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ShoplifterGreen Day

Released: August 31, 2004

Songwriter: Billie Joe Armstrong

Producer: Green Day

[Verse 1]
Shoplifter, you'll never learn
When you commit the crime
Shoplifter, you're getting burned
And now you got to do the time

[Verse 2]
It's a 1,2,3 on the felony
Well, not everything is free
Now that you serve the community
It's the life of a petty thief

[Chorus]
It's not considered stealing
Unless you're getting caught
But you'll be caught stealing
Trying to take something you haven't got

[Verse 3]
Shoplifter, you'll never learn
What lies behind your back
Not a burglar or a bank robber
Just some kleptomaniac

Attention!

[Chorus]
It's not considered stealing
Unless you're getting caught
But you've been caught stealing
Trying to take something you haven't got

[Verse 1]
Shoplifter, you'll never learn
When you commit the crime
Shoplifter, you're getting burned
And now you got to do the time
And now you got to do the time
And now you got to do some time

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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