Nirvana

Released: February 5, 1992

Songwriter: Kurt Cobain

Producer: Steve Fisk

[Verse 1]
Even in his youth
Even in his youth
Even in his youth
He was nothing
Kept his body clean
Kept his body clean
Kept his body clean
Going nowhere
Daddy was ashamed
Daddy was ashamed
Daddy was ashamed
He was something
Disgrace the family name
Disgrace the family name
Family name, he was something

[Chorus]
He was born for your crew
I've got nothing left to prove
If I die before I wake
Hope I don't come back a slave

[Verse 2]
Even in his youth
Even in his youth
Even in his youth
He was nothing
Kept his body clean
Kept his body clean
Kept his body clean
Going nowhere
Daddy was ashamed
Daddy was ashamed
Daddy was ashamed
He was the same, he was nothing
Disgrace the family name
Disgrace the family name
Family name, going nowhere

[Chorus]
Leave this one, for your brew
I've got nothing left to prove
If I die before I wake
Hope I don't come back a slave
Aye-Yeah!

[Guitar Solo]

[Chorus]
Leave this one, for your brew
I've got nothing left to prove
If I die before I wake
Hope I don't come back again
I'm dying

[Outro]
Even in his youth
Even in his youth
Yeah, yeah
Even in his youth
Even in his youth
Yeah, yeah
Even in his youth
Yeah, yeah
Even in his youth
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah

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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