Complete Nirvana Lyrics

About A Girl
Aero Zepplin
All Apologies
Aneurism
Beans
Been A Son
Beeswax
Big Cheese
Big Long Now
Blandest
Blew
Born In A Junkyard
Breed
Come As You Are
Curmudgeon
D-7
Dive
Do You Love Me
Downer
Drain You
Dumb
Endless, Nameless
Even In His Youth
Floyd The Barber
Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip
Hairspray Queen
Heart-Shaped Box
Help Me, I'm Hungry
Here She Comes Now
I Hate Myself And I Want To Die
If You Must
In Bloom
Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam
Lake Of Fire
Lithium
Lounge Act
Love Buzz
The Man Who Sold The World
Marigold
Mexican Seafood
Milk It
Misery Loves Company
Moist Vagina
Molly's Lips
The Money Will Roll Right In
Mr. Moustache
Negative Creep
Oh, Me
On A Plain
On The Mountain
Opinion
Paper Cuts
Pay to Play
Pennyroyal Tea
Plateau
Polly
Radio Friendly Unit Shifters
Rape Me
Return of the Rat
Scentless Apprentice
School
Scoff
Serve the Servants
Sifting
Sliver
Smells Like Teen Spirit
Spank Thru
Something in the Way
Son of a Gun
Stain
Stay Away
Swap Meet
Territorial Pissings
Tourette's
Turnaround
Where Did You Sleep Last Night
Verse Chorus Verse
Very Ape

About A Girl

Verse 1:
I need an easy friend,
I do, with an ear to lend.
I do think you fit this shoe,
I do but you have a clue.

I`ll take advantage while you hang me out to dry
But I can`t see you every night for free.

I`m standing in your line,
I do hope you have the time.
I do pick a number too,
I do keep a date with you.

Aero Zepplin

What's the season of love if you can't have everything?
What's the reason you're around if a crime means anything?
What's the meaning in a crime? It's a crime if anything.
What's the meaning of love? It's grand, it's grand.

How a culture comes again, it's a crime of yesterday.
And you swear it's not a trend, doesn't matter anyway.
There's no need to talk to friends, nothin' new is everyday.
You could shit upon the stairs,
You'll be friends

All the kids will eat it up, if it's packaged properly.
Should the siren irritate, keep it movin' equally.
Not to know is just the fact, we're a problem nowadays.
An idea is what we lack, doesn't matter anyway.

All the kids will eat it up, if it's packaged properly
Still the son will imitate, keep it fallin' equally
Not to know is just the facts, we're worse nowadays.
An idea is what we lack, doesn't matter anyway.

Hey?

All Apologies

Alt-Names: mary

What else should I be? All apologies.
What else should I say? Everyone is gay.
What else could I write? I don't have the right.
What else should I be? All apologies.

In the sun,
In the sun I feed as one.
In the sun, in the sun
I'm married and buried

I wish I was like you: easily amused
Find my nest of salt: everything is my fault
I'll take all the blame, aqua seafoam shame
Sunburn with freezerburn choking on the ashes of her enemy

All in all is all we all are

Aneurysm

Alt-Names: aneurxsm, any rithm

Come on over and do the twist, uh-huh
Overdo it and have a fit, uh-huh
Love you so much it makes me sick, uh-huh
Come on over and do the twist, uh-huh

Beat me outta me
(beat it, beat it)

Come on over and do the twist, uh-huh
Overdo it and have a fit, uh-huh
Overdo it and have a fit, uh-huh
Love you so much it makes me sick, uh-huh
Come on over and shoot the shit, uh-huh

Beat me outta me
(beat it, beat it)

She keeps it pumpin' straight to my heart

Beans

The full version is sometimes called "beans & wine"

Beans, beans, beans
Daffy ate some beans
He was happy, happy, happy
That he ate some beans

Naked, naked, naked
Sitting cross-legged
Naked, naked, naked
And he was happy, happy, happy
That he ate some beans

Wine, wine, wine
Daffy ate some wine
He was happy, happy, happy
That he ate some wine

Beans, beans, beans
Daffy ate some beans
And he drank some wine
And he was happy, happy, happy
That he drank some beans

Been a Son

Alt-Names: she should

She should've stayed away from friends.
She should've had more time to spend.
She should've died when she was born.
She should've worn the crown of thorns.

She should've been a son.

She should've stood out in the crowd.
She should've made her mother proud.
She should've fallen on her stance.
She should've had another chance.

She should've been a son.

Beeswax

Why doesn't she need him for a father?
Not only made us, but I can thrive on his shit.
Goring my manhood turns a man off.
Like Pepe LePew would say,
Hey, hey, hey! -- then we clash!

I got my diddly spayed.

She laughs about it.
Shrinking inflections if the wind blows just right.
Jacking themselves off polyester.
I wanna jump, this isn't right!
Hey, when am I getting it back?

I got my diddly spayed.

I don't know why,
I got a joke too silly to say.
Don't touch the balls.
I got a dick, Dick -- hear my fucking hate!

I got my diddly spayed.

If you're wondering, it's getting ugly.
Fiberglass insulated, the sky is cotton candy.
Spawning downstream, El Rancho Ovulate.
Freely kill him, make it wrong.

Bill has brought me deep in idyll.
Billy Slim reminds me of someone.
I'm sick of being Mother Love Bone.
Don't need to kneel 'cause they wanna jump rope.
And I say, loooooook!

I got my diddly spayed,
I got a little tail.

Ahhhh! I got no balls.
Don't throw that ball.
I got a...when ya gonna learn?

