Released: October 1, 1996
Songwriter: Kurt Cobain
Producer: Shaun O’Brien Diane Stata
[Verse 1]
Like most babies smell like butter
His smell smelled like no other
He was born scentless and senseless
He was born a scentless apprentice
[Chorus]
Hey, go away!
Go away!
Go away!
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
Hey, go away!
Go away!
Go away!
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
Hey, go away!
Go away!
Go away!
Go away!
Go away!
Go away!
Like most babies smell like butter
His smell smelled like no other
He was born scentless and senseless
He was born a scentless apprentice
[Chorus]
Hey, go away!
Go away!
Go away!
[Verse 2]
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
[Chorus]
Hey, go away!
Go away!
Go away!
[Guitar Solo]
[Verse 3]
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
[Chorus]
Hey, go away!
Go away!
Go away!
Go away!
Go away!
Go away!
more tracks from the album
From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah
- Intro
- Tourette’s [From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah]
- Milk It [From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah]
- Heart-Shaped Box [From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah]
- Scentless Apprentice [From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah]
- Spank Thru [From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah]
- Been a Son [From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah]
- Smells Like Teen Spirit [From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah]
- Drain You [From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah]
- School [From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah]
- Aneurysm [From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah]
- Sliver [From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah]
- Polly [From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah]
- Lithium [From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah]
- Negative Creep [From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah]
- Breed [From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah]
- Blew [From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah]
From the album
Nirvana popular songs
- Smells Like Teen Spirit
- Come as You Are
- Heart-Shaped Box
- Lithium
- Polly
- In Bloom
- The Man Who Sold the World
- Rape Me
- All Apologies
- Where Did You Sleep Last Night?
- Something in the Way
- About a Girl
- Dumb
- Drain You
- Territorial Pissings
- Lounge Act
- Pennyroyal Tea
- Breed
- On a Plain
- You Know You’re Right
- Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle
- Serve the Servants
- Stay Away
- Milk It