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Sweet 16Green Day

Released: September 21, 2012

Songwriter: Billie Joe Armstrong

Producer: Tré Cool Mike Dirnt Billie Joe Armstrong Rob Cavallo

[Verse 1]
Bring me back to an hour ago
Time stands still as the years go by
Brown-eyed girl
That's throwing down a bottle of Olde English
Back in the warehouse

[Chorus]
Old days are fine, but are left so far behind
From California to Jane Street
Kids alright, alright as they'll ever be
'Cause you will always be my...
Well you will always be my...
You will always be my "sweet 16"

[Verse 2]
Sleep on the floor on cardboard
Stab out my heart like a dartboard
Brown-skinned girl
That I dream about a long, long time, now
From the midwest to the beach

[Chorus]
Old days are fine, but are left so far behind
From California to Jane Street
Kids alright, alright as they'll ever be
'Cause you will always be my...
Well, you will always be my...
You will always be my "sweet 16"

[Bridge]
Say wha?

[Chorus]
Old days are fine, but are left so far behind
From California to Jane Street
Kids alright, alright as they'll ever be
'Cause you will always be my...
Well, you will always be my...
You will always be my "sweet 16"

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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