[ Obituary Birthday ]

In Bloom [Smart Studio session, Madison WI, 4/90] Sell the kid 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 He knows not what it means And I say aaah We can have some more Nature is a whore Bruises on the fruit Tender age in bloom (chorus) Immodium [live at Ku-Ba Club, Hanu Germany, 11/18/89] I don't care, I don't care, I don't care, care if it's old I don't mind, I don't mind, I don't mind, mind if I don't (?) I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, know I don't know if (?) I don't care, I don't care, I dont't care, care-- Even if you have Even if you need I don't even care We could build a tree We could have a house We could have a tree I don't even care We could have a tree- She said (8x) (repeat all) Help Me [live at U4 Club, Vienna Austria, 11/22/89] 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 Old 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 Oh the Guilt [live at Sala Verdi, Trieste Italy, 11/16/91] She seems to see, she seems to be It takes a week to get over it It takes a time, it takes a time It takes a time to pass over it She likes to eat, she likes to eat She likes to eat whenever you're around It likes the sound, I like the sand I like the sand I like today Play It takes a time, it takes a time It takes a time to pass over it It takes a week, it seems too weak It seems too weak passin' over it It likes the sound, I likes the sound It likes the sound passin' over it It likes to see, it likes to see It likes to see, it likes to go Guilt It takes a week, it takes a week It takes a week to pass over it It takes a rhyme, it takes a crime It takes a rhyme passin' over it She likes to sleep, it likes to sleep It likes to sleep whenever you're awake It likes the sound, it likes the sound It likes the sound it likes to go Guilt Smells Like Teen Spirit [live at Apoetose Stadium, Rio De Janerio Brazil, 1/23/93] [note: Trumpet Solo by Flea of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers] Load up on guns and bring your friends It's fun to lose and to pretend She's over bored and self assured And, oh, no, a dirty word Hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello- With the lights out, its 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-Hey-Yea I'm worse at what I do best And for this gift I feel blessed Our little 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 (chorus) A denial...a denial...a denial... Pennyroyal Tea [live at Cabaret Metro, Chicago IL, 10/12/91] I'm on Percodans and Demorol 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 (verse 1, chourus) It's Closing Soon [Ariola Ltda BMG stuidio session, Rio De Janerio Brazil, 1/22/93] [note: Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love] I don't know why I feel sorry for you I never know why I can never say why (etc) Heart Shaped Box [live at Apoetose Stadium, Rio De Janerio Brazil, 1/23/93] She eyes me like a Pisces when I am weak I've been buried in a heart-shaped box for two weeks I've been drawn into your magnet tar pit trap I wish I could eat your cancer when I've been bad Hey, wait I've got a new complaint Forever in debt to your priceless advice I'm acting like a Pisces when I am weak I've been buried in a heart-shaped coffin for weeks We've been drawn into your magnet tar pit trap Throw me down your umbilical noose so I can climb back (chourus) I'm acting like a Pisces when I am weak I'm buried in your heart-shaped coffin for two weeks I've been drawn into your magnet tar pit trap If you wanted many thing more than the fire Scentless Apprentice [live at Apoetose Stadium, Rio De Janerio Brazil, 1/23/93] I don't know why I play with myself I don't know why I dye my hair I don't know why I burn money I don't know why I cut my tag I don't know why I play with myself I don't know why I wave my hand I don't know why I play with myself I don't know why I lie around tan I don't know why I play with myself I don't know why I shake my hand I don't know why I kill myself I don't know why I worry about that Been a Son [live at Northern Lights Music, Minneapolis MN, 10/14/91] 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 of 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 of been a son (4x) (chorus, verse 1, chorus) Something In the Way [live at Northern Lights Music, Minneapolis MN, 10/14/91] 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 'cuz they don't have any feelings Something in the way (repeat) Negative Creep [live at Northern Lights Music, Minneapolis MN, 10/14/91] 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 a 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, aaah Daddy's little girl ain't a girl no more Where Did You Sleep Last Night (cover:Huddie Ledbetter) [live at Castaic Lake CA, 9/26/92] [note: Kurt Cobain solo] Kurt:"This is a song by Huddie Ledbetter. He was a slave in the south." someone:"Give me a break." 