Green Day - Misery Lyrics






Virginia was a lot lizard from F.L.A.
She had a compound fracture in the trunk
It started when she ran away
Thumbs out on the interstate
She hitched a ride to misery

Mr. Whirly had a catastrophic incident
He fell into the city by the bay
He liquidated his estate
Now he sleeps upon the Haight
Panhandling misery

And he's gonna get high high high
When he's low low low
The fire burns from better days
And she screams why oh why
I said I don't know
The catastrophic hymns from yesterday
Of misery

Vinnie was a hustler out of Amsterdam
He ran the drug cartel in Tinsel town
They found him in a cadillac
Bludgeoned with a baseball bat in the name
Of misery

Gina hit the road to New York City
Mysteriously the night Vinnie croaked
She stopped in Vegas to elope
With Virginia and the dope
And kissed the bride eternally

And they're gonna get high high high
When they're low low low
The fire burns from better days
And she screamed why oh why
I said I don't know
The catastrophic hymns from yesterday
Of misery

Hell hounds on your trail now once again boy
It's groping on your leg until it sleeps
The emptiness will fill your soul with sorrow
'Cause it's not what you make... it's what you leave

And we're gonna get high high high
When I'm low low low
The fire burns from better days
And she screamed why oh why
I said I don't know
The catastrophic hymns from yesterday
Of misery





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  1. D.... J....

    The Doors - Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)

  2. H.... ....

    Alabama Song-The Doors

  3. R.... Y....

    3:58 best part ever

  4. S.... ....

    and Green Day has never performed this live why?

  5. o.... ....

    Protip: Listen to this song while stoned.

    Thank me later

    o.... ....

    I WILL !! 😆

  6. W.... ....

    I get goosebumps each time something sounds

  7. D.... R....

    This song always comes though my mind everytime run out of money lol and my wallet has no Bills...

  8. T.... C....

    it makes me laugh that a group of people hates mcr and another group loathes gd. Boy, we are all go to hell and we all ran away, but bro, we are all emos. We are from the same specie, chill oout and lets watch a Tim BurtoN MOVIEEEE

  9. W.... ....

    People like "GREEN DAY COPIED MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE" or "MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE COPIED GREEN DAY"... boy do you know how many songs have that instrumental thing and that rythm

  10. P.... S....

    3:58 is that bass?

  11. P.... S....

    What is the instrument that plays the opening?

  12. L.... V....

    ye guys know other songs like this?

    L.... V....

    I'm only replying because I want to see what other people say, but Mama- My Chemical Romance, ¿Viva la Gloria? (Little girl)- Green Day are the only ones that I can think of. You'll Be fine- Palaye Royalle and Carousel-Mr Strange kind of do too, but not as much

    L.... V....

    And the Trial- Pink Floyd

  13. m.... ....

    wow when i used to listen to this i was so young i didnt understand english enough to know exactly what it was talking about. made it dark now. shit.

  14. K.... W....

    Very underrated song that needs alot of attention. Loved this song when i was a kid

  15. R.... B....

    Idk but this song makes me feel like I’m in Mexico

  16. A.... V....

    That "arrggh" is my mood 24/7

  17. A.... P....

    Mama, from my chemical romance sux!! this song is better

  18. P.... P....

    3 JUN 2019 STILL STEADY SONG..PUNK NOT DEAD..👌

  19. j.... b....

    Sounds a bit like Goodnight Socialite

  20. P.... 9....

    I entirely forgot about this song. Even in my angsty teen days my mom and I both liked this one. It’s so good. Such an underrated song from Green Day.

  21. A.... G....

    Fs i wish id stop sneezing im tryna sing here

  22. [.... m....

    I don’t get how people were so disappointed with Warning when amazing songs like this are on it.

    [.... m....

    right,,

    also i love your pfp

    [.... m....

    -` we need to talk 'ु੭ what that means

  23. F.... ....

    Wow this is nearly 10 years old? Idk I must be getting old

    F.... ....

    Nearly 20 I believe...

