Green Day

Released: October 7, 2016

Songwriter: Jon Fratelli Tré Cool Mike Dirnt Billie Joe Armstrong

Producer: Tré Cool Mike Dirnt Billie Joe Armstrong

[Verse 1]
Life after youth
Faded in twilight, the dawn of a criminal in bloom
First love, first forgiveness
We were delinquents, freaks of a faded memory

[Chorus]
Outlaws, when we were forever young
When we were outlaws, we're outlaws of redemption, baby
Hooligans, we destroyed suburbia
When we were outlaws, we're outlaws of forever

[Verse 2]
Scars, broken hearts
Breaking in cars, running in the light of the moon
Lost souls, bottle rockets
All that we wanted, it's for our life beyond the stars

[Chorus]
Outlaws, when we were forever young
When we were outlaws, we're outlaws of redemption, baby
Hooligans, we destroyed suburbia
When we were outlaws, we're outlaws of forever, baby

[Instrumental Break]

[Bridge]
I got no supervision
Nothing will change my spirit's place to roam
I plead my innocence, I plead my innocence
But that's my best defense when you are young

[Chorus]
Outlaws, when we were forever young
When we were outlaws, we're outlaws of redemption, baby
Hooligans, we destroyed suburbia
When we were outlaws, we're outlaws of forever

[Outro]
I found a knife by the railroad track
You took a train, and you can't go back
Forever now, forever now, you'll roam...

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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