American Idiot

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Verse 1

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Don't wanna be an American idiot
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Don't want a nation that under the new media
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And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
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The subliminal mindfuck America


Chorus
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Welcome to a new kind of tension
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All across the alien nation
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Everything isn't meant to be okay
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Television dreams of tomorrow
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We're not the ones who're meant to follow
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Convincing them to walk you

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Verse 2

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


Back to Chorus

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Solo

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Bridge

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Verse 3

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Don't wanna be an American idiot.
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One nation controlled by the media.
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Information nation of hysteria.

It's going out to idiot America.


Chorus
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Welcome to a new kind of tension.
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All across the alien nation.
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Everything isn't meant to be okay.
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Television dreams of tomorrow.
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We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
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Convincing them to walk you.

Outro
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