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Eric Church - Cold One

Eric Church - Cold One Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: The Outsiders
Released: 2014

Cold One Lyrics

It was a perfect day for the end of May, they say a record high
I stared at that green water when out of the blue and by surprise
She had her feet up on the cooler as she put our love on ice
She grabbed a beer, said, "I'm out of here,"
And walked out of my life

That was a Cold One
I never will get back
Yeah she had to leave, did she have to leave me one beer
Short of a twelve pack?
She left me hanging high and dry in that hell high summer sun
Damn babe, that was a cold one

It ain't the first time, or the last time
I watched love walk out
But it's damn sure the one time
I still ain't forgot about
I still like to drink a beer but a long neck I won't do
'Cause every time I see one sweating, man
I break out in one too

That was a cold one
I never will get back
Yeah she had to leave, did she have to leave me one beer
Short of a twelve pack?
She left me hanging high and dry in that hell high summer sun
Damn babe, that was a cold one

That was a cold one
I never will get back
Yeah she had to leave, did she have to leave me one beer
Short of a twelve pack?
She left me hanging high and dry in that hell high summer sun
Damn babe, that was a cold one

Damn babe, that was a cold one (damn!)

Writer/s: CHURCH, ERIC / HYDE, JEFF / HUTTON, LYNN
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Cold One

This rollicking, tongue-in-cheek cut about a dumped guy is centered around a stolen beer.

That was a cold one
I never will get back
If she had to leave
Did she have to leave me
One beer short of a twelve pack

The song's title references both a drink and a deed as we learn of the narrator's memory of his ex taking a beer from his 12 pack out of a cooler when she left him.

Jeff Hyde and Lynn Hutton helped Church pen the song. Jeff Hyde has been a multi-instrumentalist in Church's band for many years. Lynn Hutton also helped write Florida Georgia Line's "Here's to the Good Times."

Eric Church: "It's light-hearted, and I feel like when you hear '(The) Outsiders' and 'A Man Who Was Gonna Die Young' [from the album], it can come across as, 'This guy's taking himself really seriously.'"

"And I think you need 'Cold One' to kind of have a chuckle and go, 'Oh, it's okay. This is music. We're having a good time. Let's laugh.' It's not so focused on the art part that you lose having a good time, and that's what that song to me sets up is it's fun."

The song's music video was directed by Church's frequent collaborator Peter Zavadil and shot at a beer warehouse and bar near Nashville. The clip features the singer along with his band members Jeff Cease, Lee Hendricks, Jeff Hyde, Driver Williams and Craig Wright in both performance and acting roles.

Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life

Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: You Light Up My Life
Released: 1977

You Light Up My Life Lyrics

So many nights I'd sit by my window
Waiting for someone to sing me his song
So many dreams I kept deep inside me
Alone in the dark but now you've come along

[Chorus:]
And You Light Up My Life
You give me hope to carry on
You light up my days and fill my nights with song

Rollin' at sea, adrift on the water
Could it be finally I'm turnin' for home?
Finally a chance to say "Hey, I love you"
Never again to be all alone

[Chorus]

'Cause you, you light up my life
You give me hope to carry on
You light up my days and fill my nights with song

It can't be wrong
When it feels so right
'Cause you…..you light up my life

Writer/s: BROOKS, JOE
Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, MIKE CURB MUSIC
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You Light Up My Life

This was featured in a movie of the same name written and directed by Joseph Brooks, who was also a songwriter. Brooks needed a title song for the movie, so he wrote this about halfway through the shoot.

At first, this was going to be sung by a jingle singer named Kasey Cisyk, and she recorded the original version that was used in the film. For over a year, no movie studio would release the film and no record company would release the song. When the movie finally got picked up, it was time to record the song as a single, and Brooks went with Debby Boone instead of Cisyk. Boone had very little recording experience, but was the daughter of Pat Boone, a very popular singer in the '50s with a loyal and very religious fan base.

