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[Sample: Marie-Louise Fiatarone & Billie Joe Armstrong]
Billie Joe, it certainly is exciting to meet you here at the recording studio, right after you've just made your very first record! How does it feel?
Hmmm... Wonderful!
[Verse 1]
She smashed the radio with the board of education
Turn up the static left of the state of the nation
[Pre-Chorus]
Turn up the flame, step on the gas
Burning the flag at half mast
She's the rebel's forgotten son
An export of the revolution
[Verse 2]
She is the first voice of the last one's in the line
She'll drag the lake to keep the vendetta alive
[Pre-Chorus]
Bring in the head of the government
The dog ate the document
Someone shot the president
And no one knows where Maria went?
[Chorus]
Maria! Maria!
Maria! Where did you go?
[Bridge]
Be careful what you're offering
Your breath lacks the conviction
Drawing the line in the dirt
Because the last decision is no
It's no
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
She smashed the radio with the board of education
Turn up the static left of the state of the nation
[Pre-Chorus]
Turn up the flame, step on the gas
Burning the flag at half mast
She's the rebel's forgotten son
An export of the revolution
[Chorus]
Maria, Maria
Maria, where did you go?
Maria, Maria
Maria, where did you go?
Maria was written by Billie Joe Armstrong & Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool.
Maria was produced by Jerry Finn.
It is uncertain if this song is about a real person, though it seems as if Maria represented some kind of ideal that was very strong in the past but has since been lost. Green Day usually writes about “cool,” rebellious women, and this one doesn’t really seem different from those described by songs...