About a Girl

Songwriter: Kurt Cobain
Album: Bleach (1989)

Seeing the title, you'd think the song has a self-explanatory meaning and, while it kinda does, there's more to it than just being 'about a girl'. Kurt Cobain actually wrote this song for his then-girlfriend, Tracy Marander. She was pushing him to write a song about her because he can write songs about anything but her and that's how it was made. But look at the lyrics:

I need an easy friend
I do, with an ear to lend
I don't think you fit this shoe
I do, won't you have a clue

I'll take advantage while
You hang me out to dry
But I can't see you every night
Free

I'm standing in your line
I do hope you have the time
I do pick a number too
I do keep a date with you

I'll take advantage while
You hang me out to dry
But I can't see you every night
Free

I need an easy friend
I do whip her in to land
I do think you fit this shoe
I do won't you have a clue

I'll take advantage while
You hang me out to dry
But I can't see you every night
No I can't see you every night
Free
I do
I do
I do
I do

He says he can't see her for free, he means that he's literally paying for the relationship. At the time, she was saying that Kurt should find a better paid job than music and it's said that her greed ruined the relationship.
Kurt thought about not putting the song on the album Bleach because it sounds too pop, but the producer convinced him to. He wrote the song after listening to the Beatles' album Meet the Beatles! a few times.

Audio:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WedEkDQltA
MTV Unplugged official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhcttcXcRYY
Live At Reading - official video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YleoyKFfHaY
Live & Loud video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aV7JHSlr23g