Green Day

Released: October 14, 1997

Songwriter: Billie Joe Armstrong Mike Dirnt Tré Cool

Producer: Rob Cavallo Green Day

[Verse 1]
All the time, every time I need it
What's the time? I said the time is right
Here's to me, let's find another reason
Down the hatch and a bad attitude, salud!

[Chorus]
Wasting time, wasting time down a bumfuck road
And I don't know where the hell it'll go
Heirlooms, huffing fumes, and I'm picking up the pace
And I'm gonna smash straight into a wall

[Verse 2]
All the time, a New Year's resolution
How soon that we forget
Doing time and loving every minute
Live it up on another let down, salud!

[Chorus]
Promises, promises, it was all set in stone
Cross my heart and I hope to die
Sugar fix, dirty tricks, and a trick question
Guess I should have read between the lines

[Bridge]
Having the time of my life
Watching the clock tick
Having the time of my life
Watching the clock tick

[Verse 3]
All the time, where did all the time go?
It's too late to say goodnight
Time flies when you're having fun, yeah
Time's up when you work like a dog, salud!

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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