Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues

Hey, hey, my, my Rock n' roll will never die Just hang your hair down in your eyes You'll make a million dollars style='font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;'> Well, I was in this band goin' nowhere fast We sent out demos but everybody passed So one day we finally took the plunge Moved out to Seattle to play some grunge Washington state that is... Space needle, Eddie Vedder Mudhoney Now to fit in fast we wear flannel shirts We turn our amps up until it hurts We've got bad attitudes and what's more When we play we stare straight down at the floor Woweee! Pretty scary How pensive How totally alternative Now to fit in on the Seattle scene You've got to do something they ain't never seen So thinkin' up a gimmick one day We decided to be the only band that wouldn't play a note Under any circumstances Silence... Music's original alternative Root's grunge Well we spread the word through the underground That we were the hottest new thing in town The record guy came out to see us one day And just like always we didn't play It knocked him out He said he loved our work He said he loved our work, but he wasn't sure if he could Sell a record with nothing on it I said tell 'em we're from Seattle He advanced us two and half million dollars Hey, hey, my, my Rock n' roll will never die Hang your hair down in your eyes You'll make a million dollars style='font-size:1px;color:#ffffff;'> Well they made us do a video but that wasn't tough 'Cause we just filmed ourselves smashing stuff It's kind of weird 'cause there was no music But MTV said they'd love to use it The kids went wild, the kids went nuts Rolling Stone gave us a five star review Said we played with guts We're scoring chicks, taking drugs Then we got asked to play MTV Unplugged You should have seen it We went right out there and refused to do acoustical versions of the electrical songs that we had refused to record in the first place Then we smashed our s**t Well we blew 'em away at the Grammys show By refusing to play and refusing to go And then just when we thought fame would last forever Along come this band that wasn't even together Now that's alternative Now that's alternative to alternative I feel stupid...and contagious Well our band got dropped and that ain't funny 'Cause we're all hooked on drugs but we're outta money So the other day I called up the band I said boys I've taken all I can Shave off your goatees, pack the van We're going back to Athens...