More songs by Green Day
Description
Guitar Technician: Andrew Hans Buscher
Copier: Bettie Ross
Coordinator: Bill Schneider
Backline Technician: Bill Schneider
Guitar: Billie Joe Armstrong
Lead Vocals: Billie Joe Armstrong
Assistant Mixer: Brian Judd
Additional Engineer: Butch Walker
Copier: Caryn Rasmussen
Unknown: Chris Dugan
Mixer: Chris Lord-Alge
Horns Arranger: David Campbell
Strings Arranger: David Campbell
Assistant Engineer: Duncan Fuller
Producer: Green Day
Editor: Greyson Smith
Assistant Engineer: Jacob Spitzer
Additional Engineer: Mark Aguilar
Bass: Mike Dirnt
Backing Vocals: Mike Dirnt
Drum Technician: Nathaniel Mela
Horns Arranger: Rob Cavallo
Strings Arranger: Rob Cavallo
Producer: Rob Cavallo
Assistant Engineer: Scott Moore
Contractor: Suzie Katayama
Masterer: Ted Jensen
Drums, Percussion: Tré Cool
Composer, Lyricist: Billie Joe Armstrong
Composer: Mike Dirnt
Composer: Tré Cool
Lyrics and translation
Original
The American dream is killing me. The American dream is killing me.
When it's all double talk of conspiracy, the American dream is killing me.
Sending out an SOS.
It's getting serious. Bulldoze your family home.
Now it's a condo. We are not home.
Are we not home?
Goddamn I am so grateful for the faithful truth. The
American dream is killing me. The American dream is killing me.
People on the street, unemployed and obsolete.
Did you ever learn to read the ransom note?
Don't want no huddled masses.
Tick-tocking taxes.
Under the overpass, sleeping in broken glass. We are not well.
Are we not well?
Cracked up and soothe the wild with petty violence for. The
American dream is killing me. The American dream is killing me.
When it's all double talk of insanity, the American dream is killing me. Sing.
From sea to shining sea.
Whitewashed up on the beach. My country under siege.
Owned private property. We are not home.
Are we not home?
Kiss me, I'm dead inside. Who needs suicide when the
American dream is killing me. The American dream is killing me.
When it's all double talk of insanity, the American dream is killing me.
English translation
The American dream is killing me. The American dream is killing me.
When it's all double talk of conspiracy, the American dream is killing me.
Sending out an SOS.
It's getting serious. Bulldoze your family home.
Now it's a condo. We are not home.
Are we not home?
Goddamn I am so grateful for the faithful truth. The
American dream is killing me. The American dream is killing me.
People on the street, unemployed and obsolete.
Did you ever learn to read the ransom note?
Don't want no huddled masses.
Tick-tocking taxes.
Under the overpass, sleeping in broken glass. We are not well.
Are we not well?
Cracked up and soothe the wild with petty violence for. The
American dream is killing me. The American dream is killing me.
When it's all double talk of insanity, the American dream is killing me. Sing.
From sea to shining sea.
Whitewashed up on the beach. My country under siege.
Owned private property. We are not home.
Are we not home?
Kiss me, I'm dead inside. Who needs suicide when the
American dream is killing me. The American dream is killing me.
When it's all double talk of insanity, the American dream is killing me.