Big Cheese

Big cheese, make me.
Mine says, "go to the office"
Big cheese, make me.
Mine says, "what's that say?"

Black is black, straight back.
Need more enemies.
Sure you are, but what am I?
We were enemies.

Big lies, midnight.
Mine says go to the office.
Big cheese, make me.
Message? What is it?

Black is black, straight back.
We were enemies.
She eats glue. How `bout you?

Big Long Now

It's not cold enough
Please put this side up
She is new, improved
Can we show our faces now?

I'm not interesting
She's not turning green
Shameful as it seems
Can we show our faces now?

In this clime
I am blind
Why can't I hear?
Color blind

Speaking a phrase
Instantly grow
I am blind
Waiting in line / Why am I shown?

Blandest

You're my favorite
Of my saviours
You're my favorite
Oh no

Yes you're my favorite
Of my favors
You're my razor
Oh no

Hey!

And the situation wasn't quite as intense as I thought
I need you around to remind me when not to be calm.

Blew

Alt-Names: blue

If you wouldn`t mind, I would like it blew.
If you wouldn`t mind, I would like it loose.
If you wouldn`t care, I would like to leave.
If you wouldn`t mind, I would like to breathe.

Is there another reason for your stain?
Could you believe him, we knew stress or strain?
Here is another word that rhymes with shame.

You could do anything.

Born In A Junkyard

Alt-Names: junkyard

I'm long gone from vertical
 Somewhere South is stopping me
I'm long gone from the American Dream
 You may decide it's not for me
I'm long gone but I'll let you through
 You may decide it's not for you
I'm long gone, but I'll let you through
 You may decide there's nothing there

Born in a junkyard
Gone

I'm long gone but I'll let you through
 You may decide that it's not that good
I'm long gone but I'll let you leave
 You may decide on stopping me

Breed

I don't care..care if I'm old
I don't mind...if I don't have a mind.
Get away...away from your home.
I'm afraid...afraid of a ghost

Even if you have, even if you need
I don't mean to stare, we don't have to breed
We can plant a house, we can build a tree
I don't even care, we could have all three
She said

Come As You Are

Come as you are, as you were, as I want you to be.
As a friend, as a friend, as an old enemy.
Take your time, hurry up, the choice is yours, don't be late.
Take a rest as a friend, as an old memoria.

Come dowsed in mud, soaked in bleach, as I want you to be
As a trend, as a friend, as an old memoria.

And I swear that I don't have a gun.
No I don't have a gun.

Curmudgeon

I can't hide, no, on the mantle
I'm not sad until I'm home
'Tis the season and I'm all reason
I have seen all I have grown

Sheared at the seams
Cheat on me and not seen
Cheat on me at the seams

I'm a lender, I'm a planter
I put something in the garden

In the handle on the mantle
I'm not Santa, I'm not God
I want a lady, can you save me?
It's the sulfur I have grown.

'Tis the season I'm all reason
I have fleas so run on home

D-7

Cover by Greg Sage and the Wipers * Alt-Names: dee seven, straight as an arrow

Straight as an arrow
Defect defect
Not straight, not so straight
Reject reject

Towards anti-social
Solo solo

Standing on the stairs
Cold, cold morning
Ghostly image of fear
Mayday mayday

Gonna leave this region
They'll take me with them

Demension seven

Dive

Pick me, Pick me, yeah
Live alone, lone single
At least, at least yea
Everyone is hollow

Pick me, pick me, yeah
Everyone is waiting
Pick me pick me yeah
You can even pay them

hey, dive in me

Kiss this, kiss that yeah
Live alone, lone single
At least, at least yeah
You could be my hero

Pick me, pick me yeah
Everyone is waiting
Hit me, hit me yeah
I'm real good at hating

hey, dive in me

Do You Love Me

Cover by Kiss

You really like my limousine
You like the way the wheels roll
You like my seven inch leather heels
And goin' to all of the shows

But...do you love me?
Do you love me?
Really love me?
Do you love me?

You like the credit cards and private planes
Money can really take you far
You like the hotels and fancy clothes
And the sound of electric guitars

You really like rock 'n' roll
All of the fame and the masquerade
You like the concerts and studios
And all the money, honey, that I make

Your backstage pass and black sunglasses
Make you look just like a queen
Even the fans they know your face
From all of the magazines

[Chris rambling]

Downer

Portray sincerity, act out of loyalty
Defend your true country, wish away pain
Hand out lobotomies to save little families
Surrealistic fantasy: bland, boring, plain

All we know is restitution
Living out your date of future
There's a hope, please show me faster
Don`t feel guilty, Master writing.

Somebody said that they`re not much like I am
I know I can't make enough of the words for you to go along
I sing your song

Slippery pessimist hyprocrite master
Conservative communist aprocalyptic bastard.
Thank you dear God for putting me on this earth
I feel very priveliged in debt for my thirst.

Drain You

One baby to another says I'm lucky to have met you.
I don't care what you think unless it is about me.
It is now my duty to completely drain you.
I travel through a tube and end up in your infection.

Chew your meat for you
Pass it back and forth
In a passionate kiss
From my mouth to yours
'cause I like you

With eyes so dilated I've became your pupil.
You've taught me everything without a poison apple.
The water is so yellow I'm a healthy student.
Indebted and so grateful, vacuum out the fluids.

[Chorus - Verse 1]

Chew your meat for you
Pass it back and forth
In a passionate kiss
From my mouth to yours
Sloppy it lips to lips
You're my vitamins
'cause I'm like you

Dumb

Alt-Names: ain't over, womb

I'm not like them, but I can pretend.
The sun is gone, but I have a light.
The day is done, but I'm having fun.
I think I'm dumb or maybe just happy...think I'm just happy.

