Up, up, up and down
Turn, turn, turn around
Round, round, round about
And over again

Gun, gun, son of a gun
You are the only one
Makes any difference to what I say

The sun shines in the bedroom
When we play
The raining always starts
When you go away

The sun shines in the bedroom
When we play
The raining always starts
When you go away

Up, up, up and down
Turn, turn, turn around
Round, round, round about
And over again

Gun, gun, son of a gun
You are the only one
Makes any difference to what I say

The sun shines in the bedroom
When we play
The raining always starts
When you go away

The sun shines in the bedroom
When we play
The raining always starts
When you go away

Up, up, up and down
Turn, turn, turn around
Round, round, round about
And over again

Gun, gun, son of a gun
You are the only one
Makes any difference to what I say

The sun shines in the bedroom
When we play
The raining always starts
When you go away

The sun shines in the bedroom
When we play
The raining always starts
When you go away

The sun shines in the bedroom
When we play
The raining always starts
When you go away

The sun shines in the bedroom
When we play
The raining always starts
When you go away


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Son Of A Gun Lyrics as written by Ricardo Ducent Orville Burrell

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    FRANCES IS NAMED AFTER FRANCES MCKEE!! AND TO PROVE IT, HERE IS A QUOTE FROM MICHAEL AZERRAD'S BIO OF NIRVANA CALLED COME AS YOU ARE...."IF IT WAS A BOY THEY WERE GOING TO NAME IT EUGENE, AFTER EUGENE KELLY OF THE VASELINES. WHEN THEY FOUND OUT IT WAS A GIRL THEY THOUGHT OF EUGENES PARTNER IN THE VASELINES, FRANCES MCKEE. AT THE TIME THEY WEREN'T THINKING OF FRANCES FARMER, THE HOLLYWOOD ACTRICEWHO WAS HOUNDED INTO INSANITY IN THE 50'S, BUT KURT NOW WISHES THAT WAS THE REASON" THIS IS NOT THE EXACT QUOTE BUT IT GETS THE POINT ACROSS, STRAIGHT FROM KURTS MOUTH (PAGE 270)... LONG STORY SHORT , TRANSPARENTSUNCHILD, YOU ARE THE DUMBASS,

    AND YES I AGREE, WE SHOULD ALL COOL IT, SO IF YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT, DONT SAY THAT YOU DO, READ SOME BOOKS, MAN I HATE PEOPLE THAT DONT KNOW SHIT ABOUT NIRVANA AND CLAIM TO BE FANS

    P.S. this cover rules, kurt claims that this song meant "so much to him", it probably got him through some hard times, its a graet song, graet cover, and we should all respect that

    bohdaon April 08, 2005   Link

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