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King for a DayGreen Day

Released: October 14, 1997

Featuring: Stephen Bradley Gabrial McNair

Songwriter: Billie Joe Armstrong Mike Dirnt Tré Cool

Producer: Green Day Rob Cavallo

[Verse 1]
It started at the age of four
My mother went to the grocery store
Went sneaking through her bedroom door
To find something in a size four

[Pre-Chorus]
Sugar and spice and everything nice wasn't made for only girls
GI Joe in panty hose is making room for the one and only

[Chorus]
King for a day, princess by dawn
King for a day in a leather thong
King for a day, princess by dawn
Just wait 'til all the guys get a load of me

[Verse 2]
My daddy threw me in therapy
He thinks I'm not a real man
Who put the drag in the drag queen?
Don't knock it until you tried it

[Pre-Chorus]
Sugar and spice and everything nice wasn't made for only girls
GI Joe in panty hose is making room for the one and only

[Chorus]
King for a day, princess by dawn
King for a day in a leather thong
King for a day, princess by dawn
Just wait 'til all the guys get a load of me

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Pre-Chorus]
Sugar and spice and everything nice wasn't made for only girls
GI Joe in panty hose is making room for the one and only

[Chorus]
King for a day, princess by dawn
King for a day in a leather thong
King for a day, princess by dawn
King for a day in a leather thong
King for a day, princess by dawn
King for a day in a leather thong
King for a day, princess by dawn
Just wait 'til all the guys
Just wait 'til all the guys
Just wait 'til all the guys get a load of me

[Instrumental Outro]

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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