21st Century Breakdown Live Lyrics | Green Day

21st Century Breakdown - Live

Born into Nixon I was raised in hell
A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled
The last one born, and the first one to run
My town was blind from refinery sun

My generation is zero
I never made it as a working-class let's go

{Chorus]
21st century breakdown
I once was lost but never was found
I think I am losing what's left of my mind
To the 20th century deadline

Whembley

I was made of poison and blood
Condemnation is what I understood
Video games to the tower's fall
Homeland security could kill us all

My generation is zero
I never made it as a working-class let's go

21st century breakdown
I once was lost but never was found
I think I am losing what's left of my mind
To the 20th century deadline

London

Are you with me?
Are you with me?
This is what I need you to do
This is what I need you to do
When I say 1, 2, 3, 4
I want everybody to go fuc*** crazy
Are you ready?

We are the class of, the class of 13
Born in the era of humility
We are the desperate in the decline
Raised by the bastards 1, 2, 3, 4

My name is no one
The long lost son
Born on the 4th of July

Raised in the era of heroes and cons
That left me for dead or alive

I am a nation
A worker of pride
My debt to the status quo

The scars on my hands
And the means to an end
Is all that I have to jump, jump, jump

I swallowed my pride
And I choked on my faith
I've given my heart and my soul

I've broken my fingers
And lied through my teeth
The pillar of damage control

I've been to the edge
And I've thrown the bouquet
Of flowers left over from the grave
I sat in the waiting room
Wasting my time
And waiting for Judgment Day

I praise liberty
The "freedom to obey"
Is the song that strangles me
Well don't cross the line
Alright

Get those hands up in the air

Oh dream, America, dream
I can't even sleep
From the light's early dawn

England

Oh scream, America, scream
Believe what you see
From heroes and cons