Green Day

Released: February 7, 2020

Songwriter: Billie Joe Armstrong Mike Dirnt Tré Cool

Producer: Butch Walker

[Verse 1]
What are the symptoms of our happiness and civil war?
Mano y mano in the stereo without a cure
I've got a fever, a non-believer, and it's killing me
Like a high school loser that will never ever, ever, ever fuck the prom queen

[Chorus]
I got the shakes and I'm on fire
I got a feeling and it's dangerous
Gonna dance to something wild
I got a feeling and I need a rush
All hell is breaking loose and Heaven only knows
I don't wanna be a Romeo
I don't wanna be a Romeo
I don't wanna be a Romeo, no

[Verse 2]
I'm hearing voices up inside my head
(Oh, what you thinkin'?)
I need a sugar fix, it's making me sick
(Oh, what you drinkin'?)
I wanna drink all the poison in the water
I wanna choke like a dog that's on a collar
I am the child of coyote and bandito
I'm drinking whiskey by the river doing yayo

[Chorus]
I got the shakes and I'm on fire
I got a feeling and it's dangerous
Gonna dance to something wild
I got a feeling and I need a rush
All hell is breaking loose and Heaven only knows
I don't wanna be a Romeo
I don't wanna be a Romeo
I don't wanna be a Romeo, no

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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