Listen to Awful by Hole

Awful

Hole

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Courtney Love

Lead Vocals

Deen Castronovo

Deen Castronovo

Drums

Eric Erlandson

Lead Guitar

Melissa Auf der Maur

Melissa Auf der Maur

Background Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Eric Erlandson

Composer

Melissa Auf Dermauer

Melissa Auf Dermauer

Composer

Patty Schemel

Composer

Melissa Auf der Maur

Melissa Auf der Maur

Composer

Courtney Love

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Michael Beinhorn

Michael Beinhorn

Producer

Tom Lord-Alge

Mixing Engineer

Eric Erlandson

Additional Producer

John Nelson

Assistant Recording Engineer

Paul Northfield

Paul Northfield

Recording Engineer

Ted Jensen

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Swing low

Sweet cherry, make it awful

It's your life

It's your party, it's so awful

Let's start a fire

Let's start a riot, yeah, it's awful

It was punk

Yeah, it was perfect, now it's awful

[Chorus]

They know how to break all the girls like you

And they rob the souls of the girls like you

And they break the hearts of girls

[Verse 2]

Swing low

Cherry, cherry, yeah, it's awful

He's drunk

He tastes like candy, he's so beautiful

He's so deep

Like dirty water, God, he's awful

You're lost

Oh, where's your daddy? It's so awful

[Chorus]

And they royalty-rate all the girls like you

And they sell it out to the girls like you

To incorporate little girls

[Bridge]

Hey, run away with the light

Run away, it's divine

Let's run away, yeah, tonight

And we'll steal the light of the world

[Verse 3]

Swing low

Sweet cherry, yeah, it's awful

You're ripe

For the picking, it's so awful

You've got your youth

Don't waste your money, yeah, its awful

I was punk

Now I'm just stupid, I'm so awful

[Interlude]

Oh, just shut up, you're only sixteen

Oh, just shut up, you're only sixteen

[Verse 4]

If the world is so wrong

Yeah, you can break them all with one song

If the world is so wrong

Yeah, you can take it all with one song

[Outro]

Swing low

Sweet cherry, make it awful

They bought it all

Just build a new one, make it beautiful, yeah

Written by: Courtney Love, Eric Erlandson, Melissa Auf Dermauer, Melissa Auf der Maur, Patty Schemel