Soundgarden

Released: September 5, 1989

Songwriter: Kim Thayil Chris Cornell

Producer: Soundgarden Terry Date

[Verse 1]
Get on the snake with a swarm of motor flies
Get on the snake under the Cola-colored skies

[Chorus 1]
Don't worry, everything's clean
Road-worthy, hungry and mean
Hungry and mean

[Verse 2]
Get on the snake where the metal river bleeds
Get on the snake where you never will believe

[Chorus 2]
Hey baby, what's your disease?
My heart's bleeding, I'm dying to leave
Dying to leave
Yeah, dying to leave
Leave

[Verse 3]
Get on the snake where the water turns to steam
Get on the snake with a suicide machine

[Chorus 1]
Don't worry, everything's clean
Road-worthy, hungry and mean
Hungry and mean
Hungry and mean
Yeah, hungry and mean

[Outro]
Hungry and mean
Hungry and mean

One of the biggest rock bands out of Seattle, Soundgarden was formed in 1984 by singer and rhythm guitarist Chris Cornell, lead guitarist Kim Thayil, and bassist Hiro Yamamoto. Matt Cameron became the band’s full-time drummer in 1986, while bassist Ben Shepherd became a permanent replacement for Yamamoto in 1990. While one of the creators of the Grunge alternative rock and the first to sign to a major label, they only rose to stardom once the genre was popularized by Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Alice in Chains in the early 90s. After achieving great success with 1994’s Superunknown, the band decided to call it quits three years later due to internal squabbles. Eventually they reunited in 2010, releasing new album King Animal two years later. Frontman Chris Cornell committed suicide in a Detroit hotel room on May 17, 2017. He was 52 years old.

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