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Christie Road

Words ByBillie Joe Armstrong
Music ByBillie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool
Recorded AtArt Of Ears
ProducerAndy Ernst, Green Day
Live Performances 207
First Played 1990-12-28
Last Played 2024-01-18
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Christie Rd is off highway 4 between our hometown Rodeo and Martinez, CA. My brother hung out there first. Then my friends hung out there too.
Billie Joe Armstrong (Twitter)

'Christie Road', '409 in Your Coffeemaker' and 'Welcome to Paradise' were all re-recorded during the Dookie sessions. While 'Welcome to Paradise' made the final cut, the new version of '409' only surfaced as a b-side to the 'Basket Case' single. The Dookie cut of 'Christie Road' remained unreleased for three decades, eventually seeing the light of day on the album's 30th Anniversary Edition in 2024.
Lyrics
Staring out of my window Watching the cars go rolling by My friends are gone I've got nothing to do So I sit here patiently Watching the clock tick so slowly Gotta get away Or my brains will explode Give me something to do to kill some time Take me to that place that I call home Take away the strains of being lonely Take me to the tracks at Christie Road See the hills from afar Standing on my beat up car The sun went down And the night fills the sky Now I feel like me once again As the train comes a-rollin' in Smoked my boredom gone Slapped my brains up so high Give me something to do to kill some time Take me to that place that I call home Take away the strains of being lonely Take me to the tracks at Christie Road Mother, stay out of my way Of that place we go We'll always seem to find our way To Christie Road Mother, stay out of my way Of that place we go We'll always seem to find our way To Christie Road If there's one thing that I need That makes me feel complete So I go to Christie Road It's home, it's home It's home, it's home, it's home
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