Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown Lyrics

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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 the refinery sun 

My generation is zero 
I never made it as a working class hero 

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

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

My generation is zero 
I never made it as a working class hero 

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

We are the cries of the class of thirteen 
Born in the era of humility 
We are the desperate and in the decline 
Raised by the bastards of 1969 

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 a means to an end 
It's all that I have to show 

I swallowed my pride 
and I chocked on my Faith 
I've given my heart and my soul 
Ive broken my fingers 
And lied though my teeth 
The pillar of damage control 

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

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

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

oooh scream, America scream 
Believe what you see 
From heroes and cons?!

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lyrics submitted on 12-03-2009
lyrics corrected on 29-10-2009