The movie was about a girl trying to make it in show business. The lead role was played by Didi Conn, who played Frenchy in the movie Grease the next year. She lip-synched the song to Cisyk's voice.

This won the 1977 Grammy for Song of the Year. Boone also won that year for Best New Artist.

This was by far the biggest hit of 1977. It was #1 for 10 weeks in the US.

When the song became a huge hit it helped the movie do very well. At the 1978 Oscars, this won for Best Song, which created a lot of controversy because it was seen as a sellout to pop culture. Among the songs it beat was one written by renowned composer Marvin Hamlisch, who wrote the elegant type of songs the academy usually looked for. Many songs from Saturday Night Fever, including "Night Fever" and "Stayin' Alive," were eligible that year, but none were nominated, which made it seem very unlikely that a song that appealed to the masses would win an Oscar.

Boone sang in a Gospel quartet, and like her father was very religious. When asked who she was singing about, her answer was "God." Joseph Brooks, who wrote the song, took exception because that was not what he wrote it about. He never asked Boone to record another song, but they did get together once more when they performed this on a 1990 NBC special called Night Of 100 Stars III, with Brooks playing piano while Boone sang.

Boone performed this at the Oscars with a group of children using sign language to translate the lyrics. Everyone thought the kids were deaf, but they weren't.

This was Boone's only hit, and it didn't take her long to fade from the spotlight. She was nominated for an Oscar the next year for the song "When You're Loved," from the movie The Magic Of Lassie.

This has been covered by many artists, including Kenny Rogers, Leann Rimes, and Whitney Houston. Rimes' version is the only one to chart, it hit #34 in the US in 1997.

In June 2009 Joseph Brooks re-entered the public eye when he was accused of rape and sexual abuse by four different women. The incidents occurred between March and May 2008 when he allegedly lured the women to his apartment to audition for movie roles, drugged and molested them. Despite the fact that more women subsequently came forward, he pled not guilty.

On May 22, 2011, before his trial had been set, Brooks was found dead by a friend of an apparent suicide. His died just months after his son was accused of murdering a swimsuit designer and he left a three-page suicide note detailing his various health issues.

First Aid Kit - Stay Gold

First Aid Kit - Stay Gold Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Stay Gold
Released: 2014

Stay Gold Lyrics

The sun shone high those few summer days
Left us in a song, wide-eyed haze
It shone like gold
It shone like gold

But just as the moon it shines straight
So dawn goes down today
No gold can stay
No gold can stay

What if our hard work ends in despair?
What if the road won't take me there?
Oh, I wish, for once, we could Stay Gold

What if to love and be loved's not enough?
What if I fall and can't bear to get up?
Oh, I wish, for once, we could stay gold
We could stay gold

We're on our way through rugged land
Top of that mountain we wanted to stand
With hearts of gold
With hearts of gold

But there is only forward, no other way
Tomorrow was your hope at the end of the day
And gold turns gray
And gold turns gray

What if our hard work ends in despair?
What if the road won't take me there?
Oh, I wish, for once, we could stay gold

What if to love and be loved's not enough?
What if I fall and can't bear to get up?
Oh, I wish, for once, we could stay gold
We could stay gold

All of my dreams, they fall and form a bridge
Of memories where I can get back
All of my dreams, they fall and form a bridge
Of memories where I can't get back to you

What if our hard work ends in despair?
What if the road won't take me there?
Oh, I wish, for once, we could stay gold

What if to love and be loved's not enough?
What if I fall and can't bear to get up?
Oh, I wish, for once, we could stay gold
We could stay gold

Could stay gold
Stay gold

Writer/s: SOEDERBERG, KLARA MARIA / SOEDERBERG, JOHANNA KAJSA
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Stay Gold

This is the title track of First Aid Kit's third album. The Söderberg sisters wrote the songs about their own lives. Klara Söderberg told Uncut magazine: "We wrote these songs about being away from people we love and going on great adventures. It's not an 'on tour' record, it's about feeling lost in any sort of way. We're very emotional people, and we deal with our sadness by writing about it. That's the whole idea behind our band."

