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GovernatorGreen Day

Released: August 31, 2004

Songwriter: Mike Dirnt

Producer: Green Day

Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey, hey, hey

[Verse 1]
He's at it again and he's gonna win (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
Gonna take you for a hell ride anyway (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
He's on your side, gonna throw you aside (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
And let the vultures pick apart what's left (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey)
Seems like everything
Was just a fraction of a second from being okay
So run and hide cause we're all gonna die
And let the vultures pick apart what's left

[Chorus]
I'll be back
I'll be back
I'll be back
I'll be back
He's at it again
He's at it again
And it makes great television watching the world end

[Verse 2]
He's at it again and he's gonna win
Gonna take ya for a joy ride anyway
You're standing in line, better make up your mind
And let the bastards pick apart what's left of you
It seems like everything
Was just a fraction of a second from being a dream
So run and hide because we're all gonna die
And let the government decide what's left

[Chorus]
I'll be back
I'll be back
I'll be back
I'll be back
He's at it again!
He's at it again!
And it makes great television watching the world end

I'll be back (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
I'll be back (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
I'll be back (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
I'll be back (Hey, hey, hey, hey)

[Bridge]
Walk around I see a million possibilities (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
And I know there's nowhere to go (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
And I can't comprehend things that're so real seem so pretend (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
And I know, I don't know (Hey, hey, hey, hey)

[Chorus]
I'll be back
I'll be back
I'll be back
I'll be back
He's at it again!
He's at it again!
And it makes great television watching the world end
I'll be back
I'll be back
I'll be back
I'll be back
He's at it again!
He's at it again!
And it makes great television watching the world end

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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