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Favorite Son (Broadway)Green Day

Released: April 20, 2010

Featuring: Libby Winters Alysha Umphress Christina Sajous Leslie McDonel Mary Faber Joshua Henry

Songwriter: Green Day

[JOSHUA]
He hit the ground running

[WOMEN]
At the speed of light

[JOSHUA]
The star was brightly shining

[WOMEN]
Like a neon light

[JOSHUA]
It's your favorite son
It's your favorite son

A fixture on the talkshows

[ALL]
To the silver screen

[JOSHUA]
From here to Colorado

[ALL]
He's a sex machine

[JOSHUA]
It's your favorite son
It's your favorite son

But isn't it a drag?
Isn't it a drag?
Isn't it a drag?
Its pretty but it's sad
But isn't it a drag?

[JOSHUA]
A clean-cut All-American

[ALL]
But he ain't so clean

[JOSHUA]
His royal auditorium

[ALL]
Is a murder scene!

[JOSHUA]
It's your favorite son
It's your favorite son

But isn't it a drag?
(Oh, it's such a drag, it's such a-)
Isn't it a drag?
(Oh, it's such a drag, it's such a-)
Isn't it a drag? (Drag!)
It's pretty but it's sad (Sad)
But isn't it a drag?

Well no one says it's fair
Turn a teenage lush
To a millionaire

Now, where's your fucking champion?
On a panty raid
He's not the All-American
That you thought you paid

It's your favorite son
It's your favorite son

[ALL]
It's your favorite son! (x7)

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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