Mayonaise

"Mayonaise" (an intentional misspelling of 'mayonnaise') is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins, first officially released on the 1993 breakthrough album Siamese Dream. It was written by Billy Corgan and James Iha and was recorded from December 1992 to March 1993 at Triclops Sound Studios. According to Corgan, the whistling sound heard in "Mayonaise" came from a cheap guitar he bought, which, whenever he stopped playing it, created the whistling sound. This sound was then incorporated into the song. Corgan supposedly got the title for the song after he looked "in his refrigerator".

[Instrumental Intro] [Verse 1] Fool enough to almost be it Cool enough to not quite see it Doomed Pick your pocket, full of sorrow And run away with me tomorrow June [Bridge] We'll try and ease the pain But somehow, we'll feel the same Well, no one knows Where our secrets go [Verse 2] I send a heart to all my dearies When your life is so, so dreary Dream I'm rumored to the straight and narrow While the harlots of my perils Scream [Chorus 1] And I fail But when I can, I will Try to understand That when I can, I will [Guitar Solo] [Verse 3] Mother, weep the years I'm missing All our time can't be given Back Shut my mouth and strike the demons That cursed you and your reasons Out of hand and out of season Out of love and out of feeling [Chorus 2] So bad When I can, I will Words defy the plans When I can, I will [Verse 4] Fool enough to almost be it And cool enough to not quite see it And old enough to always feel this Always old, I'll always feel this No more promise, no more sorrow No longer will I follow Can anybody hear me? I just want to be me [Chorus 1] And when I can, I will Try to understand That when I can, I will