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And I will awake
Your highness - I'm so high I cannot walk
And I will awake
You cripple, you take away my time, my peace, my empathy
No babies sleep on atrophy
Your unborn love and fetal's dress
My bitter candy fated less caress
Go for credit in the straight world
Look a dealer in the eye
Go for credit in the real world, won't you try
I got some credit in the straight world
I lost a leg, I lost an eye
Go for credit in the real world you will die
It's the credit in the straight world
Leave your money when you die
Lots of credit in the straight world gets you high
I got some credit in the straight world
I lost a leg, I lost an eye
Go for credit in the real world, you will die

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Track duration: 03:11

"Credit in the Straight World" as written by Stuart Moxham

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    General Comment:@NeverXMind what do you mean you THINK she wrote it-it's a FACT that this is a cover??
    Flag supervixenPgrrlon August 26, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:It's a cover, Young Marble Giants originally wrote this song.
    youtube.com/…
    Flag rlreidon March 07, 2012   Link
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    General Comment:The lyrics are wrong. At the end when it says "Leave your money when you die
    Lots of credit in the straight world gets you high" it's suppose to be "real world gets you high" and some other stuff throughout the song is wrong too.

    Amazing song btw haha so fucking badass
    Flag Alittudeon January 06, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:No, I think Courtney wrote this song. But even if she didn't, who cares? This song is amazing. I think it's my favorite off of the album.
    Flag NeverXMindon September 29, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:I am sure that Courtny didn't write this about anything in her life. This song was wrote by Stuart Moxham. Look it up.
    Flag kingsatyron July 07, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:The song is partially about drugs: straight world=no drugs, real world=drugs. "Go for credit in the straight world / Look a dealer in the eye" Means a person can say apply for a credit card at a bank with confidence, etc. "Go for credit in the real world, won't you try?" Means it is impossible for a drug addict to have the same confidence / attitude when asking a dope dealer for drugs on credit. Can't be done.
    Flag jrl187on October 25, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:How disgusting that a man (Courtney had a sex change, there is viable proof) claimed to be married to this icon, after they (the COG cult) murdered him in 1990. Geffen (and his boyfriend Pitt, who was snogging Love too) helped "it" steal Cobain's songs and record them with her group. It is a mockery of talent and goodness. Courtney Love, your life is in ruins and soon you will be dead. As will everyone involved in the sacrafice of Kurt Cobain.


    I AGREE WITH YOU "emeraldsforeyes"
    Flag dark_eyez_666on February 05, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:this part 'And I will awake
    Your highness- I'm so high I cannot walk
    And I will awake
    You cripple, you take away my time, my peace, my empathy
    No babies sleep on atrophy
    or unborn love and fetal stress
    hard bitter candy legless caress
    Is about Frances Bean,,being a neglectful mother or feeling like one due to a drug problem.
    Flag JanuaryGirl25on July 13, 2006   Link
  • -3
    General Comment:How disgusting that a man (Courtney had a sex change, there is viable proof) claimed to be married to this icon, after they (the COG cult) murdered him in 1990. Geffen (and his boyfriend Pitt, who was snogging Love too) helped "it" steal Cobain's songs and record them with her group. It is a mockery of talent and goodness. Courtney Love, your life is in ruins and soon you will be dead. As will everyone involved in the sacrafice of Kurt Cobain.
    Flag emeraldsforeyeson September 12, 2005   Link
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    General Comment:this song is really just a cover by young marble giants and the lyrics are changed a bit so its harder to interperate... it's about money, and the straight world is the outside world and the real world is your world. it's about how hard it is to get money from the outside world and the only way to earn money instantly is by taking it from somebody who died, or being born in to it. it's also comparing money to drugs (look a dealer in the eye/gets you high)
    Flag nams2saon April 06, 2005   Link

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