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¡Viva la Gloria!

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 Performances19
First Played 2009-04-07
Last Played 2010-10-29
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Regular (50-79%)
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Rare (1-19%)
Inactive (0%)
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Song Notes

Gloria is a combination of a lot of different people, including my wife. She represents this youthful idealism that is fighting to hold on in a world that is trying to crush it. She’s the activist; she’s the one who still believes.
Billie Joe Armstrong (Q Magazine)

Lyrics
Hey, Gloria, are you standing close to the edge? Look out to the setting sun, the brink of your vision Eternal youth is a landscape of a lie The cracks of my skin can prove, as the years will testify Say your prayers and light a fire, we're gonna start a war Your slogan's a gun for hire, it's what we waited for Hey, Gloria, this is why we're on the edge The fight of our life's been drawn to this undying love Gloria! ¡Viva la Gloria! You blast your name in graffiti on the walls Falling in broken glass that's slashing through your spirit I can hear it like a jilted crowd! Gloria! Where are you, Gloria? You found a home in all your scars and ammunition You made your bed in salad days amongst the ruins Ashes to ashes of our youth! She smashed her knuckles into winter (Gloria!) As autumn's wind fades into black She is the saint of all the sinners (Gloria!) The one that's fallen through the cracks So don't put away your burning light! Gloria! Where are you, Gloria? Don't lose your faith to your lost naiveté Weather the storm, and don't look back on last November When your banners were burning down! Gloria! ¡Viva la Gloria! Send me your amnesty down to the broken hearted Bring us the season that we always will remember Don't let the bonfires go out! So, Gloria, send out your message of The light that shadows in the night Gloria, where's your undying love? Tell me the story of your life, your life!
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¡Viva la Gloria!
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