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 And his body was never found (someone:heeeeeeeeeeeey!) My girl, my girl, don't lie to me Tell me where did you sleep last night? Her husband was a hard working man And his body was never 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 don't ever shine I would shiver the whole night Baba O'Riley (cover: The Who) [live at Transmusicales Festival, Rennes France, 12/7/91] Out here in the fields I fight for my meals I get my back into my living I don't need to fight To prove I'm right I don't need to be forgiven Don't cry Don't raise your eye It's only major label wasteland- yeaaah! Dave:"Thank you. We're The Who, and we're from England..." Kurt:"And we know it, man." Dave:"Pete Townsand quit, but uh, Roger learned how to play guitar... John grew another couple inches..." Kurt:"I hope I die before I turn into Pete Townsand." The End (cover: The Doors) [live at Vooruit, Ghent Belgium, 11/23/91] This is the end My only friend, the end This is the end My only friend, the end I'll offer you pseudo-intellecutal..??... I'll offer you sexualism and a masculin man You can deface my grave my friend The killer woke up in Belgium And he poured alot of syrup on his waffles And then he walked down the hall And he said, all I want is to have some hasbrowns and some grits And then he walked on down the hall And then he said, listen, I got a quarter in my pocket And I see that waffle house jukebox And I'm gonna walk up to the coinslot And then there's a direct line between my pupil and that coinslot And I lift that quarter out of my pocket And I say, I wanna hear the waffle house theme So I walk up to the jukebox, And I said Come on in I believe I will (I belive I will) Up to the waffle house I got a six pack and nothin to do Lithium (Mix Six) [Smart Studio session, Madison WI, 4/90] Butch Vig:"Lithium- Mix six." I'm so happy because today I found my friends, they're in my head I'm so ugly, but that's okay, 'cuz so are you, we broke our mirrors Sunday morning is every day, for all I care And I'm not scared Light my candles in a daze, 'cuz I've found God hey hey heeeeey, heeey-hey (etc) I'm so lonely but that's OK, I shake my head No 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, and I don't care I'm so horny, but that's OK, my will is good (chorus) 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 (2x) (repeat) Dumb [live at Palaghiaccio, Rome Italy, 2/22/94] 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, can I have some glue Help me inhale, I'll mend it with you We'll float around, hang out on clouds And then we'll come down And have a hangover Have a hangover... Skin the sun Fall asleep Wish away 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 (chourus) I think I'm dumb (repeat) Molly's Lips (cover: the Vaselines) [live at Ku-Ba Club, Hanau Germany, 11/18/89] She said she'd take me anywhere She'd take me anywhere As long as she stayed 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 (4x) (repeat) In His Room (aka: In His Hands) [live at the Palladium, Hollywood CA, 8/17/90] Givin' conversations in a lottery Wouldn't wanna fake it and I'm tired you see Takin' medications in a laundry room Keepin' conversations in a time in June See the sunbeams in his hands Keep it comin' we don't care Free the silence in his room Keep it comin' you would too Informers heading this way Keep it comin' I don't care Wouldn't wanna fake it and I don't mind Keeping conversations to a minimum Givin' medications in a lighted room Wouldn't wanna fake it and I know I should See the sunbeams in his hands Keep it comin' I don't care Keep a promise it is you Keep a promise you would too See the silence in his hand Keep it comin' back again You don't like it and I don't mind Wouldn't wanna fake it and I have much time Keeping conversations to a minimum Takin' medications 'til my stomach's full See the silence in his hand Keep it coming I don't care See the yearnin' in his hands Keep it coming I don't care See the sun beat in her hair Keep it coming we don't care The Man Who Sold the World (cover: David Bowie) [live at The Armory, Salem OR, 12/14/93] Kurt Cobain:"This is a David Bowie song." We passed apon the stairs And spoke of was and when Although I wasn't there I said I was his friend Which came as a suprise I spoke into his eyes I thought you died alone A long long time ago Oh, no, not me, we never lost control Your face to face With the man who sold the world I laughed and shook his hand And made my way back home I searched a foreign land For years and years I roamed I gazed a gazeless stare With multi-millionares I must have died alone A long long time ago Who knows, not me, I never lost control You're face to face With the man who sold the world Who knows, not me, we never lost control You're face to face With the man who sold the world Smells Like Teen Spirit [live on "The Word" TV show, BBC Studios, London England, 11/08/91] Kurt: "I'd just like to let everyone in this room to know, that Courtney Love, the lead singer of the sensational pop group Hole, is the best fuck in the w o r l d." Load up on guns and bring your friends It's fun to lose and to pretend She's over bored and self assured And, oh, no, a dirty word Hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello, how low? Hello, hello, hello- With the lights out, its 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-Hey-Yea I'm worse at what I do best And for this gift I feel blessed Our little 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 (chorus) A denial...a denial...a denial...