My heart is broke, but I have some glue.
Help me inhale and mend it with you.
We'll float around and hang out on clouds.
Then we'll come down and I have a hangover...have a hangover.

Skin the sun, fall asleep
Wish away the soul is cheap
Lesson learned, wish me luck
Soothe the burn, wake me up

I'm not like them, but I can pretend.
The sun is gone, but I have a light.
The day is done, but I'm having fun.
I think I'm dumb or maybe just happy...think I'm just happy.

I think I'm dumb.

Endless, Nameless

Alt-Names: here i am, secret

Version 1: Nevermind version

Silent, here I am
I am, silent
Bright and clear, it's what I am
I have died

uhhhh

Death and violence
Excitement, right here
Died, go to hell
Here I am, right here
Oh

no mas

Death, silence
I am hurt again
Imagine that, cryin'
Here I am, chargin'
Dead

Die

Version 2: John Peel version

Hey man, save me!
do you care, save me!
here i am (x4)

owwwww
mother, father

Save me, here i am!
Save me! do you care?
Save me! do you care?
Save me! here i am!
here

uhhhh
[Kurt mumbling]

Even in His Youth

Even in his youth
Even in his youth
Even in his youth he was nothing

Kept his body clean
Kept his body clean
Kept his body clean going nowhere

Daddy was ashamed
Daddy was ashamed
Daddy was ashamed he was nothing

Smears the family name
Smears the family name
Smears the family name he was something

He was born for your crew
I've got nothing left to prove
If I die before I wake
Hope I don't come back a slave

Even in his youth, yeah yeah

Floyd The Barber

Alt-Names: freud the barber

Bell on a door ring, "Come on in."
Floyd observes my hairy chin.
"Sit down (in the) chair, don`t be afraid."
Steamed, hot towel on my face.

I was shaved.
I'm ashamed.
I was shamed.

Barney ties me to the chair.
I can`t see I`m really scared.
Floyd breathes hard, I hear a zip.
Deep, deep breaths against my lips.

I sense others in the room.
Opie, Aunt Bea, I presume.
They take turns to cut me up.
I died smothered in Andy`s clutch.

Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle

Alt-Names: will have her revenge

It's so relieving to know that you're leaving as soon as you get paid.
It's so relaxing to hear you're asking wherever you get your way.
It's so soothing to know that you'll sue me; this is starting to sound the same.

 I miss the comfort in being sad.

In her false withness, we hope you're still with us to see if they float or drown.
Our favorite patient, a display of patience, disease-covered Puget Sound.
She'll come back as fire, to burn all the liars, and leave a blanket of ash
on the ground.

 I miss the comfort in being sad.

Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip

It hurts when you have to press that dull little thing
That you're only supposed to use once and then discard.
Where do you put it? In the garbage can, my honest friend.
My shyness, pet her flow.

She's only been five months late even though we haven't had sex for a week.

A mil a day, a mil, I say.
And my heart's made my....

Somebody else already used the word aurora borealis.
She was tied up in chains, and Sam had helped her in the freezer.

She's only five weeks late, and I haven't had a date forever...

Wish I had more opportunity, more chances to remember some things,
So I couldn't have so much pressure on my...head.

(solo)

We'd have so much more diversity, and so much more input,
So much more creative flow if we had someone in school

GIT: geeks in town.

(Ha!...Come on, Dave, think of one...)
(Dave: inaudible)

It should be GIC, geeks with Charvels
No, GWC

Fuck, man, this is a waste of time! (laughs)

One more solo? (solo)

You're personally responsible for the entire strip to be washed away,
Cleansed, as if gallons of rubbing alcohol flowed through the strip
And were set on fire.

It didn't just singe the hair, it made it straight.

And then Perry Ellis came along with his broom and his silk,
And he erected a beautiful city, a city of stars.

(solo)

Hairspray Queen

Alt-Names: disco goddess, disco queen, midnight

I was your mine, you were mine, my enemy,
You were mine, I was your, your enemy,
You were mine, I was your, your enemy,
You were mine, I was once your ene.....

You rang
Your ears rang

I was your mine, you were mine, my enemy,
You were mine, I was your, your enemy,
You were mine, I was your, your enemy,
You were mine, I was once your ene.....

At night, wishful goddess
At night, wish the hardest
At night, disco goddess
At night, we'll go ga.......

I was your mine, you were mine, my enemy,
You were mine, I was your, your enemy,
You were mine, I was your, your enemy,
You were mine, I was once your ene.....

[Verse 1]

At night wishful goddess
At night, wish the hardest
At night, disco goddess
At night, you were so modest
At night, crisco lovefest
At night, a mouthful on me
It's like, fish-filled garbage
At night, we'll go ga.......

Heart-Shaped Box

Alt-Names: shaped box, wait

She eyes me like a pisces when I am weak
I've been locked inside your heart-shaped box for a week
I was drawn into your magnet tar-pit trap
I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn back

 Hey - Wait - I've got a new conplaint
 Forever in debt to your priceless advice

Meat-eating orchids forgive no one just yet
Cut myself on angel's hair and baby's breath
Broken hymen of your highness I'm left black
Throw down your umbilical noose so I can climb right back

Help Me, I'm Hungry

Alt-Names: nevermind

Live version 1: Melkweg, Amsterdam 11/5/89

Hold me, there's too much tension
Grade me, I'm fucking hungry
Help me, I'm fucking cornered
Grade me, you might be right

Lightning fucking around in my head
Fierce, dangerous, pathetic, fucked up
People freaking every day
White lights inside
What do you want

Cold naked man, picked off his scabs and
Fed them to the pigeons
Help him, he's fucking cornered
Grade him it might be fun

Lightning fucking around in my head, etc...

