Polly

Polly wants a cracker

I think I should get off her first

I think she wants some water

To put out the blow torch

Isn't me, have a seed

Let me clip your dirty wings

Let me take a ride, cut yourself

Want some help, please myself

Got some rope, you have been told

Promise you, I have been true

Let me take a ride, cut yourself

Want some help, please myself

Polly wants a cracker

Maybe she would like some food

She asked me to untie her

A chase would be nice for a few

Polly said

Polly says her back hurts

She's just as bored as me

She caught me off my guard

Amazes me the will of instinct

This song is about the actual kidnapping of a 14 year old girl. In 1987, she was returning from a concert in Tacoma, Washington when she was abducted by a man named Gerald Friend. He took her back to his mobile home and raped her. The girl, whose name was not released, was tortured with a whip, a razor, and a blowtorch. She managed to escape when Friend took her for a ride and stopped for gas. He was arrested and sent to jail.

Nirvana played some benefits to help rape victims, including the “Rock Against Rape” concert in 1993, which raised money for a women’s self-defense organization.