Before the Lobotomy - Green Day

Dreaming, I was only dreaming

Of another place and time, where my family’s from

Singing, I can hear them singing

When the rain had washed away all these scattered dreams

Dying, everyone’s reminded

Hearts are washed in misery, drenched in gasoline

Laughter, there is no more laughter

Songs of yesterday now live in the underground…

(Ooh, ooh-ooh)

Life before the lobotomy

Christian sang the eulogy

Signed, «My love,» a lost memory

From the end of the century

Well, it’s enough to make you sick

To cast a stone and throw a brick

But when the sky is falling down

You burned your dreams into the ground

Christian’s lesson’s what he’s been sold (Hey!)

We are normal and self-controlled (Hey!)

Remember to learn to forget (Hey!)

Whiskey shots and cheap cigarettes

Well, I’m not stoned, I’m just fucked up

I got so high I can’t stand up

Well, I’m not cursed 'cause I’ve been blessed

I’m not in love, 'cause I’m a mess

Like refugees (Ooh)

We’re lost like refugees (Ooh)

Like refugees (Ooh)

We’re lost like refugees (Ooh)

The brutality of reality

Is the freedom that keeps me from…

Dreaming, I was only dreaming

Of another place and time, where my family’s from

Singing, I can hear them singing

When the rain had washed away all these scattered dreams

Dying, everyone’s reminded

Hearts are washed in misery, drenched in gasoline

Laughter, there is no more laughter

Songs of yesterday now live in the underground…