Released: February 4, 1997
Songwriter: Greg Kriesel Pete Parada Kevin “Noodles” Wasserman Dexter Holland
Producer: Dave Jerden
[Intro]
Nothing changes, 'cause it's all the same
The world you get's the one you give away
It all just happens again, way down the line
[Verse 1]
There is a chain that's never broken
You know the story, it's sad, but true
An angry man gets drunk and beats his kids
The same old way his drunken father did
What comes around, well, it goes around
[Chorus]
Nothing changes, 'cause it's all the same
The world you get's the one you give away
It all just happens again, way down the line
[Verse 2]
At seventeen, Shannon is pregnant
Young as her mom when she had her
Her kid is never gonna have a dad
The same old way that Shannon never had
What comes around, well, it goes around
[Chorus]
Nothing changes, 'cause it's all the same
The world you get's the one you give away
It all just happens again, way down the line
And all the things you learn when you're a kid
You'll fuck up just like your parents did
It all just happens again, way down the line
[Bridge]
And welfare moms have kids on welfare
And fat parents, they have fat kids too
You know it's never gonna end
The same old cycle's gonna start again
What comes around, well, it goes around
[Chorus]
Nothing changes, 'cause it's all the same
The world you get's the one you give away
It all just happens again, way down the line
And all the things you learn when you're a kid
You'll fuck up just like your parents did
It all just happens again, way down the line
Nothing changes, 'cause it's all the same
The world you get's the one you give away
It all just happens again, way down the line
[Verse 1]
There is a chain that's never broken
You know the story, it's sad, but true
An angry man gets drunk and beats his kids
The same old way his drunken father did
What comes around, well, it goes around
[Chorus]
Nothing changes, 'cause it's all the same
The world you get's the one you give away
It all just happens again, way down the line
[Verse 2]
At seventeen, Shannon is pregnant
Young as her mom when she had her
Her kid is never gonna have a dad
The same old way that Shannon never had
What comes around, well, it goes around
[Chorus]
Nothing changes, 'cause it's all the same
The world you get's the one you give away
It all just happens again, way down the line
And all the things you learn when you're a kid
You'll fuck up just like your parents did
It all just happens again, way down the line
[Bridge]
And welfare moms have kids on welfare
And fat parents, they have fat kids too
You know it's never gonna end
The same old cycle's gonna start again
What comes around, well, it goes around
[Chorus]
Nothing changes, 'cause it's all the same
The world you get's the one you give away
It all just happens again, way down the line
And all the things you learn when you're a kid
You'll fuck up just like your parents did
It all just happens again, way down the line
more tracks from the album
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- Self Esteem
- The Kids Aren’t Alright
- Come Out and Play (Keep ’Em Separated)
- Why Don’t You Get a Job?
- Gone Away
- Bad Habit
- Want You Bad
- Hit That
- Original Prankster
- Americana
- All I Want
- Let the Bad Times Roll
- Gotta Get Away
- Slim Pickens Does the Right Thing and Rides the Bomb to Hell
- She’s Got Issues
- Smash
- Kristy, Are You Doing Okay?
- Hammerhead
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- Have You Ever
- Staring at the Sun
- We Never Have Sex Anymore