American Idiot (Broadway) - Monologue Transcripts

American Idiot

February 2nd
[JOHNNY]
February 2nd
I jerked off into oblivion last night and today I forgot to shower… again
Oh well. It doesn't matter, because I’m just gonna meet up with Will, and Tunny, and the usual suspects, again, for another afternoon of shit talkin'…

[WILL]
And cigarettes...

[TUNNY]
And blah fucking blahhh

[JOHNNY]
Ain't it neat? God said that he would skin me alive

[WILL]
Or was that your step-dad?

[JOHNNY]
Braaaad

[TUNNY]
That motherfucker

[WILL]
Literally

[TUNNY]
I think he forgot to shower today also

[WILL]
And I think I’m beginning to notice a pattern here

[TUNNY]
Ha, you think?

[JOHNNY]
Oh, shit, is this my life?

Jesus Of Suburbia
I. Jesus Of Suburbia

[JOHNNY]
Tunny!

[WILL]
Cock-sucker!

[TUNNY]
Shitbag!

[JOHNNY]
We're outta beer!
7-11, right now! Let's do it!

II. City of the Damned
III. I Don't Care
IV. Dearly Beloved

[JOHNNY]
Will! Tunny!
Are we gonna waste our lives?
Or are we gonna get the fuck outta here?!

V. Tales From Another Broken Home

[JOHNNY]
Take one last look at this shit-hole!
'Cause these are our tickets outta here!

[WILL]
Thank you, Jesus!

[TUNNY]
You saved my fucking life!

[JOHNNY]
That's right!

February 5th
[JOHNNY]
February 5th
To the city. I held up my local convenience store to get the bus tickets
Actually, I stole the money from my mom's dresser
Actually, she lent me the cash. Fuckin' bitch. Give me sidewalk city shadows!

[TUNNY]
My own private war

[JOHNNY]
Rally the troops

[TUNNY]
Tell the bishop there’s a resistance occurring, ya bastard!

[JOHNNY]
Everything is so fucking black and white

[JOHNNY + TUNNY]
And the good guys ain’t wearing red, white, or blue!

Holiday

February 24th
[JOHNNY]
February 24th
Dear Will, it sucks that you are not here. Tunny, all he– Tunny. Hey, Tunny!

[TUNNY]
Leave me alone

[WILL]
All Tunny ever does is sleep. He doesn't get it yet but this place is big enough for all the fuck ups, and the underbelly

[JOHNNY]
Hey, shine your light on this, motherfucker! I got plans, baby. Hang your dark cloud over your dirty old town. The end of the world is over. My riot. My love. My country. The dawning of a new city. New faces. New voices. My voice. My city

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams

Favourite Son

Are We The Waiting

March 15th
[JOHNNY]
March 15th
What the fuck? Tunny’s dream turned red, white, and blue, but I thought that good guys don't wear red, white, and blue. Nobody seems to agree on anything these days
This city is misting over the skyscrapers. The cement feels so damp yet pretty at once. Is life imitating me or is rage imitating life?
I feel like a civil war, like a knife in the heart. I got an axe to grind and it's splitting my head open
No friends, no girls. I need both

St. Jimmy

April 1st
[JOHNNY]
April 1st
Dear Mom, I shot drugs for the first time today. Thank you, Jimmy. Oh, yeah. Now we're getting somewhere. Nowhere

[St. Jimmy]
We don’t need no stinkin' badges!

[JOHNNY]
WHAT?! Who said that. Oh. This is good

[WILL]
Ah, holy water

[JOHNNY]
Oh my god. I forgot to take a shower again. But at least I got a friend, mom, you were right. I did make a friend at camp

Give Me Novacaine

May 5th
[JOHNNY]
My heart is like a bomb. She knows I'm full of shit, but she thinks I'm cute

[WILL]
Or is it the opposite?

[JOHNNY]
She's taking me to a show tonight. Band'll probably suck, but I'll be with her. Is this just be lust, or could it be the dawning?

Last Of The American/She's A Rebel

Last Night On Earth

Too Much Too Soon

Before the Lobotomy

Extraordinary Girl

Before the Lobotomy (Reprise)

When It's Time

Know Your Enemy

21 Guns

July 21st
[JOHNNY]
July 21st
Life before the lobotomy. Johnny sang the eulogy. It burned your dreams into the ground. Johnny's lesson is what he's been sold. Remember to learn to forget. I'm not stoned, I'm just fucked up. I'm not cursed, ‘cause I've been blessed. I'm not in love, 'cause I'm a mess. I never liked you anyway. St. Jimmy rules!
P.S. Don't wait up!

Letterbomb

September 10th
[JOHNNY]
September 10th
Dear Mom, do you remember when dad – Brad – said that I would never amount to anything? Well, I one upped him. I amount to nothing. I knew you'd be proud

Wake Me Up When September Ends

Homecoming
I. The Death of St. Jimmy
II. East Twelfth Street
III. Nobody Likes You
IV. Rock 'n Roll Girlfriend

December 7th
[JOHNNY]
Dear dad, or God, or whatever
I sold my guitar to get a bus ticket home
Met the girl of my dreams, but I'm dead to her now
So, I'm coming home in victory
Arms open wide, sitting by a Greyhound toilet
First stop: convenience store
I've got lies to tell
Glory never felt so good
Justice was served, you were just too stupid to notice
That's why I love you

P.S. Take a fucking shower!

V. We're Coming Home

Whatsername

And That Was That
[JOHNNY]
And that was that
Or so it seemed
Is this the end or the beginning?
All I know is, she was right
I am an idiot
It's even on my birth certificate in so many words

This is my rage?
This is my love?
This is my town?
This is my city?
This is my country?
This is my life?

Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)