Green Day Songs - Who Wrote Holden Caulfield? Lyrics

Green Day - Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?

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Album: Kerplunk!
Released: 1992

Who Wrote Holden Caulfield? Lyrics

A thought burst in my head
And I need to tell you
It's news that I for thought
Was it a dream that
Happened long ago?
I think that I just forgot
Well it hasn't been the first time
And it sure does drive me mad

There's a boy who fogs his world and now he's getting lazy
There's no motivation and frustration makes him crazy
He makes a plan to take a stand but always ends up sitting.
Someone help him up or he's gonna end up quitting

I shuffle through my mind
To see if I can find
The words I left behind
Was it just a dream that happened long ago?
Oh well...
Never mind.

Writer/s: ARMSTRONG, BILLIE JOE / DIRNT, MIKE / COOL, TRE
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Who Wrote Holden Caulfield?

Singer Billie Joe Armstrong remarked that in high school his teacher made him read The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. Salinger. This classic novel was very boring to him and he hated reading it (the idea of forcing a kid to read was repugnant to Billie Joe). When he became an adult he decided to read it again, as it was "Punk Rock." The narrator and main character of the novel is an outcast named Holden Caulfield - this song is about him.