American Idiot - Green Day

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[Intro]
     
     
     
     

[Verse 1]
          
Don't wanna be

              
 an American i

         
diot
          
Don't want a n

              
ation under th

                
e new media
          
And can you he

              
ar the sound o

                
f hysteria?
          
The subliminal

              
 mindfuck Amer

         
ica

[Chorus]

Welcome to a n

ew kind of ten

sion

All across the

 alien nation
             
Where everythi

              
ng isn't meant

       
 to be okay

Television dre

ams of tomorro

w

We're not the 

ones who're me

ant to follow

For that's eno

ugh to argue

[Instrumental]
N.C.
     
     

[Verse 2]
          
Well maybe I'm

              
 the faggot Am

           
erica
          
I'm not a part

              
 of a redneck 

            
agenda
          
Now everybody 

              
do the propaga

         
nda
          
And sing along

              
 to the age of

               
 paranoia

[Chorus]

Welcome to a n

ew kind of ten

sion

All across the

 alien nation
             
Where verythin

              
g isn't meant 

      
to be okay

Television dre

ams of tomorro

w

We're not the 

ones who're me

ant to follow

For that's eno

ugh to argue

[Instrumental]
N.C.
     
     
     
     

[Solo]
      
      
     
     

[Verse 3]
            
Don't wanna be

           
 an American i

    
diot
            
One nation con

           
trolled by the

 
 media
           
Information ag

             
e of hysteria
N.C.
It's calling out to idiot America

[Chorus]

Welcome to a n

ew kind of ten

sion

All across the

 alien nation
             
Where verythin

              
g isn't meant 

      
to be okay

Television dre

ams of tomorro

w

We're not the 

ones who're me

ant to follow

For that's eno

ugh to argue

[Outro]
     
     
     
     
    

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