Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

We were you in the days of grunge when the music came from pain

We smoked cigarettes at lunch and dressed like Kurt Cobain

Manic depression was in style and so was heroin

My friends and me we had apathy in the good old days of grunge

Verse 2

Davy Brown was a drunken clown who reeked of peppermint schnapps

After class he could be found perusing the pawn shops

He amassed a wide array of bands on cassettes and LPs

Eight track tapes worn out of shape fifty cents a piece

Chorus

Young dumb and full of fun

We starved ourselves and stayed out of the sun

Our heroes were on heroin

In the good old days of grunge

Verse 3

Tim McCoy was a rich boy whose parents had split up

Recently moved to Illinois with his mom in the country club

He wore bright new tennis shoes but we didn't envy him at all

Sure his guitars were better than ours but his flannels came from the mall

Verse 4

Tina Rash is pure white trash boyfriend's name was Sam

He dropped out two years before and he drove a black Trans-Am

His long hair half covered up a faded Anthrax shirt

He kept it short in the front before mullet was even a word

Bridge

Students of drama smoked marijuana before putting the plays on

We didn't do “Our Town” or “Oklahoma” instead “Tommy” and “Miss Saigon”

We had a cool instructor we all wanted to fuck her but then she had to leave

She got caught smoking pot with us at a cast party

Verse 5

Then I guess we got depressed in April of '94

Some heroes fall some heroes die some ain't heroes no more

Now when I think about my friends I don't know whose dead or alive

Cause I never saw no one at all since May of '95