21st Century Breakdown Lyrics - 21st Century Breakdown - Green Day

Born into Nixon and 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 hero 

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 

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 

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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 am losing what's left of my mind 

To the 20th century deadline 

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 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 the means to an end 

Is all that I have to show 

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 

Oh, dream, America, dream 

I can't even sleep from the light's early dawn 

Oh, scream, America, scream 

Believe what you see from heroes and cons