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21st Century Breakdown by Green Day

Born (1)________ nixon I was raised in hell
A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled
The (2)________ one born, and the first one to run
My town was blind (3)________ refinery sun

My generation is zero
I never made it as a working (4)__________ hero
21st (5)______________ breakdown
I once was lost but never was found
I (6)__________ I am losing what's (7)________ of my mind
To the 20th (8)______________ deadline...

I was (9)________ of poison and blood
Condemnation is what I understood
Videogames to the tower's fall
Homeland security could kill us all
My generaton is zero
I (10)__________ made it as a working class hero
21st century breakdown
I (11)________ was lost but never was found
I think I am (12)____________ what's left of my mind
To the (13)________ century deadline...

We are the class of, the class of 13
Born in the era of humility
We are the desperate in the decline
Raised by the (14)________________ of 1969...

My name is no one
The (15)________ lost son
Born on the 4th of July
Raised in an era of heroes and cons
That left me for dead or alive

I am a nation
A (16)____________ of pride
My (17)________ to the status quo
The scars on my hands
And the means to an end
Is all that I have to show
...
I (18)________________ my pride
And I choked on my faith
I've given my (19)__________ and my soul
I've broken my fingers
And lied (20)______________ my teeth
The (21)____________ of damage control
I've been to the edge
And I've (22)____________ the bouquet
Of flowers (23)________ over the grave
I sat in the waiting room
Wasting my time
And waiting for Judgement Day...
I (24)____________ liberty
The "Freedom to Obey"
Is the song that (25)__________________ me
Well, don't cross the line

(Oh) dream, America dream
I can't even sleep
From the light's early dawn

(Oh) scream, (26)______________ scream
Believe what you see
From heroes and cons

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