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 mind fuck America Welcome to a new kind of tension All across the alienation 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 Well maybe I'm the faggot America I'm not a part of a redneck agenda Now everybody do the propaganda And sing along in the age of paranoia Welcome to a new kind of tension All across the alienation 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 Don't wanna be an American idiot One nation controlled by the media Information age of hysteria IT'S GOING OUT IDIOT America Welcome to a new kind of tension All across the alienation Everything isn't meant to be okey Television dreams of tomorrow We're not the ones who're meant to follow for that's enough to argue