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Pay to Play Lyrics

Monkey see, monkey do
I don't know why I
Walk around, follow you
I don't know why I
Throw it out, keep it in
I don't know why I
Have to have poison skin
I don't know why I

Pay
Pay to play

Walk an inch, take a mile
I don't know why I
Never fade, never smiled
I don't know why I
Never mind, eat and run
I don't know why I
Fuck your ass, for the fun
I don't know why I
Pay
Pay to play

I don't know why I
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i agree with the trend thing but actually, i think the "pay to play" reference is to places that actually charged bands to play there.

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this is actually the demo version of stay away , right?

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yes it is.....

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i think stay away is a better name for the song... so yeah. cool song tho

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its the same song, just changed around so it'd be better on nevermind as stay away. Stay away definetely sounds better cause it's revised and more crisp and cleaned up.

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This song is so much better than Stay away, SO MUCH

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i like stay away because it's catchy but the drums at the start are awesome!!!!! also, ely_nirvana is right, the line fuck your ass for the fun is better than any line in stay away, though this is lacking the line "i'd rather be dead than cool", one of my personal favourites. yes, it has roughly the same meaning as stay away, non-conformity.

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He had his first job to sell something with a catch phrase imbedded into his song.

He made fun of it and tried to communicate the essence of the sickness of it.

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When I listen to this I laways think that the "Pay to play" bit sounds like South Parks mickey take of Jonas Brothers in "The Ring" episode singing "BAY-BAY". lol Excellent song though and a great example of what I love about Nirvana.

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I'm pretty sure Nirvana has a song called Pay to Play that ISN'T an earlier version of stay away. Shouldn't the lyrics to that be posted here?