SOUNDGARDEN LYRICS

1. Sub Pop Rock City

I'm not stoned but I wanted to tell ya
When I'm in the mood, I could think of playing there
Going to Seattle where the rock's so heavy
With all them sex dogs in my Chevy

At the XTC, party, everybody's invited
Cool! give it dude, we're plastic like you
Going to a show, rock's all night
And everyone I hate is at the party tonight
I said Sub Pop Rock City

Hello
[Jonathan Poneman:] This is Jonathan
Hey Jon
[JP:] I just wanna know, what the heck's going on?
Well you know, I have this problem
[JP:] What the heck's going on?
Yah, okay, well do you think you'd have too much trouble if we got rid of our sideburns?
[JP:] At your earliest convenience
Well, I know you've said that before, but do you think Bruce would mind?
[Bruce Pavitt:] This is Bruce Pavitt
Bruce, I mean, kay, could we have our dollar back Bruce?
[BP:] Bye

2. Toy Box

[Previously unreleased B-side recorded during the sessions for the first EP "Screaming Life"]

Eyes to sun, she lays in peace eyes bear complacence
Brown, the meadow grows tall to the sun
Seasons have come, they have gone
Buried in dirt, her torso lays one limb dangles
Brown, the meadow grows tall to the sun
Seasons have come, they have gone

Please take me back to my healing home
Please take me back to my toy box
Ours not for their own
Please take me back to my healing home
Please take me back to my toy box
Please take me back to my little girl's hand
Please take me back to my toy box

3. Heretic

[1986 "Deep Six" Compilation By "C/Z Records"]

Heretic, burn at the stake
Witch float like a log
Wine from the blade on the night of the full moon
Voices that call spirits in waiting
Sharing the drink of the bond
A broth of roots and charms
Spells under a twisted tree

Heretic, burn at the cross
Witch, float like a log
Flask over fire, from cobwebs of cellars
Turning metal into gold
A secret till the last word’s untold
Bring life to the dying
Secret till the last words are told

Accused and convicted
For nothing
I suffer your fear
Nailed to a burning cross
Heretic, heretic
From life to death
You've been good
As for the past
Time will tell

4. Fresh Deadly Roses

5. H.I.V. Baby

[1990 single "Room A Thousand Years Wide"]

What ever happened to the sexual revolution?
I guess that has made its contribution
I'm an H, I'm an H
I'm an HIV baby

What ever happened to the drug cocaine
Just when you had a line you see it's pain
I'm an H, I'm an H
I'm an HIV baby

6. Cold Bitch

[1994 single "Spoonman"]

On your breast I might lay my crowded head
In your light I might bathe in cold burnt sweat
In your mouth I might feel the serpent's kiss
In your womb I might swim in fetal bliss
But in your heart I'd freeze

In your eyes I might be your saving grace
In your head I might say it through your eyes
In your lungs I might stare between you
But in your heart I'd freeze

I would feed your heart take a vow of silence
And put your love out of business
But in your heart I'd freeze

7. Show Me

8. She's A Politician

A broken mirror and razor blade
She's a politician
Hot headed all the time
She's a politician

She doesn't misaccuse
She doesn't misabuse
She don't listen, even if she doesn't know what she's saying
She's a politician
And when it comes to blows
She'll get you on the ropes
She's got you beat, you can tell by the company she keeps
She's a politician

A broken mirror and razor blade
She's a politician
Hot headed all the time
She's a politician
She's got you all confused
With her machine gun talk
She won't give it cause she knows she's got a lot

9. Birth Ritual

[1992 "Singles" Movie Soundtrack]

Lying like needles on forest earth
Euphoric rush trees bend to pray for us
I am sputtering like cold machines
Late for the birth ritual

You can drive my tail to watch the circus
A birth ritual a birth of idiots
Now I woke up blessed and good strives for heartache
Marked for the death ritual

As you start the song and face this garden
I light a cigarette before the execution
And now you see your crime for every miracle
Add another drug at every birth ritual
Shining like Child's eyes
Mark his size bright until the newness wears off

I took the drug to make me stay
And now everything dies in shyness
The snake retreats admits defeat
And waits for the birth ritual

10. She Likes Surprises

11. Kyle Petty, Son Of Richard

12. Exit Stonehenge

[1994 single "Spoonman"]

Jesus I can't feel my penis
Exit Stonehenge
Exit Stonehenge

Jesus I can't touch my penis
Jesus I can't see my feet
Jesus I don't like my penis
Exit Stonehenge
Exit Stonehenge

13. Blind Dogs

Run away
Now it's Halloween
Shave your head and burn your sheets
Evil could be right next door
What do blind dogs believe?
I don't want to know

