The Grouch

Album: Nimrod (1997)
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  • I was a young boy that had big plans
    Now I'm just another shitty old man
    I don't have fun, and I hate everything
    The world owes me, so fuck you
    Glory days don't mean shit to me
    I drank a six-pack of apathy
    Life's a bitch, and so am I
    The world owes me, so fuck you

    Wasted youth, and a fistful of ideals
    I had a young and optimistic point of view
    Wasted youth, and a fistful of ideals
    I had a young and optimistic point of view

    I've decomposed, yet my gut's gettin' fat
    Oh my God, I'm turnin' out like my dad
    I'm always rude, I've got a bad attitude
    The world owes me, so fuck you
    The wife's a nag, and the kid's fuckin' up
    I don't have sex 'cause I can't get it up
    I'm just a grouch sittin' on the couch
    The world owes me, so fuck you

    Wasted youth, and a fistful of ideals
    I had a young and optimistic point of view
    Wasted youth, and a fistful of ideals
    I had a young and optimistic point of view
    ('Til I grew up)

    I was a young boy that had big plans
    Now I'm just another shitty old man
    I don't have fun, and I hate everything
    The world owes me, so fuck you
    Glory days don't mean shit to me
    I drank a six-pack of apathy
    Life's a bitch, and so am I
    The world owes me, so fuck you
    The world owes me, so fuck you
    The world owes me, so fuck you Writer/s: Billie Joe Armstrong, Frank Edwin Wright III, Mike Ryan Pritchard
    Publisher: Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 7

  • Liffer from WinnipegI don't care what the published lyrics say, Billie does not sing "the world owe's me...." if anything it sounds like "the world's on me"
  • Monica from West Hartford, Ctlove this song--reminds me of my husband in a cute, lovable way!
  • Dominique from --, Nythis song is good. and the nickname doesn't even matter so don't worry about...all of you. love this song.
  • Rob from Bronx, NyAdie is Adrienne's nickname...do YOUR research lol, and spell her name right.
  • Jordan from --, Inwell, i guess the name kinda matters but this song is awsome. for some reason, i though of my boyfriend when i heard this song. we never had a fight...oh well. love the song!
  • James from Adelaide, Australiagosh, get it right. it really doesnt matter. good song tho. one of my fave ones by greenday
  • Katie from Mc, Inhis wife's name is Adriene. do your research.
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