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ScumbagGreen Day

Released: December 11, 2000

Songwriter: Mike Dirnt

Producer: Green Day

[Verse 1]
You come around every now and then
Your clothes look different, but you're still the same
Why else would you come here?
Scumbag on a mission
You're telling me that it's been a while?
Shit eating grin and a brand new life
Somebody let you come here
Scumbag with permission

[Chorus]
Never thought I'd see the likes of you around this place
What's the special occasion? Did you run out of friends?

[Verse 2]
Here you are coming 'round again
And things are different, but you still pretend
You've got a reason to come here
Scumbag with ambition
And now you're telling me that things will change
And that you'll be leaving in a couple days
You're gonna change the world someday
Scumbag with a vision

[Chorus]
It must be nice to know you got it all figured out
But from where I'm sitting, it's just the same thing again and again

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
You need to stop and think before you open up your mouth
'Cause every time you do, it's the same thing again and again

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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