Blind
Following blind

Run away
Now it's Halloween
The safe bet is on your knees
Bow your head to the Trinity
That's what blind dogs believe
But I've heard that before

Dead on my feet
While my nightmare walks
I fell asleep
Where the freeway talks
Suffer to swim and dying to sink
These things in the air
They will make you think
Make you think
Make you think

14. Bleed Together

I know you're half awake
And no hate and I know how to do it
Hold the door and let it out
Don't get it right or wrong
No I don't get it

I know you're half afraid
Half amazed, all insane
I know it's all a cage
And all the rage
And all together gone

You and me we're average
With simple minds and lungs, eyes and skin
You and me we're hopeless
We're nowhere hearts so tear it out
And open it

I'm giving blood tonight
I don't care how, don't care why
I'm giving blood tonight
I'm feeling just like I could give it all

[Chorus:]
I know you're sick and alone
Mothers and suckers alike
We can bleed together

Show me and hand me down
And hang me up alone and cold and bury me
Show me and throw me out
And hold me down, air me out
And wear me

[Repeat verse 2]

[Chorus]

Too altogether cool/cold
Too altogether numb

I know you're sick and alone
I know you're sick and alone

[Chorus]

Come away and come with me
And come around and come and see
And cover up and come along
Before race before the calm
And he walks out and fires the gun
Happy with the things he won
The head of God on the wall
Ahead of us the heads of us

15. Black Rain

If I could hug my love, could I try
For your wings to cover me and let them fold
Half alive I hurt the most brilliant lie
Sleepless eyes, close the light
And rest your mind while you burn

Can't stutter when you're talking with your eyes
By cutting out your tongue you save face
Feeding on the blood lets running from a big day

Cry on black rain, cry on black rain
Cry on black rain

If I could hug my love could I try
for your wings to cover me unless I fall
Sleepless eyes, close the light
And rest your mind while you burn

You can't stutter when you're talking with your eyes
By cutting out your tongue you save face
Feeding on the blood lets running from a big day

Cry on black rain, Cry on black rain
Cry on black rain

You can't stutter when you're talking with your eyes
By cutting out your tongue you save face
Feeding on the blood lets running from a big day

16. Live To Rise

[2012 "The Avengers" Movie Soundtrack]

What if all you understand,
Could fit into the center of a hand
Then you found it was not you
Who held the sum of everything you knew,

We are insane but not alone
You hold on and they are gone,
Like the sun we will live to rise,
Like the sun we will live and die,
And then ignite again,
Like the sun we will live to rise again

What if the one thing that I missed,
Was everything I need to pass the test,
And if I fail what happens then?
Can I still count on you as a friend?

Again Again Again Again
Warm my face Warm your face
Warm my face Warm your face
Warm my face Warm your face
Warm my face Warm your face
Warm my face Warm your face

17. Kristi

Kristi, tell me what I wanna hear
Oh Kristi, tell me what I wanna hear

You never read without me
You won't sleep without me
You never try without me
You're only weak without me

Tell me what I wanna hear
Yeah Kristi, show me what I wanna see
Yeah Kristi, show me what I wanna see

You can't breathe without me
You're only cream without me
You can't walk without me
You're only [?] without me
You'll never wrong without me
You'll never feel without me

Hey Kristi, tell me what I wanna hear
Yeah Kristi, tell me what I wanna hear

You'll only break without me
You'll never make it without me
You won't be free without me
You'll only kneel without me
You won't smile without me
You'll never try without me
You'll only cry without me
You're gonna die without me

You're gonna die without me
You're gonna die without me
You're gonna die without me
You're gonna die without me

18. Storm

[Verse:]
The storm has weakened minds of steel
The rain to capture hopeless ones
This fear has passed them incomplete
Those words unspoken with no restraint
With no restraint
Restraint

[Chorus:]
Watch as they run faceless, faceless
We wait as any faceless, faceless
My heart comes seeking faces
But all around me is faceless

[Verse]

[Chorus]

All hope for those corrupt
All hope for those corrupt
All strength for those corrupt
All strength for those corrupt
All hope for those corrupt
All strength for those corrupt
All hope for those corrupt
All strength for those corrupt
All hope for those corrupt
All strength for those corrupt
All hope for those corrupt
All strength for those corrupt
All strength for those corrupt
All strength for those

19. Swallow My Pride

[originally by Green River]

She looked at me with dignity
She said there's something you gotta see
Even though this country's headed for war
This nation is prouder than ever before
Yeah that was spirit in the air
We're more American than anywhere
And I just smile cause I could tell
This little girl was going to
Hell

