[DownInFlames]

Sloan was in the Geffen records office at the height of Nirvana's fame and saw the stacks of fan mail for them. They wrote the song "PenPals" with lyrics pulled from the letters from fans around the world, who often wrote in broken English.



Lyrics:

Spoiler!

I write you from a far country
North of Africa
It is Algeria
And my city is Oran

I know you'll find this letter strange
That is because I am strange

My first name is Amal
And I'm a girl, I'm a girl, la la la
My first name is Amal
And I'm a girl, I'm a girl, la la la
My first name is Amal and I'm a girl

I am a Norwegian boy
Which have some question
I am only 13 years
And I am crazy of you

Can I have a souvenir?
And if you can, a wick of hair?
Send me documents
And a photo of you alone

Here's my photo dédicace
One of you would be canon
I worship all your handsome words
To me you seem giant