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21st Century Breakdown by Green Day

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

My generation is zero
I (4)__________ (5)________ it as a (6)______________ class hero
21st (7)______________ breakdown
I (8)________ was lost but (9)__________ was found
I think I am losing what's left of my mind
To the 20th century deadline...

I was made 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 never made it as a working class hero
21st century breakdown
I (10)________ was lost but never was found
I think I am losing what's (11)________ of my mind
To the (12)________ (13)______________ 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 (15)________ is no one
The long (16)________ son
Born on the 4th of July
Raised in an era of (17)____________ and cons
That (18)________ me for dead or alive

I am a nation
A worker of pride
My debt to the status quo
The (19)__________ on my hands
And the means to an end
Is all that I have to show
...
I swalloed my pride
And I choked on my faith
I've (20)__________ my heart and my soul
I've (21)____________ my fingers
And lied through my teeth
The pillar of damage control
I've been to the edge
And I've thrown the bouquet
Of (22)______________ left over the grave
I sat in the waiting room
Wasting my time
And waiting for Judgement Day...
I praise liberty
The "Freedom to Obey"
Is the song that strangles me
Well, don't cross the line

(Oh) dream, America dream
I can't (23)________ sleep
From the light's early dawn

(Oh) scream, (24)______________ scream
Believe (25)________ you see
From heroes and cons

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