Listen to Monkey Wrench by Foo Fighters

Monkey Wrench

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Dave Grohl

Drums

Pat Smear

Guitar

Nate Mendel

Bass

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Dave Grohl

Songwriter

Nate Mendel

Songwriter

Pat Smear

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Gil Norton

Producer

Bradley Cook

Recording Engineer

Ryan Boesch

Assistant Recording Engineer

Todd Burke

Assistant Recording Engineer

Jason Mauza

Assistant Mixing Engineer

Bob Ludwig

Mastering Engineer

Chris Sheldon

Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

What have we done with innocence?

It disappeared with time, it never made much sense

Adolescent resident

Wasting another night on planning my revenge

[PreChorus]

One in ten

One in ten

One in ten

[Chorus]

Don't want to be your monkey wrench

One more indecent accident

I'd rather leave than suffer this

I'll never be your monkey wrench

[Verse 2]

All this time to make amends

What do you do when all your enemies are friends?

Now and then, I'll try to bend

Under pressure, wind up snapping in the end

[PreChorus]

One in ten

One in ten

One in ten

[Chorus]

Don't want to be your monkey wrench

One more indecent accident

I'd rather leave than suffer this

I'll never be your monkey wrench

[Bridge]

Temper

Temper

Temper

[Bridge]

One last thing before I quit

I never wanted any more than I could fit into my head

I still remember every single word you said

And all the shit that somehow came along with it

Still, there's one thing that comforts me

Since I was always caged and now I'm free

[Chorus]

Don't want to be your monkey wrench

One more indecent accident

I'd rather leave than suffer this

I'll never be your monkey wrench

[Outro]

Don't want to be your monkey wrench (Fall in, fall out)

Don't want to be your monkey wrench (Fall in, fall out)

Don't want to be your monkey wrench (Fall in, fall out)

Don't want to be your monkey wrench

Written by: Dave Grohl, Georg Ruthenberg, Nate Mendel

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