Green Day – Private Ale

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I wander down these streets all by myself
Think of my future now
I just don't know
I don't see to care
I stop to notice that
I'm by your home
I wonder if you're sitting all alone
Or is your boyfriend there

Because I feel so right
Let my imagination go
Until you're in my sight
And through my veins
Temptation flows

So I sit down here on the hard concrete
Think of my future now
I just don't know
I don't seem to care
So I sit across the street from your home
I wonder if you're sitting all alone
Or is your boyfriend there

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Track duration: 02:26

"Private Ale" as written by Billie Joe/pritchard Armstrong

Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

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    General Comment:^^

    are u serious
    Flag lkm370on June 20, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:This song is about how in a drunken haze, Billie Joe staggers by the Henry Weinhards Brewery, home of Private Reserve Ale, in the middle of the night. This was of course several years ago, when the brewery in downtown Portland Oregon still existed, near the X-Ray cafe, where Green Day first played in that city.
    Flag drock13on June 09, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:what goes after And through my veins temptation flows?
    Flag dejavulaon April 24, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:i dont have a clue, who does? i think this and 39/Smoothed albums are highly under rated, i mean, they are better then Warning.
    Flag Braton January 01, 2007   Link
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    General Comment:I have asked this before (under Android), but what the hell is with that voice in the middle
    Flag MilfordMiron September 12, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:the song to me is about a guy that has a crush on this gal but she has a boyfriend so the only way is to use his imagination.
    about every song of green day there is something that i can relate to which is one of the reasons i love their music.
    Flag MusicFanatic29on August 14, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:the song to me is about a guy that has a crush on this gal but she has a boyfriend so the only way is to use his imagination.
    about every song of green day there is something that i can relate to which is one of the reasons i love their music.
    Flag MusicFanatic29on August 14, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:why is it that no one ever writes for any of the good songs that came out before dookie like "at the library" or "dissapearing boy" or "dry ice"
    Flag kissmygreenass123on July 17, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:Back on their albums on lookout! their lyrics were easier to relate too, but a lot less sophisticated and they generally seemed to revolve around Mr Armstrong's lady friends or just plain apathetic boredom.
    Flag ArianeTheFoolon January 06, 2006   Link
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    General Comment:In the very beginning of the song, theres a few guitar licks that sound very similar to those in 1,000 Hours. It almost seems that this song somewhat of a continuation of 1,000 Hours.
    Flag Pyrotechnicon March 29, 2005   Link

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