Listen to Jesus of Suburbia: I. Jesus of Suburbia / II. City of the Damned / III. I Don't Care / IV. Dearly Beloved / V. Tales of Another Broken Home (feat. John Gallagher Jr., Michael Esper, Stark Sands, Mary Faber & Company) by Green Day

Jesus of Suburbia: I. Jesus of Suburbia / II. City of the Damned / III. I Don't Care / IV. Dearly Beloved / V. Tales of Another Broken Home (feat. John Gallagher Jr., Michael Esper, Stark Sands, Mary Faber & Company)

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Green Day

Performer

John Gallagher Jr.

John Gallagher Jr.

Guitar

Michael Esper

Guitar

Stark Sands

Guitar

Alec Berlin

Guitar

Alysha Umphress

Alysha Umphress

Background Vocals

Andrew Call

Background Vocals

Aspen Vincent

Background Vocals

Ben Thompson

Background Vocals

Billie Joe Armstrong

Billie Joe Armstrong

Guitar

Brian Charles Johnson

Brian Charles Johnson

Background Vocals

Carmel Dean

Synthesizer

Chase Peacock

Background Vocals

Declan Bennett

Background Vocals

Erin Benim

Viola

Gerard Canonico

Gerard Canonico

Background Vocals

Joshua Henry

Guitar

Joshua Kobak

Background Vocals

Kathy Marshall

Violin

Leslie McDonel

Background Vocals

Libby Winters

Background Vocals

Lorin Latarro

Background Vocals

Miguel Cervantes

Miguel Cervantes

Background Vocals

Mike Dirnt

Bass Guitar

Omar Lopez-Cepero

Omar Lopez-Cepero

Background Vocals

Rachel Turner Houk

Rachel Turner Houk

Cello

Tré Cool

Drums

Trey Files

Percussion

Van Hughes

Background Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Billie Joe Armstrong

Billie Joe Armstrong

Songwriter

Mike Dirnt

Songwriter

Tré Cool

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Billie Joe Armstrong

Billie Joe Armstrong

Producer

Chris Dugan

Engineer

Chris Lord-Alge

Chris Lord-Alge

Mixing Engineer

Ted Jensen

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I'm the son of rage and love, the Jesus of Suburbia

The bible of none of the above on a steady diet of

Soda pop and Ritalin, no one ever died

For my sins in Hell, as far as I can tell

Least the ones I got away with

[Chorus]

But there's nothing wrong with me

This is how I'm supposed to be

In a land of make believe

That don't believe in me

[Verse 2]

Get my television fix

Sitting on my crucifix

The living room for my private womb

While the moms and Brads are away

To fall in love

And fall in debt, to alcohol

And cigarettes

And Mary Jane

To keep me insane

Doing someone else's cocaine

[Chorus]

But there's nothing wrong with me

This is how I'm supposed to be

In a land of make believe

That don't believe in me

[Verse 3]

At the center of the Earth, in the parking lot

Of the 7-Eleven where I was taught

The motto was just a lie

[Verse 4]

It says, "Home is where your heart is," but what a shame

'Cause everyone's heart doesn't beat the same

It's beating out of time

[Chorus]

City of the dead at the end of another lost highway (Hey, hey, hey, hey)

Signs misleading to nowhere

City of the damned, lost children with dirty faces today (Hey, hey, hey, hey)

No one really seems to care

[Verse 5]

I read the graffiti in the bathroom stall

Like the holy scriptures in the shopping mall

And so it seemed to confess

[Verse 6]

It didn't say much, but it only confirmed

That the center of the Earth is the end of the world

And I could really care less

[Chorus]

City of the dead at the end of another lost highway (Hey, hey, hey, hey)

Signs misleading to nowhere

City of the damned, lost children with dirty faces today (Hey, hey, hey, hey)

No one really seems to care, hey

[Bridge]

I don't care if you don't

I don't care if you don't

I don't care if you don't care

[Bridge]

I don't care if you don't

I don't care if you don't

I don't care if you don't care

[Bridge]

I don't care if you don't

I don't care if you don't

I don't care if you don't care

[Bridge]

I don't care if you don't

I don't care if you don't

I don't care if you don't care

I don't care

I don't care, I don't care, I don't care

[Verse 7]

Everyone's so, everyone's so

Everyone's so, everyone's so

Everyone's so full of shit

Born and raised by hypocrites

Hearts recycled but never saved

From the cradle to the grave

[Verse 8]

We are the kids of war and peace

From Anaheim to the Middle East

We are the stories and disciples of

The Jesus of Suburbia

[Chorus]

Land of make believe

And it don't believe in me

Land of make believe

And it don't believe

[Chorus]

And I don't care

I don't care

I don't care

I don't care

I don't care

[Verse 9]

Dearly beloved, are you listening?

I can't remember a word that you were saying

Are we demented or am I disturbed?

The space that's in between insane and insecure

[Refrain]

Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh, ooh-ooh

[Verse 10]

Oh, therapy, can you please fill the void? (Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)

Am I retarded or am I just overjoyed? (Ooh, ooh-ooh)

Nobody's perfect and I stand accused (Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh)

For lack of a better word and that's my best excuse (Ooh, ooh-ooh)

Ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh

Ooh, ooh-ooh

[Verse 11]

To live and not to breathe

Is to die in tragedy

To run, to run away

To find what you believe

[Chorus]

And I leave behind

This hurricane of fucking lies

[Verse 12]

I lost my faith to this (Huh!)

This town that don't exist

So I run, I run away

To find what I believe

[Chorus]

And I leave behind

This hurricane of fucking lies

And I walked this line

A million and one fucking times

But not this time

[Bridge]

I don't feel any shame, I won't apologize

When there ain't nowhere you can go

Running away from pain when you've been victimized

Tales from another broken

[Outro]

Home

You're leaving, you're leaving, you're leaving, you're leaving home

Written by: Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool

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