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Artist: Hole
Track: Awful

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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 have a riot! Yeah it's awful
It was punk
Yeah it was perfect now it's awful
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 the girls
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
And they royalty rate all the girls like you
And they sell it out to the girls like you
To incorporate little girls
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
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 it's awful
I was punk!
Now I'm just stupid!
I'm so awful
Oh, just shut up you're only 16
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
Swing low sweet cherry
Make it awful
They bought it all, just build a new one,
Make it beautiful yeah
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Genius Lyrics
Hole – Awful
[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
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Genius Q&A
Q:Who wrote “Awful” by Hole?
“Awful” by Hole was written by Courtney Love, Melissa Auf der Maur, Eric Erlandson & Patty Schemel.
Q:When did Hole release “Awful”?
Hole released “Awful” on September 8, 1998.
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