21st Century Breakdown (Radio Edit) Lyrics - Green Day

1 Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome aboard the starship Green Day for our first passenger century breakdown.

2 Ready for count-down: 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 - ignition - lift off

3 21st century breakdown

4 Way out there in space

5 21st century breakdown

6 Our new fav'rite place

7 21st century breakdown

8 All systems are go

9 21st century breakdown

10 The sky is aglow

11 We are the class of the class of '13

12 Born in the era of humility

13 We are the desperate in the decline

14 Raised by the bastards of 1969

15 Ladies and Gentlemen, we've had a successful take-off on this first 21st century breakdown.

16 Our flying time will be eight hours. We'll be travelling at a speed of 2183 miles per second.

17 I am a nation, a worker of pride

18 My debt to the status quo

19 The scars on my hands and a means to an end

20 Is all that I have to show (21st century breakdown)

21 I swallowed my pride and I choked on my faith

22 I've given my heart and my soul

23 I've broken my fingers and lied through my teeth

24 The pillar of damage control (21st century breakdown)

25 I've been to the edge and I've thrown the bouquet

26 Of flowers left over the grave

27 I sat in the waiting room, wasting my time

28 And waiting for Judgement Day

29 I praise liberty

30 The "freedom to obey"

31 Is the song that strangles me

32 Oh, don't cross the line

33 Oh dream, America dream

34 I can't even sleep

35 From the light's early dawn

36 Oh scream, America scream

37 Believe what you see

38 From heroes and cons

39 Captain - unidentified object at 8 o'clock - 2 million miles away.

40 Stand by for emergency manoeuvre.

41 Object coming closer at the speed of light - we have eight more seconds.

42 Change course by four point six degrees.

43 Order executed.

44 Ladies and Gentlemen, in a few minutes we are going to be landing on breakdown, push the button on your left side, the safety mechanism will do the rest for you.

45 We hope you enjoyed the world's first 21st century breakdown, have a good time there.