Klara Soderberg started writing lyrics for "Stay Gold" after reading Robert Frost's classic poem, Nothing Gold Can Stay.

"I had this collection of poetry, and I thought, 'I'll open this and see if there's anything in here that inspires me,' and I came upon the line 'Nothing gold can stay,'" she told The Oregonian. "That was literally the first thing I saw, and it was perfect."

The Big Pink's 2011 song "Stay Gold" was inspired by the same poem.

Tool - Schism

Tool - Schism Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Lateralus
Released: 2001

Schism Lyrics

I know the pieces fit 'cause I watched them fall away
Mildewed and smoldering. Fundamental differing.
Pure intention juxtaposed will set two lovers souls in motion
Disintegrating as it goes testing our communication
The light that fueled our fire then has burned a hole between us so
We cannot see to reach an end crippling our communication.
I know the pieces fit 'cause I watched them tumble down
No fault, none to blame it doesn't mean I don't desire to
Point the finger, blame the other, watch the temple topple over.
To bring the pieces back together, rediscover communication
The poetry that comes from the squaring off between,
And the circling is worth it.
Finding beauty in the dissonance.
There was a time that the pieces fit, but I watched them fall away.
Mildewed and smoldering, strangled by our coveting
I've done the math enough to know the dangers of our second guessing
Doomed to crumble unless we grow, and strengthen our communication.
Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any
Sense of compassion
Between supposed lovers
I know the pieces fit

Writer/s: M.J. KEENAN, A. JONES, D. CAREY, J. CHANCELLOR
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Schism

This is about the divisions within the church. It talks about how the church was once good and pure, but has now been corrupted by people. (thanks, Keith - Phoenix, AZ)

This was the first single from the album. Lateralus was their first album in 5 years and was widely anticipated.

The video opens with "Mantra," a short track that comes right before "Schism" on the Lateralus CD. The guitar part in the middle was shortened for the video. (thanks, Nick - Paramus, NJ)

This was released the year after A Perfect Circle released their debut album. The other members of Tool were unhappy that Maynard was dedicating so much to A Perfect Circle, which is the "fundamental differing" in the lyrics. Maynard explains that doing the same thing for A Perfect Circle that he'd done for Tool ("Pure intentions juxtaposed") caused a rift ("the light that fueled our fire then has burned a hole between us"). (thanks, Damian - Dublin, Ireland)

This song has a very intriguing time signature, which frequently changes throughout the song. The verses can be counted as 12/8 (12 eighth-note beats to a measure) but it is actually split up into recurring measures of 5/8 (5 eighth-note beats to a measure) and 7/8 (7 eighth-note beats to a measure). In this way, the standard 12/8 time signature is split into two parts, a "Schism," thus the theme of the music matches the theme that the lyrics are based on. It's also interesting to note that for the chorus, the time signature shifts and is "reunited" back into standard 12/8. (thanks, Bob - Tokyo, Japan)

This is one of 2 songs by Tool that has ever charted in the US. It reached #67 in July of 2001. The only other single is "Vicarious," which reached #57 in April of 2006. "Prison Sex" also made it to #81 on the UK charts. (thanks, Fremont - Concord, NH)

First Aid Kit - Waitress Song

First Aid Kit - Waitress Song Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Stay Gold
Released: 2014

Waitress Song Lyrics

I could move to a small town
And become a waitress
Say my name was stacy
And I was figuring things out

See, my baby, he left me
And I don't feel like staying here tonight

I remember sleepless nights
I remember chicago
I remember the music
From the downstairs bar

Girls, they just want to have fun
And the rest of us hardly know who we are

It's a dark, twisted road we are on
And we are to walk it alone

I could join the circus
When they come to town
Me and the freaks, the tamers
And that old sad clown

I'd walk across that tight rope
Head held high
So close to death
I'd never fell nor lie

You know, it's a dark, twisted road we are on
And we are to walk it alone

I could drive out to the ocean
And just stare in awe
I could walk across the beaches
And sleep under the stars

Our love would seem trivial and obscure
Now and never feel lost anymore

Writer/s: S�DERBERG, KLARA MARIA / S�DERBERG, JOHANNA KAJSA
Publisher: Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
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Waitress Song

This song finds Johanna and Klara Söderberg imagining a simpler life away from this "dark, twisted road." Klara told The Sun: "I think we had this almost romantic idea of what it's like to be a waitress in an American diner.

