Staff Blog
Pearl Jam Week: The Real Lyrics To Yellow Ledbetter
Monday, June 16th, 2008 at 11:01 am
posted by Marc Steel
Here we go Philly Jamily: It's Pearl Jam week. Thursday and Friday marks a two-night run in Camden, and I for one have been looking forward to it for weeks. (Thank you, Bonnaroo, for getting them on the road this summer.)
I could break down the Wikipedia page for this song, mentioning things like the beginning's invocation of Jimi Hendrix's"Little Wing," how it was the B-side of "Jeremy" or the fact it was in the last episode of Friends. (I guess I just did.)
And I could get into the whole "there are no real lyrics to this song and it's different every time Eddie and the Pearl Jams play it live" thing.
But I present to you here, as a kick-off to Pearl Jam week, the true lyrics of "Yellow Ledbetter."
Make me fries.
@ Karaoke at McGuillan’s: Invariably “Yellow Ledbetter” would get the best ovation of the night because the crowd finally knew what the song’s lyrics were supposed to be