Yellow Ledbetter
Pearl