Verse 1: Don't want to be an American idiot Don't want a nation under the new mania And can you hear the sound of hysteria The subliminal mind fuck America Chorus: Welcome to the new kind of tension All across the idiot nation Where everything isn't meant to be ok Television dreams of tomorrow We're not the one meant to follow For that's enough to argue Verse 2: Well maybe I'm the faggot America I'm not part of a redneck agenda Now everybody do the propaganda And sing along to the age of paranoia Chorus: Welcome to the new kind of tension All across the idiot nation Where everything isn't meant to be ok Television dreams of tomorrow We're not the one meant to follow For that's enough to argue Verse 3: Don't want to be an American idiot One nation controlled by the media Information age of hysteria It's goin out to idiot America Chorus: Welcome to the new kind of tension All across the idiot nation Where everything isn't meant to be ok Television dreams of tomorrow We're not the one meant to follow For that's enough to argue