Status

Nirvana Song

Song Author

Kurt Cobain

Writing Period

1988

Recording Session(s)

1987/1988 Cobain Residence, Olympia, WA

Notes

It's possible that this song was re-recorded in 1994, but it hasn't been confirmed.


(Thanks to DN members olaf2022 and It Burns When I Pee for their lyric interpretation.)

Availability

Releases in the Bootography

Alternate/Working Titles

None Documented

Common Mislabels

Clean It Up Before She Comes

Dusty Town

Mislabels in the Bootography

Clean Up

Lyrics

1988 version

Clean up before she comes (x4)
Living in a dusty dump (x2)

(There's) something in her eyes, seems to be the smoke from my lungs
(There's) something in her eyes, must be the smoke from my.. lung

I must be getting old (I must be getting older)
I must be getting old (I'm starting to eat my vegetables)
I must be getting old (I must be getting older)
Is it the thing to you(?) (I'm starting to eat my vegetables)

Is it.. in her eyes, seems to be the smoke from my lungs
(There's) something in her eyes, must be the smoke from my.. lungs

Clean up the dusty dump
Living in a dusty dump (x3)
Clean up before she comes (x3)
Living in a dusty dump

(There's) something in her eyes, must be the smoke from my lungs
(There's) something in her eyes, must be the smoke from my.. lung

I must be getting old (I must be getting older)
I must be getting old (I'm starting to eat my vegetables)
I must be getting old (I'm starting to getting older)
I must be getting old (I'm starting to eat my vegetables)
I must be getting old (I must be getting older)
I must be getting old (I'm starting to eat my vegetables)
I must be getting old (I must be getting older)
I must be getting old (I'm starting to eat my vegetables)
I must be getting old (I must be getting older)
I must be getting old (I'm starting to eat my vegetables)
I must be getting old (I must be getting older)
I must be getting old (I'm starting to eat my vegetables)
I must be getting old (I must be getting older)
I'm starting to eat my vegetables