21st Century Breakdown (Studio 880 Session)

[Spoken]

"Breakdown", played in the key of E-sharp

[Part I]

[Intro]

Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

[Verse 1]

Born into Nixon, 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

[Pre-Chorus]

My generation is zero

I never made it as a working-class hero

[Chorus]

21st century breakdown

I once was lost, but never was found

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

To the 20th century deadline

[Interlude]

Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh

[Verse 2]

I was made of poison and blood

Condemnation is what I understood

Video gamеs to the tower's fall

Homeland Sеcurity could kill us all

[Pre-Chorus]

My generation is zero

I never made it as a working-class hero

[Chorus]

21st century breakdown

I once was lost, but never was found

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

To the 20th century deadline

[Part II]

[Bridge 1]

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

[Verse 3]

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 a means to an end

It's all that I have to show, let's go

[Interlude]

Hey! Hey! Hey!

[Verse 4]

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 the grave

I sat in the waiting room wasting my time

And waiting for Judgment Day

[Bridge 2]

Praise liberty

The freedom to obey

It is the song that strangles me

Well, don't cross the line

[Part III]

[Outro]

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