’s called "The Grouch"

[Verse 1]
I was a young boy that had big plans
Now I'm just another shitty old man
I don't have fun and I hate everything
The world owes me, so fuck you
Glory days don’t mean shit to me
I drank a six-pack of apathy
Life's a bitch and so am I
The world owes me, so fuck you

[Chorus]
Wasted youth and a fistful of ideals
I had a young and optimistic point of view
Wasted youth and a fistful of ideals
I had a young and optimistic point of view

[Verse 2]
I've decomposed, yet my gut's gettin' fat
Oh my God, I'm turnin' out like my dad
I'm always rude, I’ve got a bad attitude
The world owes me, so fuck you
The wife’s a nag and the kid's fuckin’ up
I don't have sex 'cause I can't get it up
I’m just a grouch sittin' on the couch
The world owes me, so fuck you
[Chorus]
Wasted youth and a fistful of ideals
I had a young and optimistic point of view
Wasted youth and a fistful of ideals
I had a young and optimistic point of view

[Post-Chorus]
'Til I grew up

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 1]
I was a young boy that had big plans
Now I'm just another shitty old man
I don't have fun and I hate everything
The world owes me, so fuck you
Glory days don't mean shit to me
I drank a six-pack of apathy
Life's a bitch and so am I
The world owes me, so fuck you

[Refrain]
The world owes me, so fuck you
The world owes me, so fuck you

[Outro]
The world owes me, so fuck you
[Interlude]
Get naked!
What? (Get naked!)
I am not getting naked tonight, no
Okay, I'll do it
You gotta wait, though
How many of you guys out there have small dicks?
Yeah, everybody's all, "Tsk, not me!"
Shit
All you guys out there, you got dicks this big, just fucking admit it
Yeah, man, but I'm only this big, that's like, my whole body, you know?
Hey, don't underestimate an inch
What's that?
Anyways, this next song comes off a record called Dookie
This song's called "Chump", alright

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Genius Annotation

“The Grouch” lays the perspective of a grumpy, arrogant, and irritated man who has ‘grown old’. It shows how he’s wasted all his life away and now all he can do is complain about it. He exists, but he lost his will to live – he hates everything and drowns himself in regret and hatred.

The song was apparently written after Billie Joe had a fight with his wife Adie.

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  1. 11.
    Jinx
  2. 14.
    Reject
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    The Grouch (Live at the Electric Factory, Philadelphia 11/14/97)
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Release Date
January 27, 2023
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