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Released: April 13, 1990

Songwriter: John Kiffmeyer Mike Dirnt Billie Joe Armstrong

Producer: Green Day Andy Ernst

Every night I dream the same dream
(Of getting older and older all the time)
I ask you now, what does this mean?
(Are these problems just in my mind?)
Things are easy when you're a child
(But now these pressures have dropped on my head)
The length I've gone are just long miles
(Would they be shorter if I were dead?)

Every time I look in my past
I always wish I was there
I wish my youth would forever last
Why are these times so unfair?

Look at my friends and see what they've done
(Ask myself why they've had to change)
I like 'em better when they were young
(Now all these times are rearranged)
I look down and stand there and cry
(Nothing ever will be the same)
The sun is rising, now I ask why?
(The clouds now fall and here comes the rain)

Every time I look in my past
I always wish I was there
I wish my youth would forever last
Why are these times so unfair...? Go!

Every night I dream the same dream
(Of getting older and older all the time)
I ask you now, what does this mean?
(Are these problems just in my mind?)
Things are easy when you're a child
(But now these pressures have dropped on my head)
The length I've gone are just long miles
(Would they be shorter if I were dead?)

Every time I look in my past
I always wish I was there
I wish my youth would forever last
Why are these times so unfair?

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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