Album: The Colour And The Shape (1997)

Charted: 12

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• What have we done with innocence?
  It disappeared with time, it never made much sense
  Adolescent resident
  Wasting another night on planning my revenge
  
  One in ten
  One in ten
  One in ten
  
  Don't wanna be your monkey wrench
  One more indecent accident
  I'd rather leave than suffer this
  I'll never be your monkey wrench
  
  All this time to make amends
  What do you do when all your enemies are friends?
  Now and then I'll try to bend
  Under pressure, wind up snapping in the end
  
  One in ten
  One in ten
  One in ten
  
  Don't wanna be your monkey wrench
  One more indecent accident
  I'd rather leave than suffer this
  I'll never be your monkey wrench
  
  Temper
  Temper
  Temper
  
  One last thing before I quit
  I never wanted any more
  Than I could fit into my head
  I still remember every single word you said
  And all the shit that somehow came along with it
  Still, there's one thing that comforts me
  Since I was always caged and now I'm free
  
  Don't wanna be your monkey wrench
  One more indecent accident
  I'd rather leave than suffer this
  I'll never be your monkey wrench
  
  Don't wanna be your monkey wrench (fall in, fall out)
  Don't wanna be your monkey wrench (fall in, fall out)
  Don't wanna be your monkey wrench (fall in, fall out)
  Don't wanna be your monkey wrench Writer/s: David Grohl, Georg Ruthenberg, Nate Mendel
  Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 13

• Luna Loud from Royal Woods, MichiganWhen the band played this at the Bizarre festival in '97, Grohl sang, "What do you do when all your enemies are FRENCH?"
  
  This song is in drop-d tuning.
• Pablo 44 from Glasgow I seen an interview with Dave Gho talking about him writing thre album worte, and has laid down drums, guitar and bass himself on like a old 4 track record. But even though it wss band, I don't think even expected to be front man, he just wanted to.form a band, but apparently when Taylor Hawkins turn for jam and a audition. Dave knew how good a drummer Taylor was. It was almost like Dave gave up drum sticks for Taylor..i don't know how accurate the interview was. But i sounded sincere.
• Jack from Boston, MaMarcus from Columbia, YESSS
• Daniel from Indianapolis, InI've tried yelling that one verse in one breath and I don't know how the hell Dave Grohl did it.
• Marcus from Columbia, MoHe kind of looks like a young Santana in this video.
• Benjamin from Chicago, Il, IlJimmy from Lancaster, CA
  
  I can answer that. FF are not necessarily punk, however if you listen to their early stuff, Monkey Wrench, included you can definitely tell that there are some punk overtones. Dave Grohl was devoted to hardcore punk and played in a few punk bands before FF.
• Jimmy from Lancaster, Cato simon in chatanooga, tenesee, how exactly are foo fighter punk?
• Tracy from Tulsa, OkSong is about being tired of being an enabler.
  
  And it is adolescent resident.
  
  At this moment in time when the song was recorded, I doubt Dave cared too much about Bill Clinton.
• Shawn from Chehalis, WaTwo corrections to what Patrice said 1.It's a line not the title and 2. He's saying "adolescent resident"
• Mike from Sydney, AustraliaTo Patrice, ERRORA, OK: Add a less-than president?? You are kidding aren't you? That is a comtender for "Mis-heard lyrics of the year"....
• Patrice from Errora, OkThe title "Add a less-than president" refers to Grohl's contempt for Bill Clinton.
• Simon from Chattanooga , Tnthis has one of the greatest, and yet the most simple, bass lines in punk rock music. guitar hero2 was genius to feature this song.
• Billy from A Place, Algreat song. featured on guitar hero 2

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