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Artist: Pearl Jam
Canonical path: /pearl-jam/yellow-ledbetter
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Yellow Ledbetter
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Yellow Ledbetter
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Unsealed on a porch, a letter sat
Then you said: I wanna leave it again
Once I saw her on a beach of weathered sand
And on the sand
I wanna leave it again, yeah
On a weekend
I wanna wish it all away, yeah
And they called, and I said
That I want what I said
And then I call out again
And the reason oughta'
Leave her calm, I know
I said: I don't know
Whether I'm the boxer or the bag
Ah, yeah, can you see them
Out on the porch?
Yeah, but they don't wave
I see them round the front way, yeah
And I know, and I know
I don't want to stay
Make me cry
I see, oh, I don't know
Why there's something else
I wanna drum it all away
Oh, I said: I don't
I don't know
Whether I'm the boxer or the bag
Ah yeah, can you see them
Out on the porch?
Yeah, but they don't wave
But I see them round the front way, yeah
And I know, and I know
I don't wanna stay at all
I don't wanna stay
I don't wanna stay
I don't wanna stay, I don't
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