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¿Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)

Green Day Released 2009

Song Meaning

Billie Joe Armstrong (Q Magazine, 2009): "It's about a woman with a heavy drug problem. ¡Viva La Gloria! is about a person who has a vision, but this is a person who's distorting that vision with drugs and self-destruction."

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Lyrics

Little girl, little girl
Why are you crying?
Inside your restless soul your heart is dying.
Little one, little one
Your soul is purging
Of love and razor blades
Your blood is surging

Runaway
From the river to the street
And find yourself with your face in the gutter
Your a stray for the salvation army
There is no place like home
When you got no place to go

Little girl, little girl
Your life is calling
The charlatans and saints of your abandon
Little one little one
The sky is falling
The lifeboat of deception is now sailing
In the wake all the way
No rhyme or reason
Your bloodshot eyes
Will show your heart of treason
Little girl little girl
You dirty liar
You're just a junkie
Preaching to the choir

Runaway
To your lost tranquility
And find yourself with your face in the gutter
You're a stray for the dregs of humanity
There is no place like home
When you got no place to go

The traces of blood
Always follow you home
Like the mascara tears
From your getaway
Your walking with blisters
and running with shears
So unholy.
Sister of grace.

Runaway
From the river to the street
And find yourself with your face in the gutter
You're a stray for the salvation army
There is no place like home
When you got no place to go

Live History

Live History

Performances of "¿Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)" from the GDA tour archive.
Total Plays
11 times / #183 most played
Most Recent
May 28, 2009 Tokyo, Japan
Earliest Known
April 7, 2009 San Francisco, CA

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