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Words ByBillie Joe Armstrong
Music ByBillie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, John Kiffmeyer
Recorded AtArt Of Ears
ProducerAndy Ernst, Green Day
Live Performances 82
First Played 1989-06-02
Last Played 1994-06-07
Performances By Year
Staple (80-100%)
Regular (50-79%)
Sporadic (20-49%)

Rare (1-19%)
Inactive (0%)
Performance Probability
0%
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Song Notes

16 has a weird funk part in the middle. You can hear Mike "slap a da bass big time!"
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Lyrics
Every night I dream the same dream Of getting older and older all the time I ask you now, what does this mean Are all these problems just in my mind Things are easy when you're a child But now these pressures have dropped on my head The length I've gone are just long miles Would they be shorter if I were dead? Every time I look in my past I always wish I was there I wish my youth would forever last Why are these times so unfair Look at my friends and see what they've done Ask myself why they've had to change I like them better when they were young Now all these times are rearranged I look down and stand there and cry Nothing ever will be the same The sun is rising, now I ask why The clouds now fall and here comes the rain Every time I look in my past I always wish I was there I wish my youth would forever last Why are these times so unfair Go! Every night I dream the same dream Of getting older and older all the time I ask you now, what does this mean Are all these problems just in my mind Things are easy when you're a child But now these pressures have dropped on my head The length I've gone are just long miles Would they be shorter if I were dead Every time I look in my past I always wish I was there I wish my youth would forever last Why are these times so unfair
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