Hold me, something's happening
Help me, somebody help me
Hold me, I'm fucking hungry
Help me, I'm right here, who are you?

Naked man (you say you saw)
Fed them, to the pigeons
Help him, he's fucking cornered
Grade him, it might be fun

Lightning fucking around in my head, etc...

Help me, I'm fucking hungry
Help me, I'm fucking up
Hold me, some fucking help

Live version 2: Austria 11/89

Hold me         get some attention
Degrade me      I'm fucking hungry
Help me         I'm fucking corny
Gag me          You make me vomit

Lie on your fucking resume
Big, special, it's very fucked up
People speaking every night
White light in your sight
What do you want

Cold, naked man, picked off his scabs, and
Fed them, to the pigeons
Help him, he's fuckin' cornered
Grade him, it might be fun

Hold me         I'm fucking hungry
Help me         I'm fucking hungry
Hold me         I'm fucking hungry
Help me         I'm fucking hungry

Here She Comes Now

Cover by Velvet Underground

Aah, if she ever comes now now

Aah, she looks so good
Aah, she's made out of wood
She says so

I Hate Myself And I Want To Die

Alt-Names: bass kid, classics

Running nose and runny yolk
Even if you have a cold still
You can cough on me again
I still haven't had my full fill

In the someday -- What's that sound?
End it someday -- What's that song?

Broken heart and broken bones
Finger pressing down the horse pills

One more quirky cliched phrase
You're the one I wanna refill

Words are broken lives
Five pieces of board, turned around
Attached to the skull by common wood screws
A child would like to do it

If You Must

Alt-Names: the extreme

I can read, I can write
I can breed, proven flight
It's my greed, crease unfold
Is it me, or my ego?

Write some words, make them rhyme
Pieces for assembly line
Set the mood something new
Is it me or my attitude?

If you want, to belong
And you miss, the extremes
The extremes, act it out
Practicing, perfecting
Pressuring, undo me
Undo me, undo me

I will wade in the fire
To explain your asylum
Idle times, analyzing
We'll compare all our sightings -- come on!

Lost grace, to hear my voice

I can read, I can write
I can breathe proven fact
This might be recent clone
Is it me or my ego?

Write some words, make them rhyme
Pieces for story line
Set the mood, something new
Is it me, or my attitude?

In Bloom

Sell the kids for food
Weather changes moods
Spring is here again
Reproductive glands

He's the one who likes all the pretty songs
And he likes to sing along, and he likes to shoot his gun
But he knows not what it means, knows not what it means
And I say
[Repeat]
yeah.

We can have some more
Nature is a whore
Bruises on the fruit
Tender age in bloom

In His Room

Alt-Names: in his hands

He is gonna chase you in and out of a dream
You're not gonna thank him and I'm tired of this dream
Take him on occassion in the back of the room
If they don't show any affection he'll died in June

See the stab wounds in his hands
See him dying in his room
He's dying in his room
He's dying in his room
Heading for me, heading this way
He is coming, I don't care

I don't want to thank you, well I don't mind
Gave his only pleasures to a friend of mine
He's not gonna catch you in a lighted room
You don't thank him I know I should

See the stab wounds in his hands
You killed him, I don't care
Keep a promise, you would too
Keep a promise, you would too
See the silence in his head
He is coming, I don't care

We're not gonna make it, well I don't mind
They don't want to thank him, they don't have any time
In a conversation whom they don't know
They don't have any patience, they're becoming slow

See a famine in his head
See him coming at their heels
He loves you, give him a chance
I don't love him, I don't care
See him starving, give her hell
It is over, we don't care In His Room

Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam

Cover by the Vaselines * Alt-Names: jesus, jesus (don't/doesn't) want me for a sunbeam

Unplugged version

Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam.
Sunbeams are not made like me.

Don't expect me to cry for all the reasons you had to die
Don't ever ask your love of me.

Don't expect me to cry.
Don't expect me to lie.
Don't expect me to die for thee.

Lake Of Fire

Cover by the Meat Puppets

Where do bad folks go when they die?
They don't go to heaven where the angels fly
They go down to the lake of fire and fry
Won't see them again till the fourth of July

I knew a lady who came from Duluth
She got bit by a dog with a rabid tooth
She went to her grave just a little too soon
And she flew away howling on the yellow moon

Now the people cry and the people moan
And they look for a dry place to call their home
And try to find some place to rest their bones
While the angels and the devils fight to claim them for their own

Lithium

Alt-Names: broken mirrors

I'm so happy 'cause today I found my friends.
 They're in my head.
I'm so ugly, but that's ok 'cause so are you.
 We've broke our mirrors.
Sunday morning is everyday for all I care.
 And I'm not scared.
Light my candles in a daze 'cause I've found God.

Yeah!

I'm so lonely and that's ok, I shaved my head.
 And I'm not sad.
And just maybe I'm to blame for all I've heard.
 But I'm not sure.
I'm so excited, I can't wait to meet you there
 But I don't care.
I'm so horny, but that's ok, my will is good.

Yeah!

