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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Billie Joe Armstrong
Billie Joe Armstrong
Guitar
Mike Dirnt
Mike Dirnt
Background Vocals
Tré Cool
Tré Cool
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Billie Joe Armstrong
Billie Joe Armstrong
Songwriter
Jon Fratelli
Jon Fratelli
Composer
Mike Dirnt
Mike Dirnt
Composer
Tré Cool
Tré Cool
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Green Day
Green Day
Producer
Billie Joe Armstrong
Billie Joe Armstrong
Producer
Mike Dirnt
Mike Dirnt
Producer
Tré Cool
Tré Cool
Producer
Andrew Scheps
Andrew Scheps
Mixing Engineer
Chris Dugan
Chris Dugan
Engineer
Éric Boulanger
Éric Boulanger
Mastering Engineer
Justin Hergett
Justin Hergett
Assistant Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Life after youth
Fading in twilight
The dawn of a criminal in bloom
First love
First forgiveness
We were delinquents
Freaks of a faded memory
[Verse 2]
Outlaws, when we were forever young
When we were outlaws, we're outlaws of redemption
Baby hooligans, we destroyed suburbia
When we were outlaws, outlaws of forever
[Verse 3]
Scars, broken hearts, breakin' in cars
Running in the light of the moon
Lost souls, bottle rockets
All that we wanted
It's for our life beyond the stars
[Verse 4]
Outlaws, when we were forever young
When we were outlaws, we're outlaws of redemption
Baby hooligans, we destroyed suburbia
When we were outlaws, we're outlaws of forever baby
[Verse 5]
I've got no super vision
Nothing will change, my spirit's racing out
I'll plead my innocence, I'll plead my innocence
But that's my best defense When you are young
[Verse 6]
Outlaws, when we were forever young
When we were outlaws, we're outlaws of redemption
Baby hooligans, we destroyed suburbia
When we were outlaws, we're outlaws of forever
[Verse 7]
I found a knife by the railroad track
You took a train and you can't go back
Forever now, forever now you'll roam
Written by: Billie Joe Armstrong, Jon Fratelli, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool

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