Holiday by Green Day criticizes American politics and the George W. Bush administration during the Iraq War. It is part of the American Idiot album, envisioned as a punk opera that narrates the disillusionment and search for identity of a generation.
Key: F
Introduction:
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Hear the sound of the falling rain
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Coming down like an Armageddon flame (Hey)
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The shame, the ones who died without a name
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Hear the dogs howling out of key
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To a hymn called "Faith and Misery" (Hey)
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And bleed, the company lost the war today
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I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
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This is the dawning of the rest of our lives On Holiday
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Hear the drum pounding out of time
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Another protestor has crossed the line (Hey)
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To find, the money's on the other side
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Can I get another Amen? (Amen)
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There's a flag wrapped
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Around a score of men (Hey)
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A gag, A plastic bag on a monument
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I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies
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This is the dawning of the rest of our lives On Holiday
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) The representative from California has the floor Zieg Heil to the president gasman