Right Turn Lyrics

[Verse 1: Jerry Cantrell]
Inside, always trying to get back inside
But it's so hard to penetrate pig-thick skin


[Verse 2: Chris Cornell]
I'm 'bout as low as I can get
I'd leave, but I can't forget
Still, I wonder why it ain't right
Mmm, it ain't right, ooh, ain't right
Mmm, it ain't right, yeah

[Verse 3: Layne Staley]
'Bout as low as she can get
She'll leave me, but she won't forget
And she wonders why she ain't right
She ain't right, ain't right
She ain't right

[Bridge: Mark Arm]
Now we're as low as we can get
Can't leave and can't forget
We ain't right, we ain't right, not right
We ain't right

[Outro: All]
Well, it's hard to believe that somebody tricked you (It ain't right)
When you can see you were only high (It ain't right)
It's all up to you, so you gamble (It ain't right)
Flat on your face and into the fire (It ain't right)

Well, it's hard to believe that somebody tricked you (It ain't right)
When you can see you were only high (It ain't right)
It's all up to you, so you gamble (It ain't right)
Flat on your face and into the fire (It ain't right)

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Genius Annotation

The artist of “Right Turn” is unofficially listed as ‘Alice Mudgarden’ due to Chris Cornell from Soundgarden and Mark Arm from Mudhoney making cameos.

This song appears to be about a male and female character who were in a relationship but broke up. It has left both of them in emotional pain. The male character is the first to be hurt by the breakup, then he finds out the woman has also been hurt. They both wonder why exactly the relationship/chemistry between them didn’t work out.

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Credits
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Percussion
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Recorded At
London Bridge Studio, Seattle, Washington
Release Date
February 4, 1992
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