Pearl Jam

Released: August 27, 1991

Songwriter: Eddie Vedder Mike McCready Stone Gossard Dave Abbruzzese Jeff Ament

Producer: Pearl Jam

[Intro]
Ragh woo eats meat eats meat hahaha look out

[Verse 1]
Dirty Frank Dahmer he's a gourmet cook, yeah
I got a recipe for anglo-saxin soup, yeah
Wanted a pass. So she relaxed. Now the little groupie's getting chopped up in the back
I got a cupboard full of fleshy fresh ingredients
A very careful at the same time quite expedient
Eats meat. A release
Bus driving's harder on your head than on your feet

[Chorus 1]
Dirty frank. A Dirty frank yeah
A Dirty frank ooh
A Dirty frank yea oh

[Verse 2]
Keeps it clean. a keeps it copaseptic
A little boys and girls their heads are all collected
A not crazy. a per se
Just a little strange when he gets hungry
City state your town he will continue
A stadiums tiny clubs every venue
A his bus a your trust
There goes another turned into crust
Dirty frank a Dirty Frank yeah. A Dirty frank. oh a Dirty Frank
Yeah, oh, watch it! now

[Chorus 2]
Why that dirty Frank was a bad mother
Shut your mouth! Hey man, I'm just talking about dirty Frank

[Verse 3]
Oh wa-ha a yea cookoo there fucking crazy these kids are driving me crazy
Oh, middle of the night we're stopped the freeway shoulder
A frank's shoveling to bury the leftovers
A they're sunk. He's drunk
Now he's gonna drive I'm hiding in my bunk. Oh
The band all knows. We're too afraid to mention
A Don't want to be part of Frank's luncheon
A lose weight. A be safe. Where's Mike McCready? My god he's been ate!

[Chorus 1]
Dirty Frank. A Dirty Frank, yeah. [x2]
Dirty Frank Frank Frank Frank a Dirty Frank yea
Dirty Frank oh a dirty Frank a yea yea yea

[Verse 4]
Oh he's gone fruit loops it's the perfect job
Cook them just to see the look on their face. I cook 'em just to see the look on their face. [x10]
Mommy mommy I'll just sing mommy no no

[Chorus 2]

[Outro]
A Dirty Frank. Yeah, a dirty Frank [x2]
Dirty Frank [x8]
Ok I think that's enough

Founded in 1990 in Seattle, Pearl Jam is one of the most successful bands out of the grunge movement, if not of the whole alternative rock scene from the early 90s. The group started with Stone Gossard (guitar) and Jeff Ament (bass), veterans of the proto-grunge scene, recording a demo along with local guitarist Mike McCready. Once the tape passed along, it attracted a San Diego-based singer, Eddie Vedder. Along with drummer Dave Krusen, they signed with Epic Records and released Ten in 1991, which by the following year was becoming one of the most successful debut albums ever.

Growing uncomfortable with success, the following albums went for a more anguished and experimental sound, and the band’s notorious activism had its most prominent case once they boycotted Ticketmaster, accusing them of price-gouging fans. In the meantime, various drummers passed through the band, with percussion only settling once Soundgarden’s Matt Cameron joined them in the tour for 1998’s Yield.

With 10 studio albums and various live recordings (including “Official Bootlegs” of basically every concert the band performed since 2000), Pearl Jam has sold nearly 32 million records in the U.S. and an estimated 60 million worldwide.

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From the albums

Ten (1991)
Lost Dogs (2003)

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