Billie’s girlfriend broke up with him before Insomniac’s release. So he proceeded to go home and write a punk anger filled song about it. Stuart and the Ave. is a real location in Berkeley CA, it is an intersection between Stuart Street and Telegraph Avenue.
[Verse 1]
Standing on the corner of Stuart and the avenue
Ripping up my transfer and a photograph of you
You're a blur of my dead past and rotting existence
As I stand laughing on the corner of insignificance
[Chorus]
Well, destiny is dead
In the hands of bad luck
Before, it might have made some sense
But now it's all fucked up
[Verse 2]
Seasons change as well as minds, and I'm a two-faced clown
You're Mommy's little nightmare, driving Daddy's car around
I'm beat down and half brain dead, the long lost king of fools
I may be dumb, but I'm not stupid enough to stay with you
[Chorus]
Well, destiny is dead
In the hands of bad luck
Before, it might have made some sense
But now it's all fucked up
[Instrumental Bridge]
[Chorus]
Well, destiny is dead
In the hands of bad luck
Before, it might have made some sense
But now it's all fucked up
We’re all fucked up
You're all fucked up
Stuart and the Ave. was written by Mike Dirnt & Tré Cool & Billie Joe Armstrong.
Stuart and the Ave. was produced by Green Day & Rob Cavallo.
Green Day released Stuart and the Ave. on Fri Oct 06 1995.