  24. P.... T....

    2019 for this song!

  25. a.... f....

    1:59 wow my dad has a Cadillac. And this is just a harsh way to die.

  26. D.... S....

    Most underrated Green Day song.

  27. c.... P....

    And he got high yai yai..

  28. c.... P....

    2019 stay ?

  29. Q.... H....

    2019 still

  30. Q.... H....

    Favourite 💜💜

  31. S.... M....

    She hitched a ride to Missouri

  32. l.... o....

    2018 thumb up

  33. C.... R....

    Its doesn't matter mama or misery cause we can all agree MCR and green day are magnificent bands.

  34. j.... ....

    Im just listening this song while playing red deadredemption 2 and it feels so damn good boy

  35. B.... B....

    lagu wajib pas lagi pemantapan di smp

  36. A.... K....

    Excellent, versatile musicians! GREAT song!

  37. Z.... M....

    11 september 2018

  38. I.... C....

    Oh gawd very criminally underrated song yet one of their best compositions

  39. _.... r....

    This sounds more Italian than Mexican

  40. S.... G....

    Idk why but this reminds me of Sarah Smiles for some reason?

    S.... G....

    Oh my gawd

  41. I.... a....

    I feel like this is a tribute to Creature Feature but I dont care enough to even date check to validate that hypothesis. Green Day meets Creature Feature anyway. I love it.

  42. B.... H....

    2018 i still love this song..
    Salam from indonesian

  43. o.... o....

    So this is how mcr got their influence for mama

  44. P.... L....

    Kids are complaining that little girl by green day sounds like mama as well

  45. E.... ....

    Ever think that mcr took inspiration from Green day or other respected artist with simmilar musical styles it doesn't matter if they sound simmilar just enjoy listening to both of the songs

  46. S.... Z....

    LOL I saw the comments, but MAMA by MCR sounds more like "The Trial" by Pink Floyd to me than anything :x

    S.... Z....

    Yeah, the trial is such and underrated song

  47. S.... N....

    Reminds me of myself

  48. S.... L....

    as a fan of both MCR and Green Day, this sounds nothing like Mama

  49. R.... ....

    I want to hear a Tom Waits cover of this so badly.

  50. D.... ....

    This sounds like something that would have been on 21st Century Breakdown

  51. R.... C....

    Yea "Mama" sounds like this but anyone notice it sounds like a slower version of "¿viva la Gloria?"

    R.... C....

    Oh yeah, it does actually.

  52. N.... J....

    This song and 'Mama' by My Chemical Romance are 'off beat'. By that logic, every Ska song ever written also sounds the same.

  53. t.... ....

    She hitched a ride to missouri

  54. �.... �....

    Remembering this song after not listening to it in yeeears and immediately having an existential crisis, just like back then. Nice.

  55. I.... O....

    and IM gonna get HIGH HIGH HIGH so im never LOW LOW LOW

    I.... O....

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  56. d.... 8....

    3:08 once again, BOI

    d.... 8....

    Favorite part. Besides the whole song.

  57. M.... S....

    Misery doesn't sound like Mama, Mama sounds like Misery. Both are great songs and Misery was out way before Mama anyway btw

  58. h.... ....

    Reeperbahn by Tom Waits is a similar song, with a similar sound and theme. And it's good.

  59. e.... ....

    I come from a big Italian family and this has such an Italian sound. Even the names, virginia and vinnie

  60. W.... g....

    Its look like bendy the ink mecine song look like

  61. M.... A....

    Let’s gonna play guittar and sing this song with a blunt

  62. B.... F....

    This song came out befor MCR's "Mama" so please...

  63. H.... F....

    Love this song

  64. P.... H....

    I came to enjoy one of my favorite GD songs
    Instead I got five comments misspelling "Mama" as "Mamma." Wtf.

  65. M.... D....

    Groping on your legs, emptiness ! Classic karma!

  66. M.... D....

    And now he is living with his mother!

  67. M.... D....

    This is not my daughter, it is her mother. Perfect song for one that took my children for a younger woman! And it's ended in disaster! He nearly killed me in the process!

