If You Must
[Reciprocal Studio session, Seattle WA, 1/23/88]
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
Downer
[Reciprocal Studio session, Seattle WA, 1/23/88]
Portray sincerity, act out of loyalty
Defend your country, wish away pain
Hand out lobotomies to save little families
Surrealistic fantasy, flamboyant pain
Hold me down in restitution
Living out your date with fusion
Is the whole fleece shun in bastard?
Don't feel guilty, master writing
Someone said their not much like I am
I know I can make up enough 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
Hold me down in restitution
Living out your date with fusion
Is the whole fleece shun in bastard?
Don't feel guilty, master writing
Someone said their not much like I am
I know I can make up enough words
For you to follow along
I sink and then some
Floyd the Barber
[Reciprocal Studio session, Seattle WA, 1/23/88]
Hello, dear boy, come on in
Floyd observes my hairy chin
Sit down (in the) chair, don't be afraid
Stained hot towel on my face
I was shaved
I was shaved
I was shamed
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 shamed
I was shamed
I was shamed
I sense others in the room
Opie, Aunt Bea, I presume
They take turns and cut me up
I die smothered in Andy's clutch
I was shamed
I was shaved
I was shamed
Paper Cuts
[Reciprocal Studio session, Seattle WA, 1/23/88]
When I'm feeling tired
She pushes 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 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
IIIIIIIII, I said so, I say so, I say so
Nirvana (6x)
Black windows of paint
I scratch 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
(chorus)
And very lately I have learned to
Accept some friends of ridicule
My whole existence is for your amusement
And that is why I'm here for you
To take me away to
Nirvana (6x)
Spank Thru
[Reciprocal Studio session, Seattle WA, 1/23/88]
This song is for lovers out there
And the little light in the trees
And the flowers have gingivitus
And the birds fly happily
We'll be together once again my love
I'll get you back, oh baby baby
I can't explain just why
We lost it from the start
Cause 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 paste it
I can spank it
Beat it, while you waited
I've been looking for day glow
Always hearing the same old
Silly woman, be faithful
I can make it do things you wouldn't think it ever could
(repeat all)
Beeswax
[Reciprocal Studio session, Seattle WA, 1/23/88]
Why doesn't she need him for a father?
Not only made us, but I can thrive off his shit
Goring my manhood turns a man off
Like Pepe LePew would hey
Hey, hey, hey, then we clash
I got my diddly spayed (3x)
I got my diddly
She laughs about it
(Shrinking) infections if the wind blows just right
Jacking themselves off polyester
I wanna jump, this isn't right
Hey, when am I getting it back?
(chorus)
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
(chorus)
If your world is getting ugly
Fiberglass insulation has given us cotton candy
Sunning down to save El Rancho Ovulate
Freely kill him, made it wrong
Bill has brought me down in idle
Billy Slim reminds me of someone
I'm sick of being on this Love Boat
Tony and Tenille just wanna jump rope
And I say, look
I got my diddly spayed
I got a little tail
I got my diddly spayed
I got my diddly spayed
Ahhhhhh I got no balls
Don't throw that ball
I got a huh, huh
When ya gonna learn?
(chorus)
Pen Cap Chew
[Reciprocal Studio session, Seattle WA, 1/23/88]
Mmmm, lies again
Mmmm, lies (x3)
Mmmm, mmmm
You go, you give, you get, you get to me
All the years of tyrants such an easy way to go
You go, you give, you get, you get to me
Time to struggle and the scaling of fingernails
Mmmm, lies again
Mmmm, lies (x3)
Mmmm, mmmm
You're lonely
Waste your time by saying he was gullible
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
Blandest
[Reciprocal Studio session, Seattle WA, 6/11/89]
You're my favorite
Of my saviors
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
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
Polly (aka: Cracker)
[homemade 4-track demo, 87/88]
Polly wants a cracker
She'd like me to get off her first
Maybe she wants some water
To put out the blow torch
Isn't me, we have some seed
Let me clip your dirty wings
Let's take a ride, don't cut yourself
Want some help, please myself
Polly wants a cracker
Maybe she would like some food
She asked me to untie her
A chase would be nice for few
Isn't me, we have some seed
Let me clip your dirty wings
Let me take a ride, cut yourself
Want some help, please myself
Isn't me, have some seed
Let me clip, dirty wings
Take a ride, cut yourself
Want some help, please myself
Polly, polly said
Polly says her back hurts
She's just as bored as me
She caught me off my guard
It amazes me the will of instinct
Wasn't me, have some seed
Let me clip, dirty wings
Let's take a ride, cut yourself
Want some help, please myself
Got some rope, need some rope
Promise you, have been true
It's up to me, up to me
It's up to mend, dirty wings
Want some my help, start to fade
Give you ride...
