Nirvana - If You Must [Lyrics]

Songwriter: Kurt Cobain Writing Period: 1988 Recording Session: 23/01/88, Reciprocal Recordings, Seattle, WA Common Mislabels: The Extreme - I Can’t Live - Token Middle Eastern Song - Token Eastern Song - Happy Hour - Happy Tour - I Can Live - Pen Cop Chew Take 2 - Unknown Kurt really hated this song, which is probably why it wasn’t released. It seems that there have been some confusion between this song and Token Eastern Song. In a letter to Dale Crover, published in Kurt Cobain’s Journals, Kurt elaborates on why he hates ’If You Must’: “The first song on the demo is no longer played it is sickening and dumb. Destroy it, it is evil. In the likes of Whitesnake and bon jovi.“ - Journals, page 2 The studio session from which this live track is extracted was circulating amongst traders prior to the release of the boxset. from Disc 1 of “With the Lights Out“ Lyrics I can read, I can write I can breed, proven plig