21St Century Breakdown

[Intro]
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[Pre-Verse]
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[Verse 1]
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   Born in to Nixon I was raised in hell,
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   a welfare child where the teamsters dwelled.
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   Last one born and the first one to run,
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   my town was blind from refinery sun.
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   My generation is zero,
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I never made it as a working class hero.

[Chorus]
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Twenty first century breakdown,
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I once was lost but never was found,
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I think I'm losing what's left of my mind
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to the twentieth century dead line.

[Pre-Verse]
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[Verse 2]
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   I was made of poison and blood,
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   condemnation is what I understood,
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   video games to the towers fall,
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   home land security could kill us all.
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   My generation is zero,
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I never made it as a working class hero.

[Chorus]
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Twenty first century breakdown,
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I once was lost but never was found,
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I think I'm losing what's left of my mind
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to the twentieth century dead line.

[Verse 3]
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We are the class of the class of thirteen,
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born in the era of humility,
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we are the desperate in the decline,
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raised by the bastards of nineteen sixty  nine.

[Bridge]
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[Verse 4]
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My name is no one the long lost son,
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born on the fourth of July,
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raised in the era of heroes   and cons
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that left me for dead or alive.
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I am a nation a  worker of pride,
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my debt to the status quo,
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the scars on my hands and the means   to an end,
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it's all that I have to show.

[Bridge]
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[Verse 5]
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   I swallowed my pride and I choked on   my faith,
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I've given my heart and my soul.
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I've broken my fingers and lied through   my teeth,
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the pillar of damage control,
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I've been to the edge and I've thrown the   bouquet,
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of flowers left o'er from the grave,
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I sat in the waiting room wasting   my time
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and waiting for Judgement day.
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I praise liberty,
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the freedom to o__bey
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is the song that strangles me,
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well don't cross the line.
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[Outro]
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   Oh dream, Americadream,
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I can't even sleep from the light's early dawn.
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Oh scream, Americascream,
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believe what you see,
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from heroes and cons.