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Murder CityGreen Day

Released: May 12, 2009

Songwriter: Mike Dirnt Tré Cool Billie Joe Armstrong

Producer: Green Day Butch Vig

[Chorus]
Desperate, but not hopeless
I feel so useless in the murder city
Desperate, but not helpless
The clock strikes midnight in the murder city

[Verse 1]
I'm wide awake after the riots
This demonstration of our anguish
This empty laughter has no reason
Like a bottle of your favorite poison
We are the last call and we're so pathetic

[Chorus]
Desperate, but not hopeless
I feel so useless in the murder city
Desperate, but not helpless
The clock strikes midnight in the murder city

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 2]
Christian's crying in the bathroom
And I just want to bum a cigarette
We've come so far, we've been so wasted
It's written all over our faces
We are the last call and we're so pathetic...

[Chorus]
Desperate, but not hopeless
I feel so useless in the murder city
Desperate, but not helpless
The clock strikes midnight in the murder city
Desperate, but not hopeless
I feel so useless in the murder city
Desperate, but not helpless
The clock strikes midnight in the...

Green Day

Formed in East Bay, California in 1986 and still going strong today, Green Day is one of the biggest punk rock acts in the world. Along with other punk bands in California such as The Offspring, Sublime, Bad Religion and Rancid, they have been credited with popularizing and reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the U.S. in the 90s.

First starting in 1986 as Sweet Children, longtime friends Billie Joe Armstrong (guitar and lead vocalist) and Mike Dirnt (bass guitar) teamed up with John Kiffmeyer to produce their debut EP 1,000 Hours. They eventually dropped the name Sweet Children and called themselves Green Day due to the band members' fondness for cannabis (it even inspired a song featured on their first album) and for their second studio album Kerplunk they replaced Kiffmeyer with German-born drummer Tré Cool, who had been drumming since the age of 12 in a punk band, The Lookouts.

It was their 1994 record Dookie that sent the band to stardom and gave them mainstream success. Dookie, alongside their following albums Insomniac (1995) and Nimrod (1997) were certified double platinum. Eventually, the band started to fall in popularity with their 2000 record Warning which only reached gold.

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