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Church on SundayGreen Day

Released: October 3, 2000

Featuring: Benmont Tench

Songwriter: Tré Cool Mike Dirnt Billie Joe Armstrong

Producer: Green Day

[Intro]
Ooh-ooh

[Verse 1]
Today is the first day of the rest of our lives
Tomorrow is too late to pretend everything's alright, now
I'm not getting any younger as long as you don't get any older
I'm not going to say that yesterday never was

[Pre-Chorus]
Bloodshot deadbeat and lack of sleep
Making your mascara bleed
Tears down your face, leaving traces of my mistakes
When I say

[Chorus]
If I promise to go to church on Sunday
Will you go with me on Friday night?
If you live with me, I'll die for you and this compromise

[Verse 2]
I hereby solemnly swear to tell the whole truth
And nothing but the truth is what I'll ever hear from you, now
"Trust" is a dirty word that comes from such a liar
But "respect" is something I will earn if you have faith

[Pre-Chorus]
Bloodshot deadbeat and lack of sleep
Making your mascara bleed
Tears down your face, leaving traces of my mistakes
When I say

[Chorus]
If I promise to go to church on Sunday
Will you go with me on Friday night?
If you live with me, I'll die for you and this compromise
If I promise to go to church on Sunday
Will you go with me on Friday night?
If you live with me, I'll die for you and this compromise

[Bridge]
Let's go!
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh

[Chorus]
If I promise to go to church on Sunday
Will you go with me on Friday night?
If you live with me, I'll die for you and this compromise
If I promise to go to church on Sunday
Will you go with me on Friday night?
If you live with me, I'll die for you and this compromise

[Outro]
And this compromise
Yes, I'll compromise

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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