Lyrics for 86 as interpreted by Ice

86 Lyrics
What brings you around
Did you lose something
The last time you were here
You'll never find it now
It's buried deep
With your identity

So stand aside and let the next one pass
Don't let the door kick you in the ass
There's no return from 86
There's no return from 86
There's no return from 86
There's no return from 86
Don't even try

Exit out the back
And never show your head around again
Purchase your ticket
And quickly take the last train
Out of town

So stand aside and let the next one pass
Don't let the door kick you in the ass
There's no return from 86
There's no return from 86
There's no return from 86
There's no return from 86
Don't even try

There's no return from 86
There's no return from 86
There's no return from 86
There's no return from 86
Don't even try

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nerdypunkchick
04-27-2002

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when its over...its over. move on already.

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retired_schizo
06-02-2002

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When someone is banned from a club, they call it 86. Green Day were banned from a club, I forget the story, but they wrote this song about it.

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idontkno
06-16-2002

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i guess its about a club... i dont kno. hahaha thats my name. w/e. um, but i found out today that sometimes they mark your time card at work with an "86" if you're fired. but i guess it pretty much means the same thing in the song. like nerdypunkchick says: when its over...its over and just move on.

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FREAKISH_FIREFLY
06-21-2002

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i thought this song was about they year 86, like maybe it was a bad time in his life and he needed to move on and forget about it. but the club thing seems more likely. ah well. feck it.


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punkness05
07-03-2002

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they were'nt banned from a club dumbass..... the club where they were first introduced to punk music disowned them after they became so called " sellouts"... they were'nt barred... but it said on the bathroom wall something like death to billy joe... i dunno.... i know they were'nt barred though... i think nerdypunkchick put it best

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Wazoo
07-09-2002

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They pretty much got exiled from the Gilman ST club. They were called sellouts and on the wall the words "death to billie joe" were on it. in late 2001, the band played a set at Gilman for the first time in about 9-10 years using instruments from other bands. They played all old songs, and people liked it. So much for "there's no return from 86"

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Insomniac86
07-10-2002

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the Gilman ST club wall said "BILLIE JOE MUST DIE" on the wall...BJ found this out after sneeking into the place after their success.

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greendaycutie221
07-19-2002

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to "86" something means to get rid of it. i think billie joe means that he got rid of this person, but their trying to come back, and hes like fuck you! im over you!!

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Popro
03-11-2003

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on this website: http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxeighty.html it says that 86 is slang for the word nix which in resturaunts refers to when a food item has been "sold out"

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NgohOiNei
04-20-2003

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I live in Berkeley CA where the 924 Gilman club is.
(It sucks anyway, it's a bunch of 14 high school wannabe goth kids)
Last time Green Day played there a huge group of people tried to beat them up and some one lit their drums on fire!
Same thing happened pretty much when Jello Biafra from Dead Kennedys tried to come back.
It's a crying shame if you ask me.

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Billie_Joe_is_mine
05-03-2003

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oh my god. wow. what shits people really are. greenday dont deserve anything like that, i cant believe how much shit they've had to put up with in the past few years. people should be so ashamed of themselves. wat shits.

X peace X

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OneThirdOfCTW
06-05-2003

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Ok, here's what happened... Green Day was never banned. Billie Joe was banned along with all the members of Pinhead Gunpowder. They were caught drinking in the bathroom and told to leave. All the other members (excluding billie joe) showed up to a Gilman meeting and begged to be allowed back. As far as the "Bille Joe Must Die" on the wall, that was because people considered him a sellout. But who fucking cares, Green Day has played there since Billie Joe got 86'd.

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teh_brat
06-19-2004

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Once Billie said in an interview that he had a one night stand with a girl and he felt really bad about it. Thats where he get's the lines "Did you lose something
The last time you were here
You'll never find it now
It's buried deep
With your identity"

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Minifin4BillieJoe
10-19-2004

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wow u guys know alot!! this is probz my fave green day song. amazing!!

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greenvelvet
11-20-2004

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i agree with Billie Joe is mine

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High_On_Lithium
01-29-2005

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I don't know but this is my favorite Green Day song ever. This is catchy as hell...about 86...well, yeah it could be what you guys said...(?)...

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mightybear
02-07-2005

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this song, and several others on insomniac, particularly stuart and the avenue, r absolutely amazing. why they werent included on superhits, god only knows. rock on insomniac, you under estimated beast of an album!!!

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knuxman
03-17-2005

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International Superhits only had songs that were singles on it.

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GreenDayGirl1991
07-08-2005

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You guys are morons. This song is about Mike and Billie being thrown out of Gilman, the one place they could be themselves, and what they called home. The people their called them sell outs because they got big, and they wern't the same anymore. This song is a big fuck you, we don't like you anymore, so get the fuck out of here.

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imsokoolitsunkool
08-19-2005

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haha ya fuck them they dotn need this shit

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Green182fan
09-27-2005

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When green day signed with reprise, the local punks at gillman street considered that selling out and wouldnt let green day play in their clubs. But the most punk thing for them to do would be not to listen to anyone and just do what they think is right.

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slow__hands
10-03-2005

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Well jeepers creepers, what a wild bunch ive come across (and not in a good way). You should all be fired from life. This song has about as much appeal as the elephant man. The overall sound of this song reminds me of robocop having sex with a banshee (in a place of ill repute if i may be so blaz'e about it). Im viciously dissapointed that a fellow "human" as i will described you all in inverted commers would want to know the meaning of this song. And minfin theres no easy way of saying this but BillieJoe wouldnt even give you a second look, i also dont know why youd want one as he sounds very close to what most level headed citizines would considered a hillbilly. Goodnight and love to you all.
p.s on a lighter note slow__hands and mikus_fikus rule songmeanings.net. Boo-Yah.

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dirnt
12-20-2005

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dudes, you guys are lame green day fans if you dont know what this song is about, the punk rock club they used to play one off shows at was called, gilman street. and they were never banned from it, they just went back for a visit and they people at gilman had stopped liking greenday because they had bcome too main stream and they didnt like it.
gees get your greenday facts straight.

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stboneyofsuburbia
01-19-2006

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i dont call em sellouts i mean punks outside of gilman want to hear ther music and i guess BJ wanted more ppl to hear their music and it takes a lot to go bk and play at gilman when the local punks hate em for "selling out" sellouts my arse as i said above its calles more like sprad out... that sounds sexuall anyway great fukin song from a great fukin band... shit i just wrote a fukin essay :@

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crazycasualty
02-07-2006

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Hahaha. "you guys are morons"
Your a moron GreenDayGirl1991

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