Released: October 14, 1997
Songwriter: Billie Joe Armstrong Mike Dirnt Tré Cool
Producer: Rob Cavallo
[Verse 1]
You got a problem you just can't hide
Compulsive habits that never seem to die
Your breath is taking up all the air
Your teeth are rotting to black holes in your head
[Chorus]
When reality is due
What you say just can't be true
When the story's stretched and so farfetched
That you're lacking an excuse, you lied
[Verse 2]
Your mother allowed you just one white lie
But now she's dead and she left you with a problem
Pinocchio has pierced your tongue
Your nose is growing into the third dimension
[Chorus]
When reality is due
What you say just can't be true
When the story's stretched and so farfetched
That you're lacking an excuse, you lied, uh, you lied
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
When reality is due
What you say just can't be true
When the story's stretched and so farfetched
That you're lacking an excuse, you lied
You got a problem you just can't hide
Compulsive habits that never seem to die
Your breath is taking up all the air
Your teeth are rotting to black holes in your head
[Chorus]
When reality is due
What you say just can't be true
When the story's stretched and so farfetched
That you're lacking an excuse, you lied
[Verse 2]
Your mother allowed you just one white lie
But now she's dead and she left you with a problem
Pinocchio has pierced your tongue
Your nose is growing into the third dimension
[Chorus]
When reality is due
What you say just can't be true
When the story's stretched and so farfetched
That you're lacking an excuse, you lied, uh, you lied
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
When reality is due
What you say just can't be true
When the story's stretched and so farfetched
That you're lacking an excuse, you lied
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