Green Day
American Idiot (2004) - Lyrics

Say, hey!



Hear the sound of the
falling rain

Coming down like an Armageddon flame (Hey!)

The
shame

The ones who died without a name



Hear the dogs
howling out of key

To a hymn called "Faith and Misery" (Hey!)

And bleed, the company lost the war today



I beg to dream and
differ from the hollow lies

This is the dawning of the rest of our
lives

On holiday



Hear the drum pounding out of time

Another protester has crossed the line (Hey!)

To find, the
money's on the other side



Can I get another Amen?
(Amen!)

There's a flag wrapped around a score of men (Hey!)

A gag, a plastic bag on a monument



I beg to dream and differ
from the hollow lies

This is the dawning of the rest of our lives

On holiday



(Hey!)

(Say, hey!)



(3,4)



"The representative from California has the floor"



Sieg Heil to the president Gasman

Bombs away is your punishment

Pulverize the Eiffel towers

Who criticize your government

Bang bang goes the broken glass and

Kill all the fags that
don't agree

Trials by fire, setting fire

Is not a way
that's meant for me

Just cause, just cause, because we're
outlaws yeah!



I beg to dream and differ from the hollow
lies

This is the dawning of the rest of our lives

I beg to
dream and differ from the hollow lies

This is the dawning of the rest
of our lives



This is our lives on holiday