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Wake Me Up When September Ends

Homecoming (Live from Vh1 Storytellers)

Green Day Released 2005

Song Meaning

Billie Joe Armstrong (Guitar Legends, 2005: “[The death of St. Jimmy] is more of a figurative death. What you ultimately find out, if you read the lyrics closely, is that Jesus really is Jimmy. So it’s part of the main character that pretty much dies.”

Billie Joe Armstrong (Guitar Legends, 2005): “Mike was in the studio by himself, recording a 30-second song. It had a sort of vaudeville sound to it; it was kind of funny. So I said, ‘I wanna do one like that too.’ I wrote a 30-second piece, and then Tré did one, and so on. It started getting more serious as we tried to outdo one another. We kept connecting these little half-minute bits until we had something.”

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Lyrics

I. THE DEATH OF ST. JIMMY
My heart is beating from me,
I am standing all alone,
Please call me only if you are coming home,
Waste another year flies by,
Waste a night or two,
You taught me how to live.

In the streets of shame,
Where you've lost your dreams in the rain,
There's no sign of hope,
The stems and seeds of the last of the dope,
There's a glow of light,
The St. Jimmy is the spark in the night,
Bearing gifts and trust,
The fixture in the city of lust

What the hells your name,
What's your pleasure and what's your pain?
Do you dream too much?
Do you think what you need is a crutch?

In the crowd of pain, St. Jimmy comes without any shame,
He says "We're fucked up",
But we're not the same,
And mom and dad are the ones you can blame

Jimmy died today
He blew his brains out into the bay,
In the state of mind in my own private suicide

II. EAST 12TH STREET
And nobody cares,
And nobody cares,
Does anyone care if nobody cares?,
And nobody cares,
And nobody cares,
Does anyone care if nobody cares?,

Jesus is filling out paperwork now,
At the facility on east 12th st,
He's not listening to a word now,
He's in his own world,
And he's daydreaming

He'd rather be doing something else now,
Like cigarettes and coffee with the underbelly,
His life's on the line with anxiety now,
And she had enough,
And he's had plenty

Somebody get me out of here,
Anybody get me out of here,
Somebody get me out of here,
Get me the fuck right out of here

So far away,
I don't want to stay, Get me outta here right now,
I just wanna be free,
Is there a possibility,
Get me out of here right now,
This life like dream ain't for me.

III. NOBODY LIKES YOU
I fell asleep while watching Spike TV,
After 10 cups of coffee,
And you're still not here,
Dreaming of a song,
But something went wrong,
and I can't tell anyone,
'Cus no one's here

Left me here alone,
When I should have stayed home,
After 10 cups of coffee,
I'm thinking,
Where'd you go?

Nobody likes you,
Everyone left you,
They're all out without you,
Havin' fun,
Everyone left you,
Nobody likes you,
They're all out without you,
Havin' fun,
Where'd you go?

IV. ROCK 'N' ROLL GIRLFRIEND

I got a rock and roll band,
I got a rock and roll life,
I got a rock and roll girlfriend,
And another ex-wife

I got a rock and roll house,
I got a rock and roll car,
I play the shit out the drums,
And I can play the guitar

I got a kid in New York,
I got a kid in the Bay,
I haven't drank or smoked nothin',
In over 22 days,
So get off of my case

V. WE'RE COMING HOME AGAIN
Here they come marching down the street,
Like a desperation murmur of a heart beat,
Coming back from the edge of town,
Underneath their feet

The time has come and it's going nowhere,
Nobody ever said that life was fair now,
Go-carts and guns are treasures they will bear,
In the summer heat

The world is spinning around and around,
Out of control again,
From the 7-11 to the fear of breaking down,
So send my love a letterbomb,
And visit me in hell,
We're the ones going

Home.
We're coming home again

I started fuckin' running,
Just as soon as my feet touch ground,
We're back in the barrio,
But to you and me, that's jingletown

Home.
We're coming home again,

Nobody likes you,
Everyone left you,
They're all out without you,
Having fun.

Live History

Live History

Performances of "Homecoming (Live from Vh1 Storytellers)" from the GDA tour archive.
Total Plays
96 times / #60 most played
Most Recent
March 3, 2025 Sydney, NSW
Earliest Known
September 16, 2004 Hollywood, CA

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