[Verse 1]
Don't wanna be an American idiot
Don’t want a nation under the new media
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mindfuck America

[Chorus]
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alienation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who’re meant to follow
For that's enough to argue

[Verse 2]
Well, maybe I'm the faggot America
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
Now everybody do the propaganda
And sing along to the age of paranoia

[Chorus]
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alienation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue
[Guitar Solo]

[Interlude]
Alright, New York City
How are you guys doing tonight?
I said, hey-oh
I said, hey
Alright, I wanna break this shit down, alright?

[Bridge]
Don’t wanna be an American idiot
One nation controlled by the media
Information age of, go
It’s calling out to idiot America

[Chorus]
Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alienation
Where everything isn't meant to be okay
Television dreams of tomorrow
We’re not the ones who're meant to follow
For that's enough to argue

[Outro]
Ladies and gentlemen
Welcome to Green Day Presents an American Idiot
Right now we're gonna play our entire album for you, right now
So this is a glorified record release party, alright?