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A Little Boy Named TrainGreen Day

Released: December 7, 2012

Songwriter: Billie Joe Armstrong

Producer: Tré Cool Mike Dirnt Billie Joe Armstrong Rob Cavallo

[Verse 1]
Where did you come from?
Where have you been?
It looks like you fell into the trash bin
I caught the train, I'm crashing the car
Packing for daylight, shooting for the stars

[Chorus]
Like a lifelong daisy chain of my imagination
A rat inside a maze, I got no destination
Cause I'm a little boy named Train
Ask me again I'll tell you the same
A little boy named Train
I don't know where I come from
But I know where I have been

[Verse 2]
Serious people are funny to me
Funny people seem so serious
I'm always lost and nothing will change
Give me directions and I'll get lost again

[Chorus]
Like a lifelong daisy chain of my imagination
A rat inside a maze, I got no destination
Cause I'm a little boy named Train
Ask me again I'll tell you the same
A little boy named Train
I don't know where I come from
But I know where I have been

[Chorus]
Like a lifelong daisy chain of my imagination
A rat inside a maze, I got no destination
Cause I'm a little boy named Train
Ask me again I'll tell you the same
A little boy named Train
I don't know where I come from
But I know where I have been
I said don't know where I come from
But I know where I have been

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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