Nirvana - Token Eastern Song [Lyrics] video free download

Songwriter: Kurt Cobain

Writing Period: 1989

Recording Session: 09/89 Music Source Studios, Seattle, WA

Common Mislabels: Born in a Junkyard - Happy Hour - Happy Tour - Junk Yard - Junkyard - Token Middle Eastern Song

One of the most mysterious songs by Nirvana. Around '96 "Junkyard" and "Token Eastern Song" were thought to be two different songs. "Junkyard" was known trough live performances, but "Token Eastern Song" was unheard and was thought to be an all-instrumental studio song. According to Jack Endino and Chad Channing the two songs are alike, but the lyrics for "Token Eastern Song" were rough and unreleasable since the song was never finished. This was confirmed a few years later as a tape of 1991.01.01 - Seattle Music Source Studios surfaced. The correct title for the song should indeed be "Token Eastern Song".

Also note that the generally accepted chorus for this song is "Hold it in your gut", NOT "Born in a junkyard".

Kurt changed lyrics many times during live performances. "Born In a Junkyard" was a bootleg title likely based on a poor recording as there is no proof that he actually sang that phrase. Even to this day, many people know exactly which song is being described when this title is used because it was widely accepted/used until Chad Channing commented on the "hold it in your gut" lyric.

from Disc 1 of "With the Lights Out"

Lyrics

I'm not gonna make you croon

Something else is something new

I'm not gonna make you dream

Suicide is something mean

I'm not gonna make you gruel

It's something else, it's something new

I'm not gonna make you through

It's something else, it's something new

Hold it in your gut

Hold it in your gut

Hold it in your gut

Hold it in your gut

Hold it in your gut

Hold it in your gut

Hold it in your gut

Hold it in your gut

I'm not gonna make you croon

Something sad, something blue

I'm not gonna make you scream

In this hour, it's something mean

I'm not gonna make it through

Something else, it's something new

I'm not gonna make you dream

In this hour, it's something mean

Hold it in your gut

Hold it in your gut

Hold it in your gut

Hold it in your gut

Hold it in your gut

Hold it in your gut

Hold it in your gut

Hold it in your gut

Hold it in your gut

Hold it in your gut

Hold it in your gut

Hold it in your gut

Hold it in your gut

Hold it in your gut

Hold it in your gut

Hold it in your gut

Gut, gut, gut

Gut, gut, gut, gut

Gut, gut, gut, gut

Gut, gut, gut, gut