Talking Seattle Grunge Rock Blues (Live)

Hey, hey, my, my
Rock and roll will never die
Hang your hair down in your eyes
Make a million dollars

Well I was in this band goin' nowhere fast
We sent out our demos but everybody passed
So one day we finally took the plunge
We went out to Seattle, we started playing grunge
Washington State, that is
Space Needle
Eddie Vedder
Ichiro Suzuki

Now to fit in fast we got 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, ooh
I ain't seen nothing like that on television in like an hour

Now to fit in on the Seattle scene
You have to show people somethin' that they've 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
We call it Silence
Music's original alternative
The Roots grunge

Well we spread the word through the underground
That we were the hottest new young band in town
The record guy came out to see us one day
And just like always we refused to play and knocked him out
He said he loved our work
He said he loved our work, but he wasn't sure he could sell a record
That didn't have any music on it
I said, "Man, you've been doing that all year"

Hey, hey, my, my
Rock and roll will never die
Hang your hair down in your eyes
Make a million dollars

Well they made us do a video but that wasn't tough
We just filmed ourselves smashin' stuff
It was kinda weird 'cause there was no music
But MTV said they would love to use it
The kids went wild, the kids went nuts
Rolling Stone gave us a five stars, said we played with guts
We're meetin' chicks, takin' drugs
They asked us to do MTV Unplugged
You should have seen it

We went right out there
And refused to do acoustical versions of the electrical songs
We refused to record in the first place
Then we smashed our shit

Well we blew 'em away at the Grammy's show
By refusing to play and refusing to go
Then just when it looked like fame would last forever
Along come this band that wasn't even together
Now that's alternative
That's the alternative to alternative
They're called Guns and Roses

Sing if you know, alright
Say hey, hey (my, my)
(Rock and roll will never die)
(Hang your hair down in your eyes)
Make a million dollars

Well our band got fired and that's not funny
'Cause now we're hooked on grass but we're outta money
So the other day I called up the band
I said, "Boys I've taken all I can
I say we shave off these goatees, pack up the van
Move up to Boulder, follow the Yonder Mountain String Band"