21st Century Breakdown Lyrics - Green Day

1 Whoooooo, whooo, whoooooo

2 Born into Nixon I was raised in hell

3 A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled

4 The last one born and the first one to run

5 My town was blind from the refinery sun

6 My generation is zero

7 I never made it as a working class hero

8 21st century breakdown

9 I once was lost but never was found

10 I think I'm losing what's left of my mind

11 To the 20th century deadline

12 Whoooooo, whooo, whoooooo

13 I was made of poison and blood

14 Condemnation is what I understood

15 Video games to the Towers' fall

16 Homeland security could kill us all

17 My generation is zero

18 I never made it as a working class hero

19 21st century breakdown

20 I once was lost but never was found

21 I think I'm losing what's left of my mind

22 To the 20th century deadline

23 We are the class of the class of '13

24 Born in the era of humility

25 We are the desperate in the decline

26 Raised by the bastards of 1969

27 My name is no one, the long lost son

28 Born on the 4th of July

29 Raised in the era of heroes and cons

30 That left me for dead or alive

31 I am a nation, a worker of pride (Oh!)

32 My debt to the status quo

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

34 Is all that I have to show

35 Hey! Hey! Hey!

36 I swallowed my pride and I choked on my faith

37 I've given my heart and my soul

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

39 The pillar of damage control

40 I've been to the edge and I've thrown the bouquet (Oh!)

41 Of flowers left over the grave

42 I sat in the waiting room, wasting my time

43 And waiting for Judgment Day

44 I praise liberty

45 The "freedom to obey"

46 Is the song that strangles me

47 Oh, don't cross the line

48 Oh dream, America dream

49 I can't even sleep

50 From the light's early dawn

51 Oh scream, America scream

52 Believe what you see

53 From heroes and cons