Nirvana

Released: November 3, 2009

Songwriter: Kurt Cobain

[Verse 1]
When Mom and Dad went to a show
They dropped me off at grandpa Joe's
I kicked and screamed
Said, "Please, don't go!"

[Chorus]
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!

[Verse 2]
Had to eat my dinner there
Mashed potatoes and stuff like that
I couldn't chew my meat too good

[Chorus]
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!

[Verse 3]
She said, "Why don't you stop your crying?
Go outside and ride your bike"
That's what I did
I killed my toe!

[Chorus]
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!

[Verse 4]
Well, after dinner I had ice cream
I fell asleep and watched TV
I woke up in my mother's arms!

[Chorus]
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
Grandma, take me home!
I wanna be alone!

Nirvana was arguably the most successful act of the early 1990s grunge movement that originated in Seattle, Washington. Formed in 1987 in the neighboring city of Aberdeen, they were catapulted into the spotlight four years later with the release of “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and their second studio album, September 1991’s Nevermind.

They are credited with bringing alternative rock to mainstream attention and putting a nail in the coffin of ‘80s hair metal, which was dying a slow death on the charts at that point. In early 1992, Nevermind managed to knock Michael Jackson’s Dangerous from the #1 position on the Billboard charts, cementing their place in American music history.

The band’s career was suddenly cut short in April 1994, when iconic frontman Kurt Cobain was found dead from an apparent suicide. Drummer Dave Grohl has since become a hugely successful frontman in his own right with the band Foo Fighters. Nirvana has gone on to enjoy a musical afterlife in the hearts and ears of successive generations of fans comparable to that of The Beatles and Black Sabbath.

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