its amazing how far music can come.. 24 years after it released and its one of the most heartfelt songs ive heard
I got a picture of a photograph
Of a wedding in a shell
It's just a burning ancient memory
I never kiss and tell
So turn it up and burn it
There's a hole in your head
There's a hole in your head
Where the birds can't sing along
Does anybody know
How the story really goes?
How the story really goes?
Or do we all just hum along?
Sell your soul and sign an autograph
Big bang baby, it's a crash, crash, crash
I wanna cry but I gotta laugh
Orange crush mama is a laugh, laugh, laugh
Spin me up, spin me, spin me out
Station to station, send me up and out
Is this what life and love is all about?
I think, I think so
We used to see in color
Now it's only black and white
Yeah, it's only black and white
'Cause the world is color blind
Does anybody know
How the story really goes?
How the story really goes?
Or do we all just hum along?
Sell your soul and sign an autograph
Big bang baby, it's a crash, crash, crash
I wanna cry but I gotta laugh
Orange crush mama is a laugh, laugh, laugh
Nothing's for free
Nothing's for free
Take it away boys
Nothing's for free
Nothing's for free
Take it away boys
So turn it up and burn it
There's a hole in your head
There's a hole in your head
Where the birds can't sing along
Does anybody know
How the story really goes?
How the story really goes?
Or do we all just hum along?
Sell your soul and sign an autograph
Big bang baby, it's a crash, crash, crash
I wanna cry but I gotta laugh
Orange crush mama is a laugh, laugh, laugh
Nothing's for free
Nothing's for free
Take it away boys
Nothing's for free
Nothing's for free
Take it away boys
So turn it up and burn it
There's a hole in your head
A hole in your head
Where the birds can't sing along
Does anybody know how the story really goes?
The story really goes?
Or we all just hum along?
Of a wedding in a shell
It's just a burning ancient memory
I never kiss and tell
So turn it up and burn it
There's a hole in your head
There's a hole in your head
Where the birds can't sing along
Does anybody know
How the story really goes?
How the story really goes?
Or do we all just hum along?
Sell your soul and sign an autograph
Big bang baby, it's a crash, crash, crash
I wanna cry but I gotta laugh
Orange crush mama is a laugh, laugh, laugh
Spin me up, spin me, spin me out
Station to station, send me up and out
Is this what life and love is all about?
I think, I think so
We used to see in color
Now it's only black and white
Yeah, it's only black and white
'Cause the world is color blind
Does anybody know
How the story really goes?
How the story really goes?
Or do we all just hum along?
Sell your soul and sign an autograph
Big bang baby, it's a crash, crash, crash
I wanna cry but I gotta laugh
Orange crush mama is a laugh, laugh, laugh
Nothing's for free
Nothing's for free
Take it away boys
Nothing's for free
Nothing's for free
Take it away boys
So turn it up and burn it
There's a hole in your head
There's a hole in your head
Where the birds can't sing along
Does anybody know
How the story really goes?
How the story really goes?
Or do we all just hum along?
Sell your soul and sign an autograph
Big bang baby, it's a crash, crash, crash
I wanna cry but I gotta laugh
Orange crush mama is a laugh, laugh, laugh
Nothing's for free
Nothing's for free
Take it away boys
Nothing's for free
Nothing's for free
Take it away boys
So turn it up and burn it
There's a hole in your head
A hole in your head
Where the birds can't sing along
Does anybody know how the story really goes?
The story really goes?
Or we all just hum along?
Lyrics submitted by ChrissyTina
Big Bang Baby Lyrics as written by Robert Emile Deleo Dean Deleo
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Man! I just heard this song again today and finally realized exactly what it’s about (at lease according to my own interpretation and perspective). It’s about a guy who had a period in his life when we was younger. That period was a total haze, maybe due to drug usage or just fast living-anyway, now he’s a big shot and everyone wants to hear his story so-(and this is my favorite part)-he just makes it up!
hahah dude its true scott used to bullshit with the media all the time for his own amusement