All he wanted was the right path
He saw the problems, he did the math
He said our lives were on HOLIDAY
And there was no reason for him to stay
So he decided to leave, to go out in the world on his own
And on the BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS he was alone
As time went by, his sanity was clearly fading
He kept chanting "ARE WE THE WAITING?"
He lost part of his old self and ST. JIMMY was born
Then he met an EXTRAORDINARY GIRL and he was torn
He kept thinking "SHE'S A REBEL," an angel from above
The more he saw of her, the more that he fell in love
But one day she couldn't stand his two-sidedness anymore
She packed up her bags, told him she was walking out the door
Left him a LETTERBOMB, a strong reality check
Made him realize that he was a horrible wreck
It let him see that he wasn't the JESUS OF SUBRUBIA
And that he had become part of the idiot America
Jesus broke through and Jimmy was no more
He wanted to go back home to see what was in store
When he got home, his HOMECOMING was awaited
Kind of a shock since it was from a town he hated
And as the years wore on he still thought about her
He called her WHATSERNAME since her name was a blur
Jesus lived on, but not quite as an AMEIRCAN IDIOT
Because the memory of her wouldn’t let him submit to it
Author notes
Green Day
American Idiot
1) American Idiot
2) Jesus of Suburbia
3) Holiday
4) Boulevard of Broken Dreams
5) Are We the Waiting
6) St. Jimmy
7) Give Me Novacaine
8) She’s a Rebel
9) Extraordinary Girl
10) Letterbomb
11) Wake Me Up When September Ends
12) Homecoming
13) Whatsername
WOO! Honorable Mention! YES!!
Written December 11th, 2004
A contest entry
- Music: One Choice, Make It Original by Jack Durden.
600 points, ended February 8, 2005, 23 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
What did you think
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AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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well Whatzername's American Idiot poem musta been good enough to do it justice since it ended up being an honorable mention
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this is a very good write you have here.......green day is good....anyways...this is a very cool write....sorry for the delay....best of luck in the contest
charlie -
This roxn, yo! a bit funny too, but it coool1
Eny
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sweeet dude
This is a pretty cool piece. Good luck in the contest...if the judging ever ends. ANyways I think you should do good and if you dont then that's gonna be a shame. -
good stuff.
i have to admit, that green day hasnt always been my favorite band.
but after reading this i think i'll try listening to the american idiot cd my friend got for my birthday.
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Green Day Rock so this poem was a winner in my books! I loved the incorpirations (SPELLINGS!) and basically the whole flow and effect, great stuff!
LoneStar -
as much as i love green day this would have been the easiest thing to do take the story already written on the album and rewrite it. It wasn't bad I just don't tihnk it does AMERICAN IDIOT justice.
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There was 1 part where it was hard to write, the 2 last lines. I don't think they sound quite right. But other than that it wasn't too horribly hard.
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this seemed like a hard poem to write. i think that you incorporated the tracks brilliantly. Great write!
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this is awesome. i'm not only saying that because i like greenday either. well anyways great job and i love the topic of this well written piece.
best of luck to you in the contest
thanks for entering
Emily -
this is great!!! i love greenday and this is such a cool poem!! good job!!! and good luck!!!
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great poem! greenday are ace! love the song boulevard of broken dreams.
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Greenday's a cool band. This is cool how you took all the track titles and had them in the poem. Even though I never heard any of those other songs but American Idiot-which by the way was a very clever song. Great write
and good luck in the contest
-nicci -
i love greenday
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