Green Day – American Idiot Lyrics

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2. Jesus of Suburbia
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Don't want to be an American idiot
Don't want a nation under the new media
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mind fuck America

[Hook]
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue

Well maybe I'm the faggot America
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
Now everybody do the propaganda
And sing along to the age of paranoia

[Hook]

Don't want to be an American idiot
One nation controlled by the media
Information age of hysteria
It's calling out to idiot America

[Hook]
Track 1 on American Idiot
2. Jesus of Suburbia
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About American Idiot

“American Idiot” is a song by the American punk rock band Green Day. It was released as the first single from their album of the same name. The song received mostly positive reviews by critics and was nominated for four Grammy Awards; Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, Best Rock Song, Best Short Form Music Video and Record of the Year. The song heavily criticizes the state of the United States circa 2004, with lines referencing the danger of the “new, biased media.” This marks the introduction to the rock opera concept of the album of the same name.

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