Dookie album cover by Green Day

30-sec preview

1994 · From the album Dookie

Basket Case

by Green Day

6 Popularity
23 Views
03:03 Runtime
Rock Genre

In the queue

We're still reading this one.

Our editorial desk hasn't published an interpretation for "Basket Case" yet. Want us to cover it sooner? Tell us why — high-priority reader requests jump the queue.

Reviewed by editors before generation.

03 · Lyrics

"Basket Case"

Do you have the time to listen to me whine?

About nothing and everything, all at once

I am one of those melodramatic fools

Neurotic to the bone, no doubt about it

Sometimes I give myself the creeps

Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me

It all keeps adding up

I think I'm cracking up

Am I just paranoid or am I just stoned?

I went to a shrink, to analyze my dreams

She said it's lack of sex that's bringing me down

I went to a whore, he said my life's a bore

So quit my whining 'cause it's bringing her down

Sometimes I give myself the creeps

Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me

It all keeps adding up

I think, I'm cracking up

Am I just paranoid?

I don't know

Grasping to control

So I better hold on

Sometimes I give myself the creeps

Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me

It all keeps adding up

I think I'm cracking up

Am I just paranoid?

Or am I just stoned?

Lyrics via Google. Copyright belongs to rights holders.

04 · FAQ

Frequently asked

When was "Basket Case" released?
"Basket Case" by Green Day was released on February 1, 1994 on the album "Dookie".
What genre is "Basket Case"?
"Basket Case" by Green Day falls within the rock, punk, punk rock genres.
What album is "Basket Case" on?
"Basket Case" appears on the album "Dookie" by Green Day.
0:00 -0:00