American Idiot

Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong/Tre Cool/Mike Dirnt Music: Billie Joe Armstrong/Tre Cool/Mike Dirnt Producer: Mike Dirnt Don't wanna be an American idiot Don't want a nation under the new media And can you hear the sound of hysteria The subliminal **** America Welcome to a new kind of tension All across the alien nation Where everything isn't meant to be okay Television dreams of tomorrow We're not the ones who're meant to follow For that's enough to argue
Well maybe I'm the ****ed up America I'm not a part of a redneck agenda Now everybody do the propaganda And sing along in the age of paranoia Welcome to a new kind of tension All across the alien nation Where everything isn't meant to be okay Television dreams of tomorrow We're not the ones who're meant to follow For that's enough to argue
Don't wanna be an American idiot One nation controlled by the media Information nation of hysteria It's going out to idiot America Welcome to a new kind of tension All across the alien nation Where everything isn't meant to be okay Television dreams of tomorrow We're not the ones who're meant to follow For that's enough to argue Piano: Rob Cavallo Audio Assistant: Brian "Dr. Vibb" Vibberts/Dmitar "Dim-E" Krnjaic/Greg "Stimie" Burns/Jimmy Hoyson/Joe Brown Bass Guitar: Mike Dirnt Drums: Tre Cool Audio Engineer: Doug McKean Saxophone: Jason Freese Guitar: Billie Joe Armstrong Mixing Engineer: Chris Lord-Alge Additional Production: Chris Dugan/Reto Peter Lead Vocals: Billie Joe Armstrong Backing Vocals: Mike Dirnt/Tre Cool Mastering Engineer: Ted Jensen