Introduction: D
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Born into Nixon I was raised in hell
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A welfare child where the teamsters dwelled
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The last one born and the first one to run
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My town was blind from refinery sun
Bm
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My generation is zero
Bm
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I never made it as a working class hero
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21st century breakdown
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I once was lost but never was found
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I think I'm losing what's left of my mind
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To the 20th century deadline
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I was made of poison and blood
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Condemnation is what I understood
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Video games of the tower's fall
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Homeland security could kill us all
Bm
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My generation is zero
Bm
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I never made it as a working class hero
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21st century breakdown
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I once was lost but never was found
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I think I'm losing what's left of my mind
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To the 20th century deadline
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We are the class, of the class of '13
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Born in the era of humility
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We are the desperate in the decline
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Raised by the bastards of 1969
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My name is 'No one' the long lost son
Born on the 4th of July
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Raised in the era of heroes and cons
That left me for dead or alive
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I am a nation, a worker of pride
My debt to the status quo
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The scars on my hands and all means to an end
It's all that I have to show
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I swallowed my pride, and I choked on my faith
I've given my heart and my soul
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I've broken my fingers, and lied through my teeth
The pillar of damage control
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I've been to the edge
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And I've thrown the bouquet
Of flowers left over from the grave
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I sat in the waiting room
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Wasting my time
And waiting for Judgment Day
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I praise liber ty, the freedom to o bey
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It's a song that strangles me
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Well don't cross the line
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C#
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Oh, dream, American dream
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I can't even sleep
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From light's early dawn
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Oh, scream, America scream
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Believe what you see
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From heroes and cons