Released: November 23, 2004
Songwriter: Kurt Cobain
Producer: Lance Bangs Steve Albini Butch Vig Steve Fisk Greg Babior Jack Endino
[Intro]
Your life is shit
Shit
Your life is bogus
Bull
Your life is crime
Crime
Your life is hell
Hell
[Chorus]
I'm gonna die
Start a new union
I'm gonna die
With my libido
I'm gonna die
Start a new union
I'm gonna die
Don't fuck with me
[Interlude]
Your life is shit
Shit
Your life is clean
It's clean
Your life is lame
Without some friends
Your life is stale, frail
Frail
[Chorus]
I'm gonna die
Start a new union
I'm gonna hell
Help my libido
I'm gonna die
Start a new union
I'm gonna hell
Help my libido
I'm gonna die
Start a new union
I'm gonna hell
Help my libido
I'm gonna die
Start a new union
I'm gonna die
Watch the pain!
Your life is shit
[Verse]
I'm gonna open up myself a flea market
I'm gonna open up myself a flea market
And you're gonna wish that you did
Gonna retire on the profits
First off, I'm gonna empty out all of my Mrs. Butterworth jars
And I'm gonna put 'em on a shelf
With my 800 dollar a month tax free Century21 shop
And then I am going to put my Mrs. Butterworth syrup jars on the shelf
Next to all the commemorative fast food chain glasses and cups
I've accumulated over the past 62 years
Then I'm going to get some plywood
I'm going to get some plywood
And cut them up into two by two feet squares
Then I'm going to get some burlap
And I'm going to cut them into two by two feet squares
And then I'm going to put them onto the pieces of plywood
And then I'm going to go to the beach
I'm going to go to the beach
And I'm gonna collect some shells and driftwood
And then I'm going to take the shells and driftwood
And glue them onto the plywood and burlap
And sell 'em for lots of money
People will be paying top dollar
For my kids' new used new toys and clothing
Then maybe someday I can get rid of that piss-stained mattress
I've been sleeping on
[Chorus]
I'm gonna die
Start a new union
I'm gonna hell
Help my libido
I'm gonna die
Start a new union
I'm gonna hell
Help my libido
I'm gonna die
Start a new union
I'm gonna hell
Help my libido
I'm gonna die
Start a new union
I'm gonna die
Watch the pain!
Your life is shit
Shit
Your life is bogus
Bull
Your life is crime
Crime
Your life is hell
Hell
[Chorus]
I'm gonna die
Start a new union
I'm gonna die
With my libido
I'm gonna die
Start a new union
I'm gonna die
Don't fuck with me
[Interlude]
Your life is shit
Shit
Your life is clean
It's clean
Your life is lame
Without some friends
Your life is stale, frail
Frail
[Chorus]
I'm gonna die
Start a new union
I'm gonna hell
Help my libido
I'm gonna die
Start a new union
I'm gonna hell
Help my libido
I'm gonna die
Start a new union
I'm gonna hell
Help my libido
I'm gonna die
Start a new union
I'm gonna die
Watch the pain!
Your life is shit
[Verse]
I'm gonna open up myself a flea market
I'm gonna open up myself a flea market
And you're gonna wish that you did
Gonna retire on the profits
First off, I'm gonna empty out all of my Mrs. Butterworth jars
And I'm gonna put 'em on a shelf
With my 800 dollar a month tax free Century21 shop
And then I am going to put my Mrs. Butterworth syrup jars on the shelf
Next to all the commemorative fast food chain glasses and cups
I've accumulated over the past 62 years
Then I'm going to get some plywood
I'm going to get some plywood
And cut them up into two by two feet squares
Then I'm going to get some burlap
And I'm going to cut them into two by two feet squares
And then I'm going to put them onto the pieces of plywood
And then I'm going to go to the beach
I'm going to go to the beach
And I'm gonna collect some shells and driftwood
And then I'm going to take the shells and driftwood
And glue them onto the plywood and burlap
And sell 'em for lots of money
People will be paying top dollar
For my kids' new used new toys and clothing
Then maybe someday I can get rid of that piss-stained mattress
I've been sleeping on
[Chorus]
I'm gonna die
Start a new union
I'm gonna hell
Help my libido
I'm gonna die
Start a new union
I'm gonna hell
Help my libido
I'm gonna die
Start a new union
I'm gonna hell
Help my libido
I'm gonna die
Start a new union
I'm gonna die
Watch the pain!
Sliver: The Best of the Box
- Lithium
- Spank Thru
- Do Re Mi
- Oh the Guilt
- Heartbreaker - Live
- Mrs. Butterworth
- Clean Up Before She Comes (Early Demo)
- Smells Like Teen Spirit (Rehearsal Demo Version)
- Rape me (Solo Acoustic)
- Ain’t It a Shame
- Old Age
- Sappy (Live At Pine Street Theatre February 9, 1990)
- Rape Me
- All Apologies
- Heart-Shaped Box
- Come as You Are
- About a Girl
- You Know You’re Right
- Blandest
- Floyd the Barber
- Heart-Shaped Box (Demo)
- With the Lights Out (2004)
- Sliver: The Best of the Box (2005)
- 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