Even In His Youth

Album: With The Lights Out (1991)
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  • Even in his youth
    Even in his youth
    Even in his youth
    He was nothing
    Kept his body clean
    Kept his body clean
    Kept his body clean
    Going nowhere
    Daddy was ashamed
    Daddy was ashamed
    Daddy was ashamed
    He was something
    Disgrace the family name
    Disgrace the family name
    Family name
    He was something

    He was born for your crew
    I've got nothing left to prove
    If I die before I wake
    Hope I don't come back a slave

    Even in his youth
    Even in his youth
    Even in his youth
    He was nothing
    Kept his body clean
    Kept his body clean
    Kept his body clean
    Going nowhere
    Daddy was ashamed
    Daddy was ashamed
    He was the same, he was nothing
    Disgrace the family name
    Disgrace the family name
    Family name
    Going nowhere

    Leave this one, for your brew
    I've got nothing left to prove
    If I die before I wake
    Hope I don't come back a slave
    Ayy, yeah

    Leave this one, for your brew
    I've got nothing left to prove
    If I die before I wake
    Hope I don't come back again
    I'm dying

    Even in his youth
    Even in his youth
    Yeah, yeah
    Even in his youth
    Even in his youth
    Yeah, yeah
    Even in his youth
    Yeah, yeah
    Even in his youth
    Yeah, yeah
    Yeah, yeah
    Yeah, yeah
    Yeah, yeah
    Yeah, yeah Writer/s: Kurt Cobain
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management
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Comments: 5

  • Imnoegg from ChicagoThis is my absolute favorite nirvana song. I love every single song he ever made and have been a diehard fan since I was 12 (43 now) but this song has always hit me hard
  • Bogdan from Bucarest, RomaniaTo me this song and Sappy are Nirvana's most sad songs.I mean youth is regarded as your prime, the time where everything is wonderful, beautiful, sun is shining and all that.

    So what can we say about a guy that felt like nothing when he was young ?

    As the song says,even if your youth isn't the best time you've ever had then what do you have left ?
  • Bert from Pueblo, Nmisn't this dave grohl's riff? i've heard that somewhere
  • Rushan from Colombo, OtherExcellent rare song with so much energy
  • Truth from Mississauga, Canadai think this is one of the saddest songs he wrote.
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