Born into Nixon I was raised in hell
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A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled
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The last one born and the first one to run
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My town was blind from refinery sun
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My generation is zero
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I never made it as a working class hero
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21st century breakdown
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I once was lost but never was found
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I think I'm losing what's left of my mind
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to the 20th century deadline
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I was made of poison and blood
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condemnation is what I understood
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Videogames to the tower's fall
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Homeland security could kill us all
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My generation is zero
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I never made it as a working class hero
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21st century breakdown
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I once was lost but never was found
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I think I'm losing what's left of my mind
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To the 20th century deadline
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We are the cries of the class of 13
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Born in the era of humility
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we are the desperate in the decline
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Raised by the bastards of 1969
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My name is 'No one' the long lost son
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Born on the 4th of July
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Raised in an era of heroes and cons
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Left me for dead or alive
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I am an nation a worker or pride
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My debt to the status quo
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The scars on my hands and a means to an end
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Is all that I have to show
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I swallowed my pride and I choked on my faith
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I've given my heart and my soul
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I've broken my fingers and lied through my theeth
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The pillar of damage control
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I've been to the edge and I've thrown the bouquet
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Of flowers left over the grave
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I sat in the waiting room wasting my time
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And waiting for judgement day
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I praise liberty
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The "Freedom to obey"
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Is the song that strangles me
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Well don't cross the line
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Oh~ dream American dream
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I can't even sleep
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From the lights early dawn
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Oh~ scream America scream
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Believe what you see
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from heroes and cons
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21st Century Breakdown (Album Version)
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| Green Day |
