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Peacemaker

Words ByBillie Joe Armstrong
Music ByBillie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, Tré Cool
21st Century Breakdown recording sessions:Studio 880
Ocean Way Recording
Costa Mesa Studios
Jet Studios
ProducerButch Vig, Green Day
Live Performances 6
First Played 2009-04-07
Last Played 2013-11-19
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Staple (80-100%)
Regular (50-79%)
Sporadic (20-49%)

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

It's a song about how someone can be so vengeful that it's almost sexually driven.
Billie Joe Armstrong (Q Magazine)

Lyrics
One, two, three, four! Well, I've got a fever, a non-believer, I'm in a state of grace For I am the Caesar, I'm gonna seize the day (Ay, ay-ay) Well, call of the banshee, hey hey, hey hey hey hey hey As God as my witness, the infidels are gonna pay Well, call the assassin, the orgasm, a spasm of love and hate For what will divide us? The righteous and the meek (Ay, ay-ay) Well, call of the wild, hey hey, hey hey hey hey hey Well, death to the girl at the end of the serenade Vendetta, sweet vendetta This Beretta of the night This fire and the desire Well, shots ringing out on the holy parasite Well, I am a killjoy from Detroit, I drink from a well of rage I feed off the weakness with all my love (Ah, ah-ah) Well, call up the captain, hey hey, hey hey hey hey hey Well, death to the lover that you were dreaming of Well, this is a stand-off, a Molotov cocktail's on the house You thought I was a write-off, you better think again (Ay, ay-ay) Well, call the peacemaker, hey hey, hey hey hey hey hey I'm gonna send you back to the place where it all began Vendetta, sweet vendetta This Beretta of the night This fire and the desire Well, shots ringing out on the holy parasite Well, now the caretaker's the undertaker So I'm gonna go out and get a peacemaker This is a Neo Saint Valentine's massacre (Ah, ah-ah) Well, call up the Gaza, hey hey, hey hey hey hey hey Well, death to the ones at the end of the serenade Well, death to the ones at the end of the serenade Well, death to the ones at the end of the serenade Well, death to the ones at the end of the serenade
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#137 Green Day Songs
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