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Working Class HeroGreen Day

Released: June 11, 2007

Songwriter: John Lennon

Producer: Green Day

[Verse 1]
As soon as you're born, they make you feel small
By giving you no time, instead of it all
Until the pain is so big, you feel nothing at all

[Chorus]
A working-class hero is something to be
A working-class hero is something to be

[Verse 2]
They hurt you at home, and they hit you at school
They hate if you're clever, and despise a fool
Until you're so fucking crazy, you can't follow their rules

[Chorus]
A working-class hero is something to be
A working-class hero is something to be

[Verse 3]
When they've tortured and scared you for 20-odd years
Then they expect you to pick a career
When you can't really function, you're so full of fear

[Chorus]
A working-class hero is something to be
A working-class hero is something to be

[Verse 4]
They keep you doped up with religion and sex and TV
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see

[Chorus]
A working-class hero is something to be
A working-class hero is something to be

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 5]
There's room at the top, they're telling you still
But first you must learn how to smile as you kill
If you want to be like all the folks on the hill

[Chorus]
A working-class hero is something to be
A working-class hero is something to be
A working-class hero is something to be
A working-class hero is something to be
A working-class hero is something to be
A working-class hero is something to be

[Outro: John Lennon]
If you want to be a hero, well, just follow me
If you want to be a hero, well, just follow me

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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