The song is one of several tracks on Stay Gold that introduces new elements to First Aid Kit's music, such as a 13-piece orchestra. Klara told Uncut magazine: "The strings and arrangements move us into new territory. We're a four piece band live, but we felt that shouldn't dictate how this record sounds. If the songs wanted to be big, let them be big! On 'Waitress Song' and 'Stay Gold' we wanted something epic from the get-go."

Other songs on our database about waitresses include:

"Don't You Want Me" by Human League (About a guy who meets a cocktail waitress and turns her into a star before their love goes bad.)

"Travelin' Soldier" by Dixie Chicks (About an American soldier who befriends a waitress shortly before he enters the army. He writes her letters whilst he is serving in Vietnam.)

"Bitties In The BK Lounge" by De La Soul (A diatribe against the two-faced attitude of a Burger King waitress.)

"Jane Doe" by Never Shout Never (Inspired by Never Shout Never aka Christofer Ingl's encounter with a beautiful waitress in a Santa Monica restaurant.)

"Summer People" by Gretchen Peters (About a waitress in a diner on Long Island.)

Pearl Jam - Go

Pearl Jam - Go Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Vs.
Released: 1993

Go Lyrics

Oh please don't Go out on me don't go out on me now
Never acted up before don't go on me now
I swear I never took it for granted just thought of it now
Suppose I abused you just passing it on
Go, fuck

Once fastened servile now your getting sharp
Moving oh so swiftly with such disarm
I pulled the covers over him shoulda' pulled the alarm
Turned to my nemesis a fool no fucking god
No, time, suck, my, please,
Don't go on me
Please

Suck, blood, touch, please, tunnel vision, tuck, time, see,
Please, please, please,
Don't go on me

Please, Don't you want me, don't go on me,
Please, don't go on me

Writer/s: AUSTIN, DALLAS / CAMERON, JASPER
Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
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Go

Eddie Vedder has hinted that this song was actually written about his truck. Many people interpret it as being about child abuse. (thanks, Keith - Phoenix, AZ)

The line changes from "Don't go on me" to "Don't you want me" at the end. This could indicate the song is about child abuse. Asking an abusing parent, "Don't you want me" could be a child's attempt to find out why the parent is abusing them. (thanks, Elliot - St. Louis, MO)

Jack White - Three Women

Jack White - Three Women Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Lazaretto
Released: 2014

Three Women Lyrics

Yeah, I got Three Women
Red, blonde hair, and brunette
I got three women
Red, blonde, and brunette
It took a digital photograph to pick which one I like

Well, I'm lonely at night, but I stay up until the break of day
Yeah, I'm lonely at night, but I stay up until the break of day
How come I gotta have a woman to blur these bruise away
Yeah, alright, I said

Lawdy lord, lawdy lord, lawdy lord
Lawdy lord, lawdy lord, lawdy lord
Lawdy, lawdy, lawdy, lord

Yeah, I got one in California and one back in Detroit
I got one in California and one back in Detroit
I brought my woman to Nashville, cast a bottle with her daddy all night

Yeah, well, she hogged my ashes, but she took them too far away
Yeah, she hogged my ashes, but she took them too far away
She said she loves her daddy
But only when she got bills to pay
Aw, listen, all right

Lawdy lord, lawdy lord, lawdy lord
Lawdy lord, lawdy lord, lawdy lord
Lawdy, lawdy, lawdy, lord

Yeah, yeah
Well, I wish I could tell you just what my three women do
Yeah, I wish I could tell you just what my three women do
But if I open my mouth, well, that'll be three women I lose

Yeah, now I know what you're thinking
What gives me the right?
Yeah, I know what you're thinking
What gives you the right?

