Lyrics of
My My Hey Hey

Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) is a song by Neil Young, part of a duality with two songs, My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue) and Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black). They both discuss the importance of rocknroll. The phrase its better to burn out than to fade away became famously associated with Nirvanas frontman Kurt Cobain after quoting it in his suicide note. The song reflects Neil Youngs view on the essence of rock and roll and the inevitability o ... f change and decline within the music industry. See more [+]

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 My My, hey hey
 Rock and roll is here to stay
 It's better to burn out
 Than to fade away
 My My, hey hey
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 It's out of the blue and into the black
 They give you this but you pay for that
 And once you're gone you can never come back
 When you're out of the blue
 And into the black
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 The king is gone but he's not forgotten
 This is the story of a Johnny Rotten
 It's better to burn out than it is to rust
 The king is gone but he's not forgotten
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 Hey Hey, my my
 Rock and roll can never die
 There's more to the picture
 Than meets the eye
 Hey Hey, my my
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