Now I wouldn't mind
If you swallowed my pride
Make me feel alright
Yeah now deep inside
Feel alright

Hey, all the warmth in her heart
Couldn't keep my blood from running cold
Cause I fell for her looks
Now I wanna go for her throne
I tried to tell her a thousand times
But little girl didn't understand at all

Now I wouldn't mind
If you swallow my pride
Make me feel alright
Yeah now deep inside
Feel alright

Alright
You can swallow my pride

Now I wouldn't mind
If you swallowed my pride
Make me feel alright, deep inside
Feel alright
Pride... pride... pride
You can swallow my pride

20. Smokestack Lightnin'

[originally by Howlin' Wolf]

Smokestack lightning
Shine a light home
Smokestack lightning
Shining like gold
Treats me like a clown
Wheels go driving slow
Trucks me out of town
Wheels go driving slow
Tell me baby
So when you coming home
Tell me baby
When you coming home
Wheels go driving slow
Wheels go driving slow
Wheels go driving slow

21. Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey (John Peel BBC Sessions)

Come on come on
Come on come on
Come on is such a joy
Come on is such a joy
Come on let's take it easy
Come on let's take it easy
Take it easy take it easy
Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey

(Ooh) The deeper you go the higher you fly
The higher you fly the deeper you go
So come on (Come on) come on
Come on is such a joy
Come on is such a joy
Come on let's make it easy
Come on let's make it easy (Oh)
Take it easy (Yeah yeah yeah) take it easy (Hoo)
Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey

Oh!

Your inside is out and your outside is in
Your outside is in and your inside is out
So come on (Ho) come on (Ho)
Come on is such a joy
Come on is such a joy
Come on let's make it easy
Come on let's make it easy
Make it easy (Hoo) make it easy (Hoo)
Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey

Hey!

Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on...

Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on
Come on, come on, come on...

22. Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) (John Peel BBC Sessions)

Lookin' at the devil grinnin' at his gun
Fingers start shakin' I begin to run
Bullets start chasin' I begin to stop
We begin to wrestle I was on the top
I want to thank you falettinme be mice elf agin
Thank you falettinme be mice elf agin

Stiff all in the collar fluffy in the face
Chit chat chatter tryin' stuffy in the place
Thank you for the party but I could never stay
Many thangs is on my mind words in the way
I want to thank you falettinme be mice elf agin
Thank you falettinme be mice elf agin

Dance to the music all nite long
Everyday people sing a simple song
Mama's so happy Mama start to cry
Papa still singin' you can make it if you try
I want to thank you falettinme be mice elf agin
Thank you falettinme be mice elf agin

Flamin' eyes of people fear burnin' into you
Many men are missin' much hatin' what they do
Youth and truth are makin' love gig it for a starter
Now dyin' young is hard to take sellin' out is harder
I want to thank you falettinme be mice elf agin
Thank you falettinme be mice elf agin

23. Come Together

[originally by The Beatles]

Here come old flat top
He come grooving up slowly
He got joo-joo eyeballs
He one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker
He just do what he please

He wear no shoeshine
He got toe jam football
He got monkey finger
He shoot Coca Cola
He say, "I know you, you know me
One thing I can tell you is
You got to be free"
Come together, right now
Over me

He bad production
He got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard
He one spinal cracker
He got feet down below his knees
Hold you in his armchair
You can feel his disease
Come together, right now
Over me

He roller coaster
He got early warning
He got muddy water
He one Mojo filter
He say, "One and one and one is three"
Got to be good looking
Because he's so hard to see
Come together right now
Over me

Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah
Come together, yeah

24. Stray Cat Blues

[originally by Rolling Stones]

I hear the click-clack of your feet on the stairs
I know you're no scare-eyed honey
There'll be a feast if you just come upstairs
This ain't no hanging matter
No, this ain't no capital crime

Ya I can see that you're just fifteen years old
But I don't want your I.D.
Ya I can see that you're so far from home
This ain't no hanging matter,
No it ain't no capital crime

[Chorus:]
Oh yeah, you're a stray stray cat
Oh yeah, you're a stray stray cat
Oh yeah, you're a stray stray cat

I bet your momma never saw you fight like that
I bet your momma never saw you scratch my back

You like to get yourself those _____ from home
But I know you miss your mother
You look so scared out of my man made bed
This ain't no hanging matter
No, this ain't no capital crime

[Chorus]

I bet your momma never heard you spit like that
I bet your momma never saw you scratch my back

I see your girlfriend and she's wilder than you
Why don't you bring her upstairs
She's wild enough that she can join in too
This ain't no hanging matter
No, this ain't no capital crime

