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1981
  • Track #6 from Saviors
  • Released 2024
    Green Day has played this song live 4 times
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    Lyrics
    She's gonna bang her head like 1981
    She's gonna bang her head like 1981 (so long, farewell)
    She's gonna bang her head like 1981
    She's gonna bang her head like 1981

    She's throwing punches to the beat
    To the sound of cable TV
    And she'll never see the world the same
    She is a Cold War in my head
    And I am East Berlin
    On the danger side of parts unknown

    Coffee and cyanide for lovers in disgrace
    If this is not a test, we got one foot in the grave

    She's gonna bang her head like 1981
    She's gonna bang her head like 1981 (so long, farewell)
    She's gonna bang her head like 1981
    She's gonna bang her head like 1981

    Crimes from another time
    Champagne and party lines
    God bless the end of times
    Pain, commies, and cocaine
    Slam dance in acid rain
    We live the dream for fifteen minutes of fame

    She's gonna bang her head like 1981
    She's gonna bang her head like 1981 (so long, farewell)
    She's gonna bang her head like 1981
    She's gonna bang her head like 1981 (so long, farewell)
    (So long, farewell)
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