Misery Loves Company (aka: Sad; Seed?)
[homemade 4-track demo, 87/88]
To hope is admittance
Feed before beginning
Double-sided cynics
Reflected image
Don't be so selfish
Leaving the image
Follow you far to find where you are
You have it all, don't want at all
Never finished his sentence
Remained in seclusion
For next few days
Family circling
He had removed of
All the styles of heresy
He appeared unexpectedly
Looking for company
Sappy (aka: Sad)
[homemade 4-track demo, 87/88]
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
And if you save yourself, you will make him happy
They'll bring you fine rewards, and you will feel happy
He'll keep you in a room, I'm sure you'll be happy
And if you save your soul, you will think you're happy
Do You Love Me?
[Evergreen State University session, Olympia WA, 6/89]
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
(chourus)
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
(chourus)
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
(chourus+ heckling)
Been a Son
[Blew EP sessions, 9/89]
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 (4x)
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 (4x)
(chorus, verse 1, chorus)
Junkyard (aka: Token Eastern Song)
[live at Dutchess of York House, Leeds England, 10/25/89]
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
Opinion
[live for "Boy Meets Girl" radio show, WA KAOS FM, Olympia WA, 9/25/90]
[note: Kurt Cobain solo]
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. Mmm. Mmm. (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. Mmm. Mmm. (2x)
My opinions. Mmm. Mmm. (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. Mmm. Mmm.
Your opinions. Mmm. Mmm. (3x)
My opinions. Mmm. Mmm.
D-7
[Maide Vale Studio session, London England, 10/21/90]
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
Immodium (aka:Breed)
[Smart Studio session, Madison WI, 4/90]
I don't care, I don't care, I don't care if I'm old
I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind if I don't have (?)
Get away, get away, get away from you home
I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind--
Even if you have
Even if you need
I don't even care
We could have all three
We could plant a house
We could build a tree
I don't even care
We could have all three-
She said (8x)
Get away, get away, get away from you home
I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind if I don't have (?)
Get away, get away, get away from you home
I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind--
(chourus)
Pay to Play
[Smart Studio session, Madison WI, 4/90]
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 (x3)
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)
Broke your ass, for the fun (I don't know why I)
(chourus, verse 1)
I don't know why I
I don't know why I
(chourus)
Pay to play (x8)
Sappy
[Smart Studio session, Madison WI, 4/90]
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
And if you save yourself, you will make him happy
They'll bring you fine rewards, and you will feel happy
He'll keep you in a room, I'm sure you'll be happy
And if you save your soul, you will think you're happy
Here She Comes Now
[Smart Studio session, Madison WI, 4/90]
Now, if she ever comes now now
Now, if she ever comes now now
If she ever comes now
Oh, oh, she looks so good
Oh, oh, she's made out of wood
She says so
(repeat)
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
[live for "2 Metere Sessie" radio show, VARA-FM, Holland, 11/24/91]
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 never shines
I would shiv' the whole night through
Her husband was a hard working man
Two miles and a half from here
His head was found in a driving wheel
And his body never was found
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 never shines
I would shiv' the whole night through
Shiver for me now
My girl, my girl, where will you go
I'm going where the cold winds blow
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiv' the whole night through
Return of the Rat
[Laundry Room studio session, Seattle WA, 4/92]
You better watch out
You better beware
They're coming from all sides of the country
You better beware
Return of the rat
Return of the rat
Return of the rat
Oh, no, no, no
Return of the rat
Return of the rat
Return of the rat
Oh, no, no, no, no, no
(cough)
They better confess
Well, they better confess
I know, I seen them do it
They better confess
(chourus)
Talk to Me
[live at Sala Verdi, Trieste Italy, 11/16/91]
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
(chourus)
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