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If You Must Lyrics — Nirvana | Dork

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Nirvana
If You Must Lyrics

Lyrics

If You Must

From With the Lights Out2004

Written by Kurt Cobain

Produced by Jack Endino

Lyrics

If You Must

[Verse] I can read, I can write I can breed, proven flight Nurse my greed, crease infold Is it me, or my ego? Write some words, make them rhyme Thesis or storyline Set the mood, something new Is it me, or my attitude? [Chorus] If you want to put off An image, the extremes The extremes, act it out Practicing, perfecting Pressuring onto me Onto me, onto me [Post-Chorus] I will wait in a phylum To explain your asylum I am tired analyzing We've compare all our sizings You must [Bridge] I speak To hear My voice [Verse] I can read, I can write I can breed, proven flight Nurse my greed, crease infold Is it me, or my ego? Write some words, make them rhyme Thesis or storyline Set the mood, something new Is it me, or my attitude? [Chorus] If you want to put off An image, the extremes The extremes, act it out Practicing, perfecting Pressuring onto me Onto me, onto me Onto me, onto me Onto me, onto me

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About this track

"If You Must" is a song by Nirvana from the album With the Lights Out, released in 2004. The song was written by Kurt Cobain. It was produced by Jack Endino.

Nirvana profile →With the Lights Out album →Track profile →

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Krist Novoselic— 264 credits as songwriter →
Dale Crover— 259 credits as songwriter & producer →
Kurt Cobain— 788 credits as songwriter & producer →
Jack Endino— 320 credits as songwriter & producer →
Kurt Cobain— 788 credits as songwriter & producer →
Kurt Cobain— 788 credits as songwriter & producer →

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