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Sweet ChildrenGreen Day

Songwriter: Al Sobrante Billie Joe Armstrong Mike Dirnt

Producer: Al Sobrante Billie Joe Armstrong Mike Dirnt

[Verse 1]
Sweet young girl, so soft and blonde
Does exactly what she's been warned
Intoxications in her veins
Sweet young boy plays with her brain
Believing all his faith through lies
Putting his hands onto her thighs
Impurity has now been gripped
He takes away her innocence

[Chorus]
Sweet children
Sweet children
Sweet children
Remember when?

[Verse 2]
Ooh, Johnny Ray is running again
As he hits the floor again
Running from the light of day
Or maybe lie and celebrate
The slightest urge goes from his hand
Follow me if you understand
He's got the trigger of his gun
The final sin and now he runs

[Chorus]
Sweet children
Sweet children
Sweet children
Remember when?

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Sweet children
Sweet children
Sweet children
Remember when?

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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