  68. i.... ....

    all the comments abt mcr and green day just chill and enjoy the music 👌

  69. �.... �....

    Omg new fave

  70. A.... T....

    Sounds like a Russian song, but then switches to Mexican which is all weird coming from Green Day.

  71. D.... k....

    This song introduced me to mcr cause of everyone saying it sounds like mcr

  72. L.... T....

    is this based on Steven king's book?

  73. M.... B....

    3:04-3:27 is something to think about 🤔😶

  74. M.... B....

    This song is basically I think about random people meeting their misery and then death. The way Billie says "boy" at 3:09 tho 😂😶

  75. J.... P....

    Intro sounds like fucking Luigi's Mansion

    J.... P....

    Oh my fucking god!!! I'll never be able to unhear that lmao

  76. N.... S....

    this is the kind of song where you cant get the tune out of your head but all the lyrics are all messed up

  77. P.... R....

    Everyone is saying that this sounds like Mama or Mama sounds like this and now I'm afraid of playing this song because I know I'm going to hear Mama when I listen to this and vise versa

  78. d.... l....

    this song is amazing, LET'S JUST BE REAL. the opening reminds me of "mama".


    love billie's vocals on "boy" by the way.

    d.... l....

    you know what it also reminds me of? italian music mixed in with a mariachi band. just picture that, and with a punk-emo kid dancing around singing, and you would have this song.

  79. V.... ....

    sounds like voltaire brains abit

  80. M.... C....

    I love this song pace and love you go girl you a rockstar

  81. O.... M....

    Fucking love this

  82. B.... B....

    this is what mama would sound like if it were a good song

    B.... B....

    but




    it is a good song



    these're both amazing asf songs

    B.... B....

    Big Banana Dealer lol

    B.... B....

    Ooo you did not just say that

  83. G.... F....

    This sounds nothing like mama tbh

    G.... F....

    also mama came out 6 years later

    G.... F....

    the beginning maybe, but altogether not really. they're both polka.

  84. f.... l....

    Reminds me of Elenor rigbee by the Beatles

    f.... l....

    Ian Ressler Have you ever heard Elenor Rigby?

  85. J.... T....

    pretty brilliant if you ask me.... nothing but the best for the dragon-beast!

  86. I.... S....

    The beginning reminds me of the hotel theme from Earthbound...

  87. f.... y....

    the tune should be Kazakhstans national anthem

  88. S.... W....

    he lived in brum (Birmingham)...England for a week... misery

  89. S.... A....

    I love this song

  90. m.... ....

    You can hear how hot he is

  91. G.... C....

    So, this is my first time hearing this, and I'm not disappointed. Good ol' Green Day. 💚

  92. H.... ....

    Definitely better than anything off RevRad.

  93. w.... 0....

    This songs so different
    I love it!

  94. H.... I....

    Songs that sound like this : Mcr-Mama The doors-Alabama song

  95. J.... J....

    anyone else get they lyrics completely fucking wrong

  96. S.... ....

    tfw people think greenday copied MCR but didn't know this song came out years before...
    (Greenday's Warning came out in 2000, Black parade by MCR came out 2006)

    S.... ....

    Yeah dude, bands lik Blink and MCR were influenced by Green Day plus MCR and blink are good bands like

    S.... ....

    were good bands* Rip the dream ):

    S.... ....

    I totally forgot blink and MCR aren't a thing anymore :/

    S.... ....

    THIS SONG CAME OUT BEFORE MCR EVEN CAME TOGETHER AS A BAND CAN WE JUST THINK ABOUT THAT.


    warning, the album this song is from, came from *2000*. MCR debuted as a band in *2001* and released their first album, i brought you my bullets, you brought me your love, in 2002. the black parade, where mama is from, came out in 2006.

    S.... ....

    +Twitchy Games technically blink is still around, but it isn't the same without tom :/

  97. M.... V....

    probably my favorite song. I love how it changes up from Italian instrumental to Spanish.....hahahahaha