Floyd the Barber Lyrics

Lyric discussion by pentalarc 

Cover art for Floyd the Barber lyrics by Nirvana

Actually the line goes "I was shamed / I was shaved / I was shamed" so you're both right. Actually I may have that a little backwards. It might be shaved/shamed/shaved.

Anyway, you're pretty much right. . one of his punkier ideas, a small town gone bad, references to the ANdy Griffith show, which he thought was hte most hyprocritical, absurd show ever, especially when he compared it to his hometown of Aberdeen. THus the bizarre nightmarish mix of a character being raped and slaughtered by the cast of the Andy Griffith show.