Jim Adams is the host for Song Lyric Sunday. This week’s theme is Grunge.

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We should be in Seattle in the mid-eighties, where a new style of music is about to kick off, ushering in songs with raw vocals and distorted electric guitar. And angst, lots of angst.

Unfortunately, most of that scene passed me by. So, when I saw the prompt, I thought of Nirvana and the Spin Doctors. Oops, got half of that wrong.

In my defence, these groups were contemporaries and wore the same style of grungey clothes. But I never registered the fact they came from different time zones and had different musical classifications.

And I am going to wallow in my ignorance and inflict the Spin Doctors on you all. Here they are with their 1992 hit about marrying for love and not wealth, Two Princes.

One, two princes kneel before you, that what I said now
Princes, princes who adore you, just go ahead now
One has diamonds in his pockets, that’s some bread, now
This one said he wants to buy you rockets, ain’t in his head, now

This one he got a princely racket, that’s what I said now
Got some big seal upon his jacket, ain’t in his head now
You marry him, your father will condone you, how ’bout that now
You marry me, your father will disown you, he’ll eat his hat, now

Marry him or marry me, I’m the one that loved you baby can’t you see?
Ain’t got no future or family tree, but I know what a prince and lover ought to be
I know what a prince and lover ought to be

Said if you want to call me baby, just go ahead now
And if you like to tell me maybe, just go ahead now
And if you wanted to buy me flowers, just go ahead now
And if you like to talk for hours, just go ahead now

Said one, two princes kneel before you, that what I said now
Princes, princes who adore you, just go ahead now
One has diamonds in his pockets, and that’s some bread, now
This one he wants to buy you rockets, ain’t in his head, now

Marry him or marry me, I’m the one that loved you baby can’t you see?
Ain’t got no future or family tree, but I know what a prince and lover ought to be
I know what a prince and lover ought to be

Said if you want to call me baby, just go ahead now
And if you like to tell me maybe, just go ahead now
And if you wanted to buy me flowers, just go ahead now
And if you like to talk for hours, just go ahead now

And if you want to call me baby, just go ahead now
And if you like to tell me maybe, just go ahead now
And if you like to buy me flowers, just go ahead now
And if you like to talk for hours, just go ahead now

If you want to call me baby, just go ahead now
And if you like to tell me maybe, just go ahead now
If you want to buy me flowers, just go ahead now
And if you like to talk for hours, just go ahead now

Oh Baby!, Just go ahead now
Oooh!, Just just go ahead now
Oooh, your majesty!, Just go ahead now
Come on forget the King who… marry me! (just go ahead now)

Songwriters: Aaron Comess, Eric Schenkman, Chris Barron & Mark White
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