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Words I Might Have AteGreen Day

Released: December 17, 1991

Songwriter: Billie Joe Armstrong Mike Dirnt Tré Cool

Producer: Andy Ernst Billie Joe Armstrong Mike Dirnt Tré Cool

[Verse 1]
Now it seems I can't keep my mind above you
My brain drifts back to better days we've been through
Like sitting on blacktops of the school grounds
The love I bitched about, I finally had found

[Chorus]
But now it's gone and I take the blame
But there's nothing I can do but take the pain
Why?

[Verse 2]
Now I dwell on what you remind me of
A sweet young girl who sacrificed her love
As for me, I am blind without a cause
And now I realized what I have lost

[Chorus]
It was something real that I could've had
Now I play the fool whose stable soul's gone bad
Why?

[Bridge]
Tell me what the words I might have said
That's pumping pressure deep inside my head
Was it bad enough to be too late?
Just tell me the words I might have ate
The words I might have ate
The words I might have ate

[Chorus]
But now it's gone and I take the blame
But there's nothing I can do but take the pain
Why?

[Outro]
Why? Why?
Why? Oh why?
Why? Why?

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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