[Chorus]

I bet your momma never saw you fight like that
I bet your momma never saw you scratch my back
I bet your momma never saw you
I bet your momma never heard you spit like that

I bet your momma never told you
I bet your momma never told you
I bet your momma never told you you scratch like that
Oh yeah, Oh yeah

25. Into The Void (Sealth)

[originally by Black Sabbath]

How can you buy or sell the sky
Or the warmth of the land it's strange to us
We don't own the freshness of the air
Or the sparkle of the water
How can you buy them from us
The white man doesn't understand our ways
For he's a stranger who comes in the night
And takes from the land just what he needs

Oh yeah

He treats his brothers like his enemies
When it's completed he moves on
He leaves his father's grave and his birthright
His birthright is forgotten
The air is precious to the red man
For all things share the same breath
The white man won't notice the air he breathes
Like a man dying for many days

All right now

The whites must treat the beasts of his land
As his brothers not his enemies
Tell me what is man without the beasts
I'll bet he will die of loneliness

One thing we know that the white man will
We know our god is the same god
You may think you wish to own him
Own him as you wish to own our land
But he is the body of man
And the earth is precious to him
Continue to contaminate your bed
And you will suffocate in your waste

26. Girl U Want

Swings from somewhere you can't see
She sits in the top of the greenest tree
She sends out an aroma of undefined love
Drifts on down in a mist from above

She's just a girl, a girl, a girl you want
She's just a girl, a girl, a girl you want
Look at you, your mouth watering
Look at you your mind spinning
Why don't we just admit it's all over
She's just a girl you want
She's just a girl, a girl, a girl you want
She's just a girl, a girl, a girl you want

You can hear her calling everywhere you turn
You know you're headed for the pleasure burn
The words get stuck on the tip of your tongue
She's the real thing but you knew it along

She swings from somewhere you can't see
She sits in the top of the greenest tree
She sends out an aroma of undefined love
Drifts on down in a mist from above

27. Touch Me (Friday Rock Show)

In the night
In the city
Alone in my room
Oh, wall to wall

Touch me, can you feel it
Touch me, it feels good
Touch me, yeah I can feel it
(I got the feeling)
Touch me

Couldn't get to sleep in my room last night
Something isn't quite the same
Just as I was reaching for the nearest light
I heard somebody calling my name

Touch me, can you feel it
Touch me, it feels good
Touch me, yeah I can feel it
(I got the feeling)
Touch me

Oh yeah
All right now

Shivers down my backbone because my man is back
And my pulse began to race
Oh, when she laid beside me everything went black
Because I've seen the strangest things

Touch me, can you feel it
Touch me, it feels good
Touch me, yeah I can feel it
(I got the feeling)
Touch me

28. Can You See Me? (Friday Rock Show BBC Sessions)

29. Homicidal Suicidal (Friday Rock Show BBC Sessions)

30. I Can't Give You Anything (Friday Rock Show BBC Sessions)

31. I Don't Care About You (Friday Rock Show BBC Sessions)

32. Waiting For The Sun (Live)

33. Search And Destroy (Live)

34. Big Bottom (Live)

35. Earache My Eye (Live)

36. Twin Tower

37. Jerry Garcia's Finger

38. Ghostmotorfinger

39. Night Surf

40. A Splice Of Space Jam

41. The Telephantasm

42. Black Days III

43. Karaoke

(You) Gonna shake your head
Gonna shake and spin
Gonna pick it up abed with something new

First I heard it in my car
Then I saw it on the set
It's nothin' I can't do
It's nothin' I can't lick

Oh, yeah

[Chorus 1:]
(Now) You can hear it in the air
You can feel it in your bones
You can sing it in your head
You can wear it on your clothes

Oh, yeah

[Chorus 2:]
You can steal it if you dare
Just might put you where you're goin'
(where you're goin')

I'm just a regular man
Now I'm a regular mess
Doesn't matter how you dress
Doesn't matter how you fit

Oh, yeah

[Chorus 1]
[Chorus 2]

I'm gonna show you someday

[Chorus 1]
[Chorus 2]

You can hear it in the air
You can feel it in your bones
You can have it for your own
May not miss you when your gone

44. Fopp (Fucked Up Heavy Dub Mix)

45. Big Dumb Sex (Dub Version)

46. Spoonman (Steve Fisk Remix)

47. Rhinosaur (The Straw That Broke The Rhino's Back Remix)

48. Dusty (Moby Remix)

49. The Telephantasm (Steve Fisk 2014 Remix)

50. One Minute Of Silence

SOUNDGARDEN LYRICS