Hey, hey, my, my
Rock n' roll will never die
Just hang your hair down in your eyes
You'll make a million dollars
Well, I was in this band going nowhere fast
We sent out demos but everybody passed
So one day we finally took the plunge
Moved out to Seattle to play some grunge
Washington state that is
Space needle, Eddie Vedder
Mudhoney
Now to fit in fast we wear flannel shirts
We turn our amps up until it hurts
We've got bad attitudes and what's more
When we play we stare straight down at the floor
Woweee! Pretty scary
How pensive
How totally alternative
Now to fit in on the Seattle scene
You've got to do something they ain't never seen
So thinking up a gimmick one day
We decided to be the only band that wouldn't play a note
Under any circumstances
Silence
Music's original alternative
Roots grunge
We spread the word through the underground
That we were the hottest new thing in town
The record guy came out to see us one day
And just like always we didn't play
It knocked him out
He said he loved our work
He said he loved our work but he wasn't sure if he could
Sell a record with nothing on it
I said tell 'em we're from Seattle
He advanced us two and half million dollars
Hey, hey, my, my
Rock n' roll will never die
Hang your hair down in your eyes
You'll make a million dollars
Well they made us do a video but that wasn't tough
'Cause we just filmed ourselves smashing stuff
It's kind of weird 'cause there was no music
But MTV said they'd love to use it
The kids went wild, the kids went nuts
Rolling Stone gave us a five star review
Said we played with guts
We were scoring chicks, taking drugs
Then we got asked to play MTV Unplugged
You should have seen it
We went right out there and refused to do acoustical versions
Of the electrical songs that we had refused to record in the first place
Then we smashed our shit
Well we blew 'em away at the Grammys show
By refusing to play and refusing to go
And then just when we thought fame would last forever
Along come this band that wasn't even together
Now that's alternative
Now that's alternative to alternative
I feel stupid
And contagious
Well our band got dropped and that ain't funny
'Cause we're all hooked on drugs but we're outta money
So the other day I called up the band
I said boys I've taken all I can
Shave off your goatees, pack the van
We're going back to Athens