I like it, I'm not gonna crack
I miss you, I'm not gonna crack
I love you, I'm not gonna crack
I killed you, I'm not gonna crack

Lounge Act

Truth covered in security
I can't let you smother me
I'd like to but it couldn't work
Trading off and taking turns
I don't regret a thing

I've got this friend, you see, who makes me feel
And I wanted more than I could steal
I'll arrest myself and wear a shield
I'll go out of my way to prove I still smell her on you

Don't, tell me what I wanna hear
Afraid of never knowning fear
Experience anything you need
I'll keep fighting jealousy
Until it's fucking gone

[Chorus - Verse 1]

I've got this friend, you see, who makes me feel
And I wanted more than I could steal
I'll arrest myself and wear a shield
I'll go out of my way to make you a deal
We've made a pact to learn from who
And whatever we want without new rules
We'll share what's lost and what we grew
They'll go out of their way to prove they still smell her on you

Love Buzz

Cover by Shocking Blue * There were two unused intros recorded: buzz cut & nosebleed

Would you believe me when I tell you
You`re the queen of my heart?
Plese don`t deceive me when I hurt you
Just ain`t the way it seems.

Can you feel my love buzz?

The Man Who Sold The World

Cover by David Bowie

We passed upon the stair.
We spoke of was and when although I wasn't there.
He said I was his friend, which came as some surprise.
I spoke into his eyes, "I thought you died alone, a long long time ago."

"Oh no, not me...I never lost control.
You're face to face with the man who sold the world."

I laughed and shook his hand and made my way back home.
I searched for form and land, for years and years I roamed.
I gazed a gazley stare at all the millions here.
We must have died a long...a long, long time ago.

Who knows? Not me, we never lost control.
You're face to face with the man who sold the world."

Marigold

Cover by Dave Grohl * Alt-Names: i want it all, i want to have

Version 1: Dave's Pocketwatch version, "Color Pictures of a Marigold"

She's there in case I want it all
He's scared because I want
She's there in case I want it all
He's scared 'cause I want
All in all, the clock is slow
Six color pictures all in a row of a marigold

Version 2: Nirvana's Pachyderm version

He's there in case I wandered off
He's scared because I warned
He's scared in case I want it all
He's scared 'cause I want

All in all, the clock is slow
Six color pictures all in a row of a marigold

Mexican Seafood

Oh, itchy flakes, it isn't through me

Till the jaw's in flames, it's entertaining
True, the fungus mold is my attraction
Oh, it's only a dys-infection

Only hurts a night, until I pee
Only hurts a night, until I sleep

Oh, coming up, and diarrhea
On the tile floor, a gum of pizza
In the toilet bowl, aroma cloudy
Toss, feel it burn, become a chowdered mess

Only hurts a night, until I pee
Only hurts a night, until I sleep

Oh, take my bed, I've just consumed some
Flies, bugs, and fleas and even mucus
Stain the Vaseline, and tainted burgers
Stop, in case it learns, and takes a joke as such.

Milk It

Alt-Names: milk cow

I am my own parasite.
I don't need a host to live.
We feed off of each other.
We can share our endorphins.

Doll steak, test meat

Look on the bright side is suicide
Lost eyesight, I'm on your side
Angel left wing, right wing, broken wing
Lack of iron and/or sleeping

I own my own pet virus.
I get to pet and name her.
Her milk is my shit.
My shit is her milk.

Doll steak, test meat

Look on the bright side is suicide
Lost eyesight, I'm on your side
Angel left wing, right wing, broken wing
Lack of iron and/or sleeping
Protector of the kennel
Ecto-plasma, ecto-skeletal
Obituary birthday
Your scent is still here in my place of recovery

Misery Loves Company

Originally named "sad" * Alt-Names: spectre

To hope is admittance
Feed before beginning
Double-sided cynics
Reflected images
Don't be so selfish
Leaving the image
Follow it far
To find where you are
You haven't grown
Go on alone

Never finished his sentence
Remained in seclusion
For the next few days
Family is circling
He having moved up
By the size of the millisead
Finally he appeared unexpectedly
Looking for company

Moist Vagina

Alt-Names: marijuana, mary, mv

She has a moist vagina
I particularly enjoy the circumference
The perceptive walls of her anus

I prefer her to any other
Marijuana

Molly's Lips

Alt-Names: mummy's home, she said

She said she'd take me anywhere
She'd take me anywhere as long as she stays with me

She said she'd take me anywhere
She'd take me anywhere as long as I stayed clean

Kiss, kiss Molly's lips

The Money Will Roll Right In

I'm goin' to Hollywood, they'll see that I'm so good
I won't care how I feel, and I'll get to fuck Brooke Shields
I'll just sit and grin, the money will roll right in

I want to be a star, I'm going to have a car
And you'll have to admit, I'll be rich as shit
I'll just sit and grin, the money will roll right in

I would give you some, if you only would have treated me nice
You'll wish that you did, you'll feel pretty stupid
I'll just sit and grin, the money will roll right in

It's fun to be a star, it's nice to have a car
Yeah, you'll have to admit, that I'll be rich as shit
And I'll just sit and grin, the money will roll right in

The money will roll right in

Mr. Moustache

Fill me in on your new vision.
Wake me up with indecision.
Help me trust your mighty wisdom.
Yes I eat cow, I am not proud.

Show me how you question, question.
Lead the way to my temptation.
Take my hand and give it cleaning.
Yes I eat cow, I am not proud.

Easy in an easy chair.
Poop as hard as rock.
I don`t like you anyway.
Seal it in a box.

Negative Creep

This is out of our range,
 This is out of our range,
 This is out of our range and it's grown.

This is getting to be,
 This is getting to be,
 This is getting to be drone.

I`m a negative creep,
 I`m a negative creep,
 I`m a negative creep and I`m stoned.

I`m a negative creep
 I`m a negative creep
 I`m a negative creep, moan.

Daddy`s little girl ain`t a girl no more.

(repeat)

yeah, grown, stoned

Oh, Me

Cover by the Meat Puppets

If I had to lose a mile
If I had to touch feelings
I would lose my soul
The way I do

I don't have to think
I only have to do it
The results are always perfect
And that's old news

Would you like to hear my voice
sweetened with emotion
Invented at your birth?

I can't see the end of me
My whole expanse I cannot see
I formulate infinity
And store it deep inside of me

On a Plain

Alt-Names: on the plain, plane

I'll start this off without any words.
I got so high that I scratched 'til I bled.
Love myself better than you.
I know it's wrong, so what should I do?

The finest day that I've ever had
Was when I learned to cry on command.
Love myself better than you.
I know it's wrong, so what should I do?

I'm on a plain.
I can't complain.
I'm on a plain.

My mother died, every night,
It's safe to say, don't quote me on that.
Love myself better than you.
I know it's wrong, so what should I do?

The black sheep got blackmailed again:
Forgot to put on the zip code.
Love myself better than you.
I know it's wrong so what should I do?

[Chorus]

Somewhere I have heard this before.
In a dream my memory has stored.
As defense I'm neutered and spayed.
What the hell am I trying to say?

It is now time to make it unclear,
To write off lines that don't make a sense.
Love myself better than you.
I know it's wrong so what should I do?

One more special message to go,
And then I'm done and I can go home.
Love myself better than you.
I know it's wrong so what should I do?

[Chorus]

On the Mountain

Alt-Names: you got no right

I would never bother you
I would never promise to
I would never bother you
I would never promise to
If I say that word again
I would move away from here
You won't be afraid of fear
You won't be afraid of fear
You won't be afraid of fear
I am walking in the piss
Always knew it would come to this
Things have never been so swell
And I have never felt so well
You know you're right
You know you're right
You know you're right

Whistle and I'll come inside
I no longer have to hide
Let's talk about someone else
She just wants to love herself
She moves away from here
She just wants to love herself
I won't move from here
You won't be afraid of fear
I won't move from here
You won't be afraid of fear
I am walking in the piss
Always knew it would come to this
Things have never been so swell
And I have never been so well
You know you're right
You know you're right
You know you're right
Maybe you're right...

Opinion

Congradulations, you have won
It's a year's subscription of than pun
If it makes your story i'm concerned
If you set it up before it burns

My opinion

There seems to be a problem here
When your scared emotions seemed too clear
Now the risen follower watches tough
And they haven't plagued the happy talk

Paper Cuts

At my feeding time, she puts food through the door.
I crawl towards the cracks of light, sometimes I can`t find my way.
Newspapers spread around, soaking all that they can.
A cleaning is due again, a good hosing down.

The lady whom I feel maternal love for can not look me in the eyes,
But I see hers and they are blue and they cock and twist and masterbate.

I said so
Nirvana

Black windows of paint I scratched with my nails.
I see others just like me, why do they not try to escape?
They bring out the older ones. They point at my way.
They come with a flash of lights, and take my family away.

And very later I have learned to accept some friends of ridicule.
My whole existence is for your amusement and that is why I`m here with you.

To take me with your ride.
Nirvana

Pay to Play

Later rewritten as "stay away"

Monkey see, monkey do -- I don't know why I
Walk around, follow you -- I don't know why I
Throw it out, keep it in -- I don't know why I
Have to have poison skin -- I don't know why I

Pay to play

Walk an inch, take a mile -- I don't know why I
Never faded, never smiled -- I don't know why I
Never mind, eat and run -- I don't know why I
Fuck your ass, for the fun -- I don't know why I

Pay to play.

I don't know why I pay to play.

Pennyroyal Tea

Alt-Names: china tea, drugs, household drugs, i'm so tired, tired

I'm on my time with everyone
I have very bad posture

Sit and drink Pennyroyal Tea
Distill the life that's inside of me
Sit and drink Pennyroyal tea
I'm anemic royalty

Give me a Leonard Cohen afterworld
So I can sigh enternally

I'm so tired I can't sleep
I'm a liar and a thief
Sit and drink pennyroyal Tea
I'm anemic royalty

I'm on warm milk and laxatives
Cherry-flavored antacids

Plateau

Cover by Meat Puppets

Many a hand has scaled the grand old face of the plateau.
Some belong to strangers and some to folks you know.
Holy ghosts and talk show hosts are planted in the sand
To beautify the foothills and shake the many hands.

There's nothing on the top but a bucket and a mop
And an illustrated book about birds.
You see a lot up there, but don't be scared.
Who needs action when you got words.

When you've finished with the mop then you can stop
And look at what you've done.
The plateau's clean, no dirt to be seen,
And the work it took was fun.

Well the many hands began to scan around for the next plateau.
Some said it was in Greenland and some in Mexico.
Some decided it was nowhere except for where they stood
But they were all just guesses, wouldn't help you if they could.

Polly

Alt-Names: cracker

Polly wants a cracker
I think I should get off of her first
I think she wants some water
To put out the blow torch

It isn't me, we have some seed
Let me clip, your dirty wings
Let me take a ride, don't hurt yourself
I want some help to help myself
I've got some rope, you have been told
I promise you, I have been true
Let me take a ride, don't hurt yourself
I want some help to help myself

Polly wants a cracker
Maybe she would like more food
She asks me to untie her
A chase would be nice for a few

[Chorus]

Polly said.

Polly says her back hurts
And she's just as bored as me
She caught me off my guard
It amazes me, the will of instinct

[Chorus]

Radio Friendly Unit Shifters

Alt-Names: radio friends

Use just once and destroy
Invasion of our piracy
Afterbirth of a nation
Starve without your skeleton key

I love you for what I am not
I do not want what I have got
A blanket acnéed with ciggarette burns
Speak at once while taking turns

What is wrong with me
What is wrong with me
What is what I need

This had nothing to do with what you think
If you ever think at all
Bi-polar opposites attract
All of a sudden my water broke

I love you for what I am not
I do not want what I have got
A blanket acnéed with ciggarette burns
Second-rate third degree burns

What is wrong with me
What is wrong with me
What do i think i think

Hate, hate your enemies
Save, save your friends
Find, find your place
Speak, speak the truth

What is wrong with me
What is wrong with me
What is what i need
What do i think i think

Rape Me

Labeled as "waif me" or "wreck me" on PC In Utero releases

Rape me
Rape me my friend
Rape me
Rape me again

I'm not the only one

Hate me
Do it and do it again
Waste me
Taste me, my friend

I'm not the only one

My favorite inside source
I'll kiss your open sores
Appreciate your concern
You'll always stink and burn.

Return of the Rat

Cover by Greg Sage and the Wipers

You better watch out
You better beware
They're coming from all sides of the country
You better beware

Return of the rat
No, no, no, no!

They better confess
Well, they better confess
I know, I seen them do it
They better confess

Scentless Apprentice

Alt-Names: out of face

Like most babies smell like butter
His smell smelled like no other
He was born scentless and senseless
He was born a scentless apprentice

Go away - get away, get away, get away

Every wet nurse refused to feed him
Electrolytes smell like semen
I promise not to sell your perfumed secrets
there are countless formulas for pressing flowers

I lie in the soil and fertilize mushrooms
Leaking-out gas fumes are made into perfume
You can't fire me because I quit
Throw me in the fire and I won't throw a fit

School

Wouldn`t you believe it, it`s just my luck.

No recess.

You`re in high school again.

Scoff

In my eyes, I`m not lazy.
In my face, It`s not over.
In your room, I`m not older.
In your eyes, I`m not worth it.

Give me back my alcohol!

Give me your love!

Fuck!

Serve the Servants

Alt-Names: servants

Teenage angst has paid off well but now I'm bored and old.
Self-appointed judge's judge, more than they have sold.
If she floats than she is not a witch like we had thought
A down payment on another one at Salem's lot.

Serve the servants - Oh no
That legendary divorce is such a bore

As my bones grew, they did hurt: they hurt really bad.
I tried hard to have a father, but instead I had a dad.
I just want you to know that I don't hate you anymore.
There is nothing I could say that I haven't thought before.

Serve the servants - oh no
That legendary divorce is such a bore

Sifting

Afraid to grade, wouldn`t it be fun?
Cross self-loss, wouldn`t it be fun?
Wet your bed, wouldn`t it be fun?
Sun felt numb, wouldn`t it be fun?

Your eyes, teacher said.
Your eyes, teacher said.
Your eyes, teacher said.
Preacher said.

Don`t have nothing for you.

Spell the smell, wouldn`t it be fun?
Search for a church, wouldn`t it be fun?
Wet your bed, wouldn`t it be fun?
Cold in coats, wouldn`t it be fun?

Your eyes, teacher said.
Your eyes, teacher said.
Your eyes, preacher said.
Preacher said.

Don`t have nothing for you.

Sliver

Alt-Names: never take me home, silver, take me home

Mom and dad went to a show
Dropped me off a Grandpa Joe's
I kicked and screamed, said please don't go

Grandma take me home...I wanna be alone

Had to eat my dinner there
Had mashed potato's and stuff like that
Couldnt chew my meat too good

[Chorus]

She said why don't you stop your crying
Go outside and ride your bike
That's what i did, i killed my toes

[Chorus]

After dinner, i had ice cream
I fell asleep, and watched tv
I woke up in my mother's arms

[Chorus]

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Load up on guns and bring your friends
It's fun to lose and to pretend
She's over-bored and self-assured
Oh no, I know, a dirty word

hello, how low

With the lights out it's less dangerous
Here we are now, entertain us
I feel stupid and contagious
Here we are now, entertain us
A mulatto, an albino
A mosquito, my libido
Yeah!

I'm worse at what I do best
And for this gift I feel blessed
Our little group/tribe has always been
And always will until the end

[Chorus]

And I forget just why I taste
Oh yeah, I guess it makes me smile
I found it hard, it was hard to find
Oh well, whatever, nevermind

hello, how low?

[Chorus]

A denial

Spank Thru

Alt-Names: freedom of choise, heartbreak, love is a drag, make it big

Version 1: Unreleased version

There's a soft pretenscious mountains
There's a little light in the trees
And the flowers sing soon remind me
And the birds fly happily

We're together once again my love
I hit you back, oh baby baby

I can't explain just why
We lost it from the start
I'm living without you girl
You'll only break my heart

I can feel it, I can hold it
I can mend it, I can shape it, I can mold it

I can cut it, I can taste it,
I can spank it, i can beat it, masturbate it

I've been looking for days gone
Always hearing the same old
City boy what you are you waiting for?
I can make you tear things you won't think you ever could

I can feel it, I can hold it
I can mend it, I can shape it, I can mold it

I can cut it, I can taste it
I can spank it, i can beat it, ejaculate it

Version 2: Sub Pop 200 version

This song is for lovers out there
And the little light in the trees
And all the flowers have gingivitis
And the birds fly happily

We're together once again my love
I need you back, oh baby baby

I can't explain just why we lost it from the start
I'm living without you girl, you'll only break my heart...

I can feel it, I can hold it,
I can rub it I can shape it
I can mold it I can cut it I can taste it I can spank it
Beat it Masterbate it

I been looking for days now
Always hearing the same ol'
City boy won't you spank thru?
I can make you do things you won't think you ever could

Something in the Way

Underneath the bridge, the tarp has sprung a leak,
And the animals I've trapped have all become my pets,
And I'm living off of grass, and the drippings from the ceiling,
But it's ok to eat fish 'cause they haven't any feelings.

Something in the way

Son of a Gun

Often mislabeled as "turnaround"

Up, up, up and down
Turn ,turn, turn around
Round, round, round about
And over again.

Gun, gun, son of a gun
You are the only one
That makes any difference what I say.

The sun shines in the bedroom when we play.
The raining always starts when you go away.

Stain

Well he never bleeds and he never fucks
And he never leaves 'cause he's got bad luck
Well he never reaks and he never rusts
And he never sleeps 'cause he's got bad luck, yeah

I'm a stain.

Stay Away

Alt-Names: star away

Monkey see, monkey do
 (I don't know why)
I'd rather be dead than cool
 (I don't know why)
Every line ends in rhyme
 (I don't know why)
Less is more, love is blind
 (I don't know why)

Stay away

Give an inch, take a smile
 (I don't know why)
Fashion shits, fashion stile
 (I don't know why)
Throw it out and keep it in
 (I don't know why)
Have to have poison skin
 (I don't know why)

Stay away
God is gay

Swap Meet

They had a life-style that is comfortable.
They travel far to keep their stomachs full.
They make a living off arts and crafts.
The kind with sea shells, drift wood, and burlap.

They make a deal when they come to town.
The Sunday swap meet is a battle ground.
She loves him more than he would ever know.
He loves her more than he will ever show.

Keeps his cigarettes close to his heart.
Keeps her photographs close to her heart.
Keep their bitterness close to their hearts.

Territorial Pissings

Krist's solo at the beginning is sometimes called "get together"

Krist: come on people now
      smile on your brother
      everybody get together
      try to love one another right now.

When I was an alien
Cultures weren't opinions

Gotta find a way to find a way when I'm there.
Gotta find a way, a better way, I had better wait.

Never met a wise man
If so it's a woman

Gotta find a way to find a way when I'm there.
Gotta find a way, a better way, I had better wait.

Just because you're paranoid
Don't mean they're not after you

Gotta find a way to find a way when I'm there.
Gotta find a way, a better way, I had better wait.

Tourette's

First named "the eagle has landed" * Alt-Names: tourette's kiss

Moderate Rock...

Mayday, every day, my day
Could've had a heart attack, my heart
We don't know anything, my heart
We all want something fair, my heart

Hey!

Out of town, out of sight is my heart
Queen of lies, today, my heart
One more on the phone, my heart
One more at the door of my heart

Hey!

Mean Heart, cold heart...

Turnaround

Take a step outside yourself and turn around
Take a look at who you are: it's pretty scary!
So silly, revolting
You're not much if you're anything

Take a step outside the city and turn around
Take a look at what you are: it is revolting!
You're really nowhere, so wasteful
So foolish, poppycock

Who said don't look back?
Don't believe 'em
Go for that crazy sounding restaurant
'Cause they're gonna try and get behind you
Don't you let them do it
You know what I'm talking about?
You hear me talking?
You hear me talking?

It's pretty scary, it's so revolting

Take a step outside the country and turn around
Take a look at what you are: it is amazing!
Take a good look: you're no big deal!
You're so petty: it's a laugh!

Take a step outside the planet, turn around and around
Take a look at where you are: it's pretty scary!

Where Did You Sleep Last Night

Alt-Names: in the pines, my girl

"My girl, my girl, don't lie to me,
Tell me where did you sleep last night."

"In the pines, in the pines, where the sun don't ever shine.
I would shiver the whole night through."

"My girl, my girl, where will you go?"

"I'm going where the cold wind blows.
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun don't ever shine.
I would shiver the whole night through."

Her husband, was a hard working man
Just about a mile from here.
His head was found in a driving wheel,
But his body never was found.

Verse Chorus Verse

Renamed three times: seed, sappy, verse chorus verse.
Alt-Names: another rule, everything and nothing, final flight, happy, happy again, happy hour, make him happy, the rocker

And if you save yourself, you will make him happy
He'll keep you in a jar, then you'll make him happy
He'll give you breathing holes, then you'll make his happy
He'll cover you with grass, then you'll make him happy

 Now you're in a laundry room
 You're in a laundry room
 The clues that came to you -- uuuhhhh

And if you cut yourself, you will make him happy
He'll keep you in a jar, then you'll make him happy
He'll give you breathing holes, then you'll make him happy
He'll cover you with grass, then you'll make him happy now

And if you fool yourself, you will make him happy
He'll keep you in a jar, then you'll make him happy
He'll give you breathing holes, then you will seem happy
You'll wallow in the shit, then you'll think you're happy now

Very Ape

Alt-Names: into the dirt, into the fire

I am buried up to my neck in
contradictionary lies
I take pride as the kind of illiterature
I'm very ape and very nice

If you ever need anything please don't
hesitate to ask someone else first
I'm too busy acting like I'm not naive
I've seen it all I was here first

Out of the ground into the sky
Out of the sky into the dirt