Well, these women must be getting something
Cause they come and see me every night

Lawdy lord, lawdy lord, lawdy lord
Lawdy lord, lawdy lord, lawdy lord
Lawdy, lawdy, lawdy, lord

Lawdy

Writer/s: MCTELL, WILLIE / WHITE, JACK N
Publisher: Peermusic Publishing
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Three Women

This song is a cheeky refashioning of Blind Willie McTell's 1928 "Three Women Blues." White explained to Uncut magazine why he recorded his own version. "A friend of mine had heard 'Three Women Blues' at a party and I thought it was an interesting song," he said. "I had covered Blind Willie McTell songs in the past and I came up with that first line - 'I've got three women, red, blonde and brunette' - just as a starting point for myself. I thought, 'I'm gonna do a completely modern version of this song.' It doesn't really have much to do with Blind Willie McTell's song at all beyond the first line."

"I also think his song is a lesson in how it's all false to begin with, how you shouldn't believe these are all real events for the songwriter or the person singing," he continued. "It's like when Elvis was singing his songs - he didn't write the songs so they're not about him. That's one thing people really get wrong about all the old blues musicians - that every song they were singing was from the heart and about their own specific problems. I highly doubt that Blind Willie McTell had three girlfriends at the same time - it's hard to pull off for anyone, especially someone who's blind."

The song finds White hollering: "I got three women, red blonde and brunette. It took a digital photograph to pick which one I liked."

A digital photograph is the sort of modern technology that the famously techno-phobe singer wouldn't normally take to. White told Rolling Stone that there's a difference between the narrators of his songs and his own beliefs. "If you know anything about me, do you think I like digital photography? No. I don't," he said. "So obviously this song is not about f---ing Jack White."

White was taking out his frustrations on those who criticize his songs without understanding them.

Much of this song was recorded live in the studio, but Cory Younts' harmonica solo and White's vocals was overdubbed later.

Old Crow Medicine Show mandolin player Cory Younts was loaned out to Jack White's backup band, The Buzzards, on the world tour to support his 2012 Blunderbuss album. He returned the following year, contributing harmonica, Korg Synthesizer, mandolin, piano, shaker and backing vocals to Lazaretto.

The Velvets - Tonight Could Be The Night

The Velvets - Tonight Could Be The Night Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Monument Story
Released: 1961

Tonight Could Be The Night Lyrics

Tonight
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)

Could be the night
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)

To hear her say
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)

Darling, I do
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)

And tonight
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)

Could be the ni-eye-eye-eye-ight
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)

To get the ring
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)

Around your finger
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)

Oh my darling, hold me tight
And tonight, just could be the night
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba, yeah

Tonight
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)

Could be the night
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)

To fall in love
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)

With someone like you-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)

Oh my darling, hold me tight
And tonight, just could be the night
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba, yeah

Tonight
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)

Could be the ni-eye-eye-eye-ight
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)

To get that ring
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)

Around your finger
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)
(Doo-wop, doo-wop-de-wop)

Oh my darling, hold me tight
For tonight
Is the night

Writer/s: Johnson, Virgil
Publisher: EMI Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Peermusic Publishing, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
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Tonight Could Be The Night

The Velvets were a five-man Doo Wop group formed in 1958 by Virgil Johnson. Virgil taught English in Odessa and Lubbock Texas, and eventually became a high school principal in Lubbock. For many years, he DJ'd part-time at the Lubbock rock station KDAV.

This was included on their first album, which they recorded in Nashville at the invitation of Roy Orbison. The group also had a hit with "Lana," which was written by Orbison and reached #1 on the Japanese charts. (thanks, David - Lubbock, TX, for above 2)

Jack White - High Ball Stepper

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Jack White - High Ball Stepper Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Lazaretto
Released: 2014

High Ball Stepper Lyrics

High Ball Stepper

Godley & Creme - Lost Weekend

Godley & Creme - Lost Weekend Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Musical Excerpts From Consequences
Released: 1977

Lost Weekend Lyrics

Lost Weekend

Guest vocals are from renowned jazz singer Sarah Vaughan. While the entire Consequences album took one year to complete, Sarah required one take for her vocal contribution.

The song is a ballad of parting, lost time, and lives separating, which relates to divorce proceedings ongoing throughout the triple album.

Lol Creme and Kevin Godley were members of the band 10cc, who had hits like "I'm Not In Love" (1975) and "The Things We Do For Love" (1977). Godley and Creme left the band in 1976. (thanks, David - Lubbock, TX, for all above)

Godley And Creme went on to direct many early music videos for bands like Duran Duran, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, and The Police.

Jack White - That Black Bat Licorice

Jack White - That Black Bat Licorice Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: Lazaretto
Released: 2014

That Black Bat Licorice Lyrics

That Black Bat Licorice

The Lazaretto album was named after a word for a quarantine hospital island.

The title was inspired by this personal song, which finds White talking about being a confined prisoner in a hospital. "That really is me, personally," he told NPR. "My sort of fantasy that I have is, I wish that some other forces, some powers that be, would push me into this scenario for a month and lock me somewhere, instead of me doing it to myself all the time. I'm always imposing restrictions on myself. And so I guess my fantasy is, it would be so nice to be in a quarantine hospital, but not to die from it - just to know that I had to stay here for two months and I can't do anything else. That's why I named the album Lazaretto."

The song finds White virtually rapping the lyrics as he references a fast black hearse, Nietzche, Freud and Horace in the same couplet:

She's built for speed like a black castrum doloris
Good for the needy like Nietzche, Freud and Horace

"That's basically a hip-hop song," White told Jam! Music . "I wasn't going for it but I just found myself in the middle of it. I think I've done that a lot in my career and people haven't noticed. 'Icky Thump' is a hip-hop track. 'Freedom at 21' on the last album was a hip-hop track but I don't think anyone really categorizes that."

The "three-in-one" interactive video features a live action clip directed by White himself, an animated version helmed by James Blagden, and a "headbang" edition shot by Brad Holland. Viewers can switch between the three visuals by holding down the '3' or 'B' keys on their keyboard.

Nirvana - Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle

Nirvana - Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle Youtube Music Videos and Lyrics

Album: In Utero
Released: 1993

Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle Lyrics

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

Writer/s: KURT COBAIN
Publisher: BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT US, LLC
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Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle

Frances Farmer was an actress who starred in several popular films in the '30s and '40s, but developed a reputation for being very difficult on the set. In 1942 she was arrested for drunk driving and made the mistake of going to Mexico, which violated her parole. When she returned, she was put in a mental institution where she reportedly underwent shock treatments and a lobotomy. She was released in 1950 and began a comeback in 1958, starring in the film The Party Crashers and getting her own TV show called Frances Farmer Presents. In 1970, Farmer died of cancer at age 56.

In this song it appears Kurt Cobain is likening himself to Frances Farmer. While Frances was almost infamous for her difficulty to work with and her battle with her movie studio, which forced her into bad roles. She demanded much and later all she got for it was a series of mental collapses and a failed battle with alcoholism. Kurt related Farmer's battles against her contracts with corporate Hollywood with his difficulty with his record label, which he felt was holding him back and stifling his art, making him release poppy stuff he was never satisfied with. Farmer was born in Seattle, but Kurt had a lot more to do with the city than she did, which leads me to believe this is not a musical biography... not Kurt's style. (thanks, Jason - Cincinnati, OH)

Cobain and Courtney Love have a daughter named Frances Bean, but she was named after Frances McKee, of The Vaselines, who were a Scottish punk band from the early '90s. (thanks, call me folgers - salem, NY)