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Favorite SonGreen Day

Released: September 20, 2004

Songwriter: Green Day

Producer: Rob Cavallo

[Verse 1]
He hit the ground running at the speed of light
The star was brightly shining like a neon light

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

[Verse 2]
A fixture on the talkshows to the silver-screen
From here to Colorado, he's a sex machine!

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

[Post-Chorus]
But isn't it a drag? But isn't it a drag?
But isn't it a drag? It's pretty, but it's sad, but isn't it a drag?

[Verse 3]
A clean-cut all-American really ain't so clean
His royal auditorium, it's a murder scene!

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

[Post-Chorus]
But isn't it a drag? But isn't it a drag?
But isn't it a drag? It's pretty, but it's sad, but isn't it a drag?

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]
Well no one says it's fair
To turn a teenage lush to a millionaire
Now where's your fucking champion on a bed you made?
He's not the all-American that you thought you paid!

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

[Outro]
But isn't it a drag?

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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