Green Day – Sassafras Roots

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Roaming 'round your house
Wasting your time
No obligation, just
Wasting your time
So why are you alone?
Wasting your time
When you could be with me
Wasting your time

I'm a waste like you
With nothing else to do
May I waste your time, too?

Warding off regrets
Wasting your time
Smoking cigarettes
Wasting your time
I'm just a parasite
Wasting your time
Applying myself to
Wasting your time

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Lyrics submitted by kevin

Track duration: 02:38

"Sassafras Roots" as written by Billie Joe Armstrong, Frank E. Iii Wright, Michael Pritchard

Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

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    My Interpretation:It's just a great love song.
    Flag TooMuxFunkon April 29, 2013   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:It's not necessarily about drugs or love. Just hey, if you're going to be bored, at least be bored with company. Everything's better with friends!
    Flagged Drusdaon November 28, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I think that the song's upbeat tune and pro-bonding lyrics about wasting time together are a vague and clever reference to sassafras roots (the tree root) having euphoric and energetic qualities and/or it's containing of safrole, a precursor to Ecstacy, I can relate to the actual lyrics to the song as well, as I do hang around my friends house wasting their time, with no obligation, just wasting their time, trying to get them to go hang out somewhere ("when you could be with me wasting your time") waste time smoking cigarettes, and such
    Flag Jefftahaon December 31, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:i believe sassafrass roots are also used to make camphor oil which is sometimes used in low grade meth. they are wasting their lives getting high doing nothing
    Flag c-hiefon November 01, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I think this is a way of Billie trying to tell a girl he likes her. He realizes all he does all day is lie around, as does she, so why shouldn't they just waste time together?
    Flag People In Planeson October 18, 2008   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:Great song, it seems like all i do is waste time.

    LONG LIVE GREEN DAY!
    Flag Green Day420on September 06, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:yea, i definatley took this song as rolling.it reminds me or a situation i have been in. Sassafras oil and specifically safrole is a chemicle used in the synthesis of mda.
    Flag chasingthesunon June 20, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:yay! older green day...

    im thinking its about being alone together..then after that theres no point in trying to explain the rest because all of you already have...

    simple lyrics

    catchy song...
    Flag sparkle_and_fade...on December 09, 2006   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:How did the song get its name?
    Flag MilfordMiron September 12, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:i keep finding myself randomly singing this song, it's great. i guess i can relate, i mean, i hate being alone and bored. if there's some awesome person to be bored with, then it's all good!
    Flag substylinbabyon June 07, 2006   Link

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