Track 10 from Revolution Radio
Released 2016
Green Day has played this song live 2 times.
"An ominous rocker that surveys an America on the brink of disaster, full of racial unrest and economic inequality. 'I wish saying 'we live in troubled times' was a cliché, but it's not,' says Armstrong. 'Trump is preying on people's fears, anger and desperation. ... He's feeding meat to hungry dogs.'" (Track by Track Guide, Rolling Stone)
What good is love and peace on Earth
When it's exclusive
Where's the truth in the written word
If no one reads it
A new day dawning
Comes without warning
So don't think twice
We live in troubled times
What part of history we've learned
When it's repeated
Some things we'll never overcome
If we don't seek it
The world stops turning
There it dies burning
So don't think twice
We live in troubled times
We run for cover
Like a skyscraper's falling down
And then I wonder
Like a troubled mind
What good is love and peace on Earth
When it's exclusive
Where's the truth in the written word
If no one reads it
A new day dawning
Comes without warning
So don't look twice
We live in troubled times
"Troubled Times" has been played 2 times live: