------------------------------------------------------- About a Girl / Nirvana (Bleach) I need an easy friend I do... with an ear to lend I do... think you fit this shoe I do... won't you have a clue I'll take advantage while You hang me out to dry But I can't see you every night 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 Zeppelin / Nirvana (Incesticide) What's the season of love if you can't have everything what's the reason of love if you can lose everything what's the meaning of love, it's a crime if anything what's the meaning of love, it's a crime, it's a crime How can a culture can forget it's plan of yesterday and you swear it's not a trend, doesn't matter anyways there's no need to talk to friends, nothing 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 it subtlely irritate, keep it movin' equally. All I know is just the fact, where the world is 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 All i know is just the facts, where the world is nowadays An idea is what we lack, doesn't matter anyway ------------------------------------------------------- Alcohol (Also called High On Hog) / Nirvana (Outcesticide III) My baby taught me how to be My baby taught me how to fight My baby taught me how to die Alcohol, alcohol, alcohol, alcohol! My baby taught me how to smoke My baby taught me how to breathe My baby taught me how to hide My baby taught me how to leave Alcohol, alcohol, alcohol, alcohol! My baby taught me how to choke My baby taught me how to eat My baby taught me how to fuck My baby taught me how to be Alcohol, alcohol, alcohol, alcohol! From: Mike Farmer (mfarmer@mail.coin.missouri.edu) My old lady taught me (real well?) My old lady taught me how to read My old lady taught me how to write My old lady taught me how to drink... Alcohol, Alcohol, Alcohol, Alcohol My old lady taught me how to smoke My old lady taught me how to breath My old lady taught me how to fight My old lady taught me how to drink... Alcohol, Alcohol, Alcohol, Alcohol My old lady taught me how to choke (joke?) My old lady taught me how to eat My old lady taught me how to fight My old lady would rather be with... Alcohol, Alcohol, Alcohol, Alcohol From: Nancy Regan (dewsburd@ViaNet.on.ca) ------------------------------------------------------- All Apologies / Nirvana (In Utero) 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 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 freezeburn Choking on the ashes of her enemy All in all is we all are ------------------------------------------------------- Aneurysm / Nirvana (Incesticide (remixed version), Hormoaning EP) Come on over and do the twist Overdo it and have a fit Love you so much it makes me sick Come on over and do the twist Beat me outta me (Beat it, beat it) Come on over and do the twist Over-do it and have a fit Over-do it and have a fit Love you so much it makes me sick Come on over and shoot the shit She keeps it pumpin' straight to my heart ------------------------------------------------------- Beans / Nirvana (Into the Black) Beans, beans, beans Daddy ate some beans He was happy, happy, happy And he ate some beans Naked, naked, naked Sitting cross-legged Naked, naked, naked And he was happy, happy, happy And he ate some beans Wine, wine, wine Daddy had some wine He was happy, happy, happy And he ate some wine Beans, beans, beans Daddy ate some beans And he drank some wine And he was happy, happy, happy As he drank some beans ------------------------------------------------------- Been A Son / Nirvana (Incesticide) She should have stayed away from friends She should have had more time to spend She should have died when she was born She should have worn the crown of thorns She should have been a son She should have been a son She should have been a son She should have been a son She should have stood out in the crowd She should have made her mother proud She should have fallen on her stance She should have had another chance She should have been a son She should have been a son She should have been a son She should have been a son ------------------------------------------------------- Beeswax / Nirvana (Incesticide, Hormoaning EP) Why doesn't she need him for a father? Not only maidens can occupy my shack 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 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! If you're wondering, it's gaining monthly. (If your world is getting ugly) Fiberglass insulated, the sky is cotton candy. Spawning downstream, El Rancho Ovulate. Feeling can't help me romp Bill just fuck me, take me anal Billy's slit reminds me of someone. I'm sick of paying for the love boat Tony and Tenille say wanna jump rope And I say look! I got my penis spayed, I got a little tail, I got my dingaling spayed ...nothing hard I gotta be around pussy Don't let me fall I got a heh-heh...well you can't live We got my dingaling spayed When ya gonna learn? ------------------------------------------------------- Big Cheese / Nirvana (Bleach) Big cheese Make me Mine says, "Go to the office" Big cheese Make me Mine says, what the hell? Black is black, no trading back We were enemies Show you all what a man is [Sure you are, but what am i?] Big lies make mine Mine says "Go to office" Big cheese Make me Message? What is it? Black is black, no trading back We were enemies She eats glue, how bout you? ------------------------------------------------------- Big Long Now / Nirvana (Incesticide) It's not cold enough Please put this side up She is moving through 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? Endless climb I am blind Why can't I leave? Color blind Speaking a phrase Instantly grown I am blind Waiting in line Why am I sure? ------------------------------------------------------- Blandest / Nirvana (1988 Demos) 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 (to remind me what not to become) And the situation wasn't quite As intense as I thought I need you around To remind me when not to be calm Calm, calm, calm ------------------------------------------------------- Blew / Nirvana (Bleach) 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 when you discussed his stain? Here is another word that rhymes with shame You could do anything ------------------------------------------------------- Breed / Nirvana (Nevermind) I don't care if I'm old I don't mind if I don't have a mind Get away, get away from your home I'm afraid, I'm 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 ------------------------------------------------------- Clean Up Before She Comes / Nirvana (bootleg cd "DRESSED FOR SUCCESS") Clean up before she comes (x5) Living in a dusty town (x3) There's something in her eyes Must be a smile from my mouth There's something in her eyes Must be a smile from my mouth Twenty months has it all (getting older) I must be getting old (ate my vegetables) I must be getting old (getting older) I must be getting old (ate my vegetables) There's something in her eyes Must be a smile from my mouth There's something in her eyes Must be a smile from my mouth Clean up the dusty town Living in a dusty town (x3) Clean up before she comes (x3) Living in a dusty town I must be getting old (getting older) I must be getting old (ate my vegetables) Bad mouth spirit ate my vegetables ------------------------------------------------------- Come As You Are / Nirvana (Nevermind) 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 your, 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 / Nirvana ((Lithium CD Single)) I can't hide, no On the mantle I'm not sad Tilling that hoe It's the season I'm all reason I have seen All I have grown Sheared at the seams Cheat on me And not seen 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 a 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 ------------------------------------------------------- D7 / Nirvana (Hormoaning EP, "Lithium" import single, or Peel sessions) 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 Dimension seven Originally by The Wipers ------------------------------------------------------- Dive / Nirvana (Incesticide, Hormoaning EP) Pick me, Pick me yeah Live alone, lone single At least, at least, yeah Everyone is hollow Pick me, pick me yeah Everyone is waiting Pick me pick me yeah You can even pay them hey dive dive dive 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 ---[The following are from some live versions.] Take me, take me, yeah Let along you signal At least, at least, yeah Everyone is hollow Take me, take me, yeah Everyone is naked At least, at least, yeah You can even swallow Lick this, kiss that, yeah Everyone is naked At least, at least, yeah Everyone is sated Take this, take that, yeah Everyone is hollow At least, at least, yeah You can eat my marrow Prick me, prick me, yeah ------------------------------------------------------- Downer / Nirvana (Bleach, Incesticide) Portray sincerity Act out of loyalty Defend your true country Wish away the pain Hand out lobotomies To save little families Surrealistic fantasy Bland boring plain Hold me down in restitution Living out your date with fusion Is the whole fleece shun in master? Don't feel guilty, master writing Somebody said that they're not much like I am I know I can Make enough of the words for you to follow along I sink and then some Slippery pessimist hypocrite master Conservative communist apocalyptic bastard Thank you dear God for putting me on this Earth I feel very privileged in debt for my thirst ------------------------------------------------------- Do You Love Me? / Nirvana (Hard to Believe (Kiss Covers Album)) 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? 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 moeny 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 Originally by KISS ------------------------------------------------------- Drain You / Nirvana (Nevermind) One baby to another said, 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 A 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 because 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 Sloppy lips to lips You're my vitamins because I'm like you ------------------------------------------------------- Dumb / Nirvana (In Utero) 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 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 ------------------------------------------------------- Endless Nameless / Nirvana (Nevermind (hidden track)) Silence Here I am Here I am Silent Bright and clear It's what I am I have Died uhhhh uhhhh uhhhh uhhhh Death With violence Excitment Right here Died Go to hell Here I am Right here Ow No mas No mas No mas No mas Death Is what I am Go to hell Go to jail In back of that Crime Here I am Take a chance Dead Die Other interpretations possible. ------------------------------------------------------- Even In His Youth / Nirvana (Hormoaning EP) Even in his youth he was nothing Kept his body clean going nowhere Daddy was ashamed he was nothing Smears the family name he was something Leave the check before you are through I've got nothing left to prove If I die before I wake Hope I don't come back again ------------------------------------------------------- Floyd the Barber / Nirvana (Bleach) Hello Cobain come on in Floyd observes my hairy chin Sit down in the chair don't be afraid Steaming hot towel on my face I was shaved I was shamed I was shaved Barney ties me to the chair I can't see I'm really scared Floyd breathes hard, I hear a zip Pee-Pee pressed against my lips I was shaved I was shamed I was shaved Floyd lets others in the room Opie, Aunt Bea I presume They take turns and cut me up I die smothered in Aunt Bee's muff... I was shamed I was shamed I was shaved ------------------------------------------------------- Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle / Nirvana (In Utero) 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 I'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 paitent, 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 / Nirvana (In Utero: The Pachyderm Sessions) 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 meal a day, a meal, 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... ever...ever...forever! Wish I had more...more opportunity, more chances to remember some things so I couldn't have so much pressure on my... on my...on my, um...ah, on my...um...um...head. We'd have so much more diversity, and so much more input, so much more creative flow, if we had someone in school, a (GIT)... GIT...geeks...in...town. Ha!...Come on, Dave, think of one... Girls In Trouble It should be GIC, geeks with Charvels No, GWC Fuck, man, this is a waste of time! (laughs) One more solo? Yeahhhhhhhhh! Yeaaaahhhhh! You're personally responsible for... the entire strip...to be washed away... cleansed...as if gallons of, um, 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...he erected a beautiful city... a city of stars. ------------------------------------------------------- Hairspray Queen / Nirvana (Incesticide) 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 en...aaahh You rang Your ears rang At night, wishful goddess At night, wish the hardest At night, disco goddess At night, we'll go...gaaahhh Wishful goddess, at night Wish the hardest, at night Wishful goddess, at night Wishful gaaahhh 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...gaaahhh (interesting erotic noises) ------------------------------------------------------- Heart-Shaped Box / Nirvana (In Utero) 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 complaint Forever in debt to your priceless advice Hate Haight I've got a new complaint Forever in debt to your prieless advice Hey Wait I've got a new complaint 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 / Nirvana (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 ------------------------------------------------------- Here She Comes Now / Nirvana (Heaven & Hell Vol. 1, Fifteen Minutes, 7" single on Communion Records [w/ "Venus In Furs" by Melvins]) Aah, if she ever comes now now Aah, she looks so good, aah, she's made out of wood, just look and see Originally by the Velvet Underground. ------------------------------------------------------- I Hate Myself and Want to Die / Nirvana (The Beavis & Butthead Experience (Compilation)) Runny nose and runny yolk Even if you have a cold still You can cough on me again I still havent had my fulfill In the someday what's that sound? Broken heart and broken bones Think of how a castrated horse feels One more quirky cliche'd phrase You're the one I wanna refill In the someday what's that sound? most people don't realize that two large pieces of coral, painted brown, and attached to his skull with common wood screws can make a child look like a deer ------------------------------------------------------- In Bloom / Nirvana (Nevermind) 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 And I say aahh We can have some more -- nature is a whore Bruises on the fruit -- tender age in bloom ------------------------------------------------------- In His Room / Nirvana (?) 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 Don't Want Me For A Sunbeam / Nirvana (Unplugged) Jesus, don't want me for a sunbeam Sunbeams are never 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 me. Originally by The Vaselines ------------------------------------------------------- Junkyard / Nirvana (Outcesticide?) 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 I'm long gone but I'll let you through, you may decide that it's not good I'm long gone but I'll let you leave, you may decide on stopping me I'm long gone but I'll let you through, you may decide it's not that good I'm long gone but I'll let you leave, you may decide on stopping me. born in a junkyard gone Transcribed by: phth46e@prodigy.com (Philip Elmer) ------------------------------------------------------- Lake Of Fire / Nirvana (Unplugged) 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 Originally by The Meat Puppets ------------------------------------------------------- Lithium / Nirvana (Nevermind) I'm so happy because today I've found my friends ... They're in my head I'm so ugly, but that's okay, 'cause so are you... We've broken 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, yeah, yeah I'm so lonely but that's okay 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 okay... My will is good - yeah, yeah, 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 kill you - I'm not gonna crack ------------------------------------------------------- Lounge Act / Nirvana (?) Truth covered in security I can't let you smother me I'd like to but it wouldn't work Trading off and taking turns I don't regret a thing And I've got this friend, you see Who makes me feel and I Wanted more than I could steal I'll arrest myself, I'll 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 knowing fear Experience anything yoy need I'll keep fighting jealousy Until it's fucking gone I'll go out of my way to make you a deal We've make a pact to learn from who Ever 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 / Nirvana (Bleach) Would you believe me when I tell you You are the queen of my heart Please don't deceive me when I hurt you Just ain't the way it seems Can you feel my love buzz Originally by Shocking Blue ------------------------------------------------------- Marigold / Nirvana ((Heart-Shaped Box Single)) 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 / Nirvana (Incesticide) 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 disinfection 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 / Nirvana (In Utero) I am my own parasite I don't need a host to live We feed off of each other We can share our endorphns Doll steak, test meat I won 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 ------------------------------------------------------- Molly's Lips / Nirvana (Incesticide, Hormoaning EP) 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 Kiss kiss Molly's lips Kiss kiss Molly's lips Kiss kiss Originally by The Vaselines ------------------------------------------------------- The Money Will Roll Right In / Nirvana (?) 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 Originally by Fang ------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Moustache / Nirvana (Bleach) 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 temptations Take my hand and give it cleaning Yes I eat cow - I am not proud. Is he in an easychair? --Poop as hard as a rock. I don't like you anyway --Seal it in a box I'm new [Now you] I'm who? I'm you ------------------------------------------------------- Moist Vagina / Nirvana (All Apologies Single) She had a moist vagina I've been tickling the circumfrence I've been sucking the walls of her anus Marijuana I prefered her to any other Marijuana ------------------------------------------------------- Negative Creep / Nirvana (Bleach) This is out of our reach... and it's grown This is getting to be... drone I'm a negative creep and I'm stoned! Daddy's little girl ain't a girl no more This is out of our range... and it's crude This is getting to be... like drone I'm a negative creep and I'm stoned! Fuck! Yeah! Drone! Stoned! ------------------------------------------------------- Oh, Me / Nirvana (Unplugged In NY) 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 sprinkled with emotion Invented at your birth? I can't see the end of me My whole expanse I cannot see I formulate infinity Stored deep inside me Originally by the Meat Puppets ------------------------------------------------------- Oh, the Guilt / Nirvana (7" single on Touch and Go Records [w/ "Puss" by Jesus Lizard]) She seems to think She seems too weak She takes a week to get over it She likes the sea She likes to see She likes to think she has all of it She likes the sound She likes the sand She likes to stand, she can't afford to sit She likes to be She's into guilt Guilt She likes to think she likes to drink She seems too weak, she takes all the rent She likes the time she owns the time She borrows time to self-invent She seems too weak she likes to see She likes to think she has all of it She likes the sand she likes to stand She likes to sit she likes to go Go She likes to be She likes to go Go ------------------------------------------------------- On A Plain / Nirvana (Nevermind) I'll start this off without any words I got so high that I scratched 'til I bled I love myself better than you I know it's wrong so what should I do? The finest day that I ever had Was when I learned to cry on command I'm on a plain I can't complain My mother died every night It's safe to say don't quote me on that The black sheep got blackmailed again Forgot to put on the zip code Somewhere I have heard this before In a dream my memory has stored As a 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 sense One more special message to go And then I'm done then I can go home ------------------------------------------------------- On the Mountain (a.k.a. You Got No Right) / Nirvana (?) 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 / Nirvana (?) Congratulations you have won It's a years subscription of bad puns. And it makes your story our concern And you set it up for returns My opinions. Hmm. Huh. (4x) And there seems to be a problem here. Your state of emotion seems to clear. You rise and fall like wall street stock And they had an affect on our happy talk. Our opinions. Hmm. Huh. (2x) My opinions. Hmm. Huh. (2x) Congratulations you have won It's a years subscription of bad puns. And it makes your story our concern And you set it up for returns Our opinions. Hmm. Huh. Your opinions. Hmm. Huh. (3x) My opinions. Hmm. Huh. ------------------------------------------------------- Paper Cuts / Nirvana (Bleach) When I'm feeling tired She pushed food through the door And I crawl towards the crack 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 Cannot look me in the eyes But I see hers and they are blue And they cock and twist and masturbate 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 in my way They come with a flash of light 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 you with me You're right Nirvana ------------------------------------------------------- Pay To Play / Nirvana (DGC Rarities Vol. 1) 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 Pay to play Give 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 I don't know why I Pay Pay to play ------------------------------------------------------- Pen Cap Chew / Nirvana (?) Ummm, lies again (it hurts again?) Ummm, mine x3 Ummm, mmmm You get (kill?), you get, you get, you get to me All the years of tyrants such an easy way to go You get, you get, you get, you get to me Time to struggle and the scaling of fingernails Ummm, lies again Ummm, mine x3 Ummm, mmmm, You're lonely Waste your time by saying he was gullible (sp?) Give up all additions in there where it's cold Push that gate, it is the age of red eye shame Protest swine, go to jail, the travesty Two minutes slow...slow...slow...oh lyrics transcribed by Mike Farmer <(mfarmer@mail.coin.missouri.edu) ------------------------------------------------------- Pennyroyal Tea / Nirvana (In Utero) 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 eternally 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 / Nirvana (Unplugged) 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 The 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 Originally by The Meat Puppets ------------------------------------------------------- Polly / Nirvana (Nevermind, Incesticide [as "(New Wave) Polly"]) Polly wants a cracker 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 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 ------------------------------------------------------- Radio Friendly Unit Shifter / Nirvana (In Utero) 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 acne'ed with ciggarette burns Speak at once while taking turns Second-rate third degree burns What is wrong with me What is what I need What do I think I think 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 Hate, hate your enemies Save, save your friends Find, find your place Speak, speak the truth ------------------------------------------------------- Rape Me / Nirvana (In Utero) Rape me, my friend Rape me again I'm not the only one Hate me Do it and do it again. Waste me Taste me, my friend. My favorite inside source I'll kiss your open sores Appreciate your concern You'll always stink and burn ------------------------------------------------------- Raunchola / Nirvana (Outcesticide III) If it's a hard, cold beat You can go dance every night You won't get it shown It won't be missing the spice You won't know that it hit ya ?????????????????????????????? Nothing'll make you win Even the law won't fight Yeah! Looking to make your winning Even if it makes you look nice You (I?) got a sound that's nice Watching (making?) the days go by You can't go to the day lord's house We don't have no doubt We go to too many cocktails Pimples in way.. ?????????????????????????????? From: Mike Farmer (mfarmer@mail.coin.missouri.edu) ------------------------------------------------------- Return of the Rat / Nirvana (Eight/Fourteen Songs for Greg Sage and the Wipers (Tribute Compilation)) 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! You better confess You had better confess You start to confess and see them through it You better confess Cover of a song by Greg Sage and the Wipers ------------------------------------------------------- Raunchola / Nirvana (Outcesticide III) If it's a hard, cold beat You can go dance every night You won't get it shown It won't be missing the spice You won't know that it hit ya ?????????????????????????????? Nothing'll make you win Even the law won't fight Yeah! Looking to make your winning Even if it makes you look nice You (I?) got a sound that's nice Watching (making?) the days go by You can't go to the day lord's house We don't have no doubt We go to too many cocktails Pimples in way.. ?????????????????????????????? From: Mike Farmer (mfarmer@mail.coin.missouri.edu) ------------------------------------------------------- Sappy / Nirvana (?) And if you say your prayers You will make God happy And if you do what's true You will make me happy I'll keep you in a jar And you will seem happy I'll give you breathing holes You will think you're happy, now You're in a laundry room You're in a laundry room You're in a laundry room And if you save yourself You will make him happy He'll bring you fine rewards Then you will feel happy I'll keep you in my room I'm sure you'll be happy And if you save your soul You will think you're happy now You're in a laundry room You're in a laundry room You're in a laundry room You're in a laundry room ------------------------------------------------------- Scentless Apprentice / Nirvana (In Utero) 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 a-way 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 / Nirvana (Bleach) Won't you believe it It's just my luck No recess You're in high school again ------------------------------------------------------- Scoff / Nirvana (Bleach) 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 Gimme back my alcohol Give me all your... ------------------------------------------------------- Serve the Servants / Nirvana (In Utero) Teenage angst has paid off well Now I'm bored and old Self-Appointed judges 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 / Nirvana (Bleach) Afraid to grade Wouldn't it be fun? Cross, self loss Wouldn't it be fun? Wet your bed Wouldn't it be fun? Some fear none [Sun felt numb] Wouldn't it be fun? Your eyes... Teacher said, Your eyes... Preacher said, "Don't have nothing for you" Spell the smell Wouldn't it be fun? Search for church Wouldn't it be fun? Wet your bed Wouldn't it be fun? Cold in gold [Cold in coals] Wouldn't it be fun? ------------------------------------------------------- Sliver / Nirvana (Incesticide) Mom and dad went to a show they dropped me off at Grandpa Joe's I kicked and screamed, said please, oh no Grandma take me home I wanna be alone Had to eat my dinner there Mashed potatos and stuff like that I couldn't chew my meats too good She said, well, don't you start your crying Go outside and ride your bike thats what I did, I killed my toad after dinner, I had ice cream fell asleep, and watched TV woke up in my mother's arms Grandma take me home I wanna be alone ------------------------------------------------------- Smells Like Teen Spirit / Nirvana (Nevermind) 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, hello, hello, how low? I'm worse at what I do best And for this gift I feel blessed Our little group has always been And always will until the end Hello, hello, hello, how low? 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, hello, hello, how low? With the lights out it's less dangerous Here we are now, entertain us I feel stupid and contagious A mulatto An albino A mosquito My Libido Yay, a denial ------------------------------------------------------- Something In The Way / Nirvana (Nevermind) 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 / Nirvana (Incesticide, Hormoaning EP) Up up up and down Turn turn turnaround Round round roundabout And over again Gun gun son of a gun You are the only one Makes any difference what I say The sun shines in the bedroom When we play The raining always starts When you go away Originally by The Vaselines ------------------------------------------------------- Spank Thru / Nirvana (Sub-Pop-200 Compilation) This song is for lovers out there And the little lights 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 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 ------------------------------------------------------- Spectre / Nirvana (1989 Barnyard Demos) 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 circuling He having moved up All the styles of heresy Finally he appeared unexpectedly Looking for company ------------------------------------------------------- Stain / Nirvana (Incesticide) Well he never bleeds and he never fucks And he never leaves 'cause he's got bad luck. Well he never reads and he never draws And he never sleeps 'cause he's got bad blood yeah I'm a stain, I'm a stain, I'm a stain, I'm a stain ------------------------------------------------------- Stay Away / Nirvana (Nevermind) Monkey see, monkey do I don't know why I'd rather be dead than cool Every line ends in rhyme Less is more, love is blind Stay away Give an inch, take a smile Fashion shits, fashion style Throw it out and keep it in Have to have poison skin Stay away God is gay ------------------------------------------------------- Swap Meet / Nirvana (Bleach) They lead a lifetime that is comfortable They travel far to keep their stomachs full They make their living off of arts and crafts They kind with seashells driftwood 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 will 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 --Keeps the bitterness close to the heart ------------------------------------------------------- Talk To Me / Nirvana (1989 Barnyard Demos) Shake it down easy, shake it down sleazy, come on Shake it down easy, shake yourself, Suzy, come on Don't let me detain you Try to ride along Don't you lie, knowing I am not sad I am not silly I am not chippin' I am not chippin' away Talk to me In your own language, please In your own Talk to me In your own language please Shake it down easy, make it sound seamy, doll man Make it sound now, make it full house, sad man Leader of the band Makes a mental hell I won't weather it well Well I never Saw it with my arm Paint it with my heart Paint it with my eyes and make it right Lay down easy, lay it down seamy, sad man Lay down easy, lay it down seamy, sad man You don't want to hear this Nothin' but a whore I will play the leader With pain Now you know I'm needy Lay them down easy Lay them down easy Talk to me In your own language please ------------------------------------------------------- Territorial Pissings / Nirvana (Nevermind) "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 "Just because you're paranoid Doesn't mean they're not after you." ------------------------------------------------------- The Man Who Sold The World / Nirvana (Unplugged) 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 hishand, 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 along, 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 Originally by David Bowie ------------------------------------------------------- Token Eastern Song (a.k.a. Happy Hour) / Nirvana (1989 Barnyard Demos) I can read, I can write I can breathe, proven fact Bless my greed, greased unfold 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 If you want, to belong And you miss, the extremes The extremes, acted out Practicing Perfecting Pressuring Unto to me I will wade, in the fire To explain, your asylum Idle times, analyzing We'll compare, all our sightings, come on I speak, to hear, my voice ------------------------------------------------------- tourette's / Nirvana (In Utero) Suggested Lyrics "...Moderate Rock..." May day, 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! Hey! Heyyyyyyy! Heyyyyy! Heyyyyy! Out of town, out of sight (fire), 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! Hey! Heyyyyyyyyyyy! Mean heart, cold heart, cold heart, cold heart Cold heart, cold heart, cold heart, cold heart -- uhhhhhhh! ------------------------------------------------------- Turnaround / Nirvana (Incesticide, Hormoaning EP) 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 You can't do 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 lots Take a step outside the planet Turn around and around Take a look at where you are It's pretty scary Originally by Devo ------------------------------------------------------- Verse Chorus Verse (a.k.a. Everything and Nothing) / Nirvana (No Alternative benefit compilation (uncredited track 19)) And if you save yourself You will make him happy He'll keep you in a jar And you'll think you're happy He'll give you breathing holes And you'll think you're happy He'll cover you with dust And you'll think you're happy now You're in a laundry room You're in a laundry room The clue that came to you, oh And if you guard yourself You will think you're happy He'll keep you in a jar Then you'll make him happy He'll give you breathing holes Then you'll think you're happy He'll cover you with dust Then you'll think you're happy now You're in a laundry room You're in a laundry room The clue that came to you, oh You're in a laundry room You're in a laundry room The clue that came to you, oh And if you fool yourself You will make him happy He'll keep you in a jar Then you'll think you're 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 You're in a laundry room You're in a laundry room You're in a laundry room The clue that came to you, oh ------------------------------------------------------- Very Ape / Nirvana (In Utero) I am buried up to my neck in Contradictionary flies I take pride as the king 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 ------------------------------------------------------- Where Did You Sleep Last Night 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 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