Green day j.a.r. lyrics

J.A.R. (Jason Andrew Relva) is the eighth track off of Green Day's third compilation album, International Superhits!(2001). Originally released on July 10, 1995, this song was featured on the Angus soundtrack.

Background

This song is written about Mike Dirnt's close friend Jason Andrew Relva, who died in a car crash at the age of 19. ("He was going 95, I think he committed suicide." -Dirnt)

In the song, the narrator is talking about his friend who's now gone and about what it makes him feel. He's saying that this death made him face the fact that he's mortal and his life could end any second. The narrator is saying that he's living life just like his friend did, but now his friend is gone and maybe he didn't give all that he could, but it's too late now.

Live

This song was considered for Dookie, and demoed during the sessions for the album. It made one live appearance in 1992, at 924 Gilman Street in November.

J.A.R. appeared live once on the Insomniactour, in Baltimore in November 1995.

The song made three appearances in 1998 on the Nimrod tour.

J.A.R. was performed more frequently on the Warning tour, making ten appearances in 2000 and 2001.

The song appeared three times in two weeks at the end of the American Idiot tour.

The song appeared several times in 2009, followed by a few more the next year, on the 21st Century Breakdown tour. An audio version featured on the Awesome as Fuck CD.

J.A.R. was played three times on the 99 Revolutions Tour.

The song featured at most of the shows in October 2016, as well as a few other shows later in the Revolution Radio tour.

In January 2020, Billie Joe Armstrong teased J.A.R. at a performance at the NHL All-Star Game.

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
My friend drove off the other day
Now he's gone and all they say
Is "you got to live cause life goes on..."
But now I see I'm mortal, too
I can't live my life like you
Got to live it up while life goes on

[Chorus]
And I think it's all right
That I do what I like
Cause that's the way I want to live
It's how I give, and I'm still givin'...

[Verse 2]
And now I wonder 'bout my friend
If he gave all he could give
Cause he lived his life like I live mine
If you could see inside my head
Then you'd start to understand
The things I value in my heart

[Chorus]
And I think it's all right
That I do what I like
Cause that's the way I want to live
It's how I give, and I'm still givin'...

[Bridge]
You know that...
I know that...
You're watchin' me!

[Chorus]
And I think it's all right
That I do what I like
Cause that's the way I want to live
It's how I give, and I'm still givin'...

[Outro]
Got to make a plan, got to do what's right
Can't run around in circles if you wanna build a life
But I don't want to make a plan for a day far away
While I'm young and while I'm able, all I want to do is...

  • The song
  • Live in Berkeley, California - November 18, 1992 (audio only)
  • Live in Fresno, California - October 1, 2005
  • Live in Kansas City, Missouri - August 12, 2009
  • Live on the "Awesome as Fuck" CD - Clarkston (Michigan), August 2010 (audio only)
  • Live in Providence, Rhode Island - April 9, 2013
  • Live in Oakland, California (with fan playing the guitar) - October 12, 2016
  • Live in Los Angeles, California - October 19, 2016
  • Live in Sydney, Australia - May 11, 2017
  • Live in Tampa, Florida (Facebook livestream) - September 5, 2017
  • Live tease at the NHL All-Star Game 2020

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Green Day is an American punk rock band formed in 1987. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist and backing vocalist Mike Dirnt, drummer Tré Cool and guitarist and backing vocalist Jason White, who became a full member after playing in the band as a session and touring guitarist for 13 years. Cool replaced former drummer John Kiffmeyer in 1990, prior to the recording of the band's second studio album, Kerplunk (1992). more »


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My friend drove off the other day
And now he's gone and all they say
Is you gotta live 'cause life goes on
But now I see I'm mortal too
I can't live my life like you
Gotta live it up while life goes on

And I think it's alright
That I do what I like 'cause that's the way I wanna live
And so I give
And I'm still giving

And now I wonder about my friend
If he gave all he could give
'Cause he lived his life like I live mine
If you could see inside my head
Then you'd start to understand
The things I value in my heart

And I think it's alright
That I do what I like 'cause that's the way I wanna live
And so I give
And I'm still giving

You know that
I know that
You're watching me

And I think it's alright
That I do what I like 'cause that's the way I wanna live
And so I give
And I'm still giving

Gotta make a plan
Gotta do what's right
Can't run around in circles
If you want to build a life
But I don't want to make a plan
For a day far away
While I'm young and while I'm able
All I wanna do is

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Written by: BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG, FRANK E., III WRIGHT, FRANK EDWIN WRIGHT III, MICHAEL PRITCHARD, MIKE DIRNT, MIKE RYAN PRITCHARD, TRE COOL

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