Green Day

Released: October 7, 2016

Songwriter: Tré Cool Mike Dirnt Billie Joe Armstrong

Producer: Tré Cool Mike Dirnt Billie Joe Armstrong

[Verse 1]
What good is love and peace on earth
When it's exclusive?
Where's the truth in the written word
If no one reads it?

[Pre-Chorus]
A new day dawning
Comes without warning
So don't think twice

[Chorus]
We live in troubled times (Ah-ah, ah-ah)
We live in troubled times (Ah-ah, ah-ah)

[Verse 2]
What part of history we've learned
When it's repeated?
Some things we'll never overcome
If we don't seek it

[Pre-Chorus]
The world stops turning
Paradise burning
So don't think twice

[Chorus]
We live in troubled times (Ah-ah, ah-ah)
We live in troubled times (Ah-ah, ah-ah)
We live in troubled times

[Bridge]
We run for cover
Like a skyscraper's falling down
And then I wonder
Like a troubled mind

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
What good is love and peace on earth
When it's exclusive?
Where's the truth in the written word
If no one reads it?

[Pre-Chorus]
A new day dawning
Comes without warning
So don't look twice

[Chorus]
We live in troubled times (Ah-ah, ah-ah)
We live in troubled times (Ah-ah, ah-ah)
We live in troubled times
We live in troubled times (Ah-ah, ah-ah)
We live in troubled times (Ah-ah, ah-ah)
We live in troubled times

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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