For that's enough to argue Don't want to be an American idiot All across the idiot nation Where everything isn't meant to be okay Television dreams of tomorrow Welcome to a new kind of tension We're not the ones who're meant to follow Don't want a nation

There is nothing you can say to ever make me want you There is nothing you can say to ever make me leave you American Mary Give my jewels to the army, my silverware and jeans Give my love to your family, tell them anything Give yourself to anyone, give