Song Details
Favorite Son
  • Track #0 from Unreleased, Limited, and Rare Songs
  • Released 2038
    Green Day has played this song live 1 time
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    Lyrics
    He hit the ground running,
    At the speed of light.
    The star was brightly shining,
    Like a neon light.

    It's your favorite son.
    It's your favorite son.

    A fixture on the talkshows,
    To the silver screen.
    From here to Colorado,
    He's a sex machine.

    It's your favorite son.
    It's your favorite son.

    But isn't it a drag?
    Isn't it a drag?
    Isn't it a drag?
    its pretty bloody sad,
    but isn't it a drag?

    A clean-cut All-American,
    Really ain't so clean.
    His royal auditorium,
    Is a murder scene.

    It's your favorite son.
    It's your favorite son.
    Oh, isn't it a drag?
    Isn't it a drag?
    Isn't it a drag?
    It's pretty but it's sad,
    but isn't it a drag?

    [Bridge]

    Well no one says it's fair.
    Turn a teenage lush,
    To a millionaire.

    Now where's your ####### champion?
    On a "panty raid"
    He's not the All-American,
    That you thought you paid.

    It's your favorite son.
    It's your favorite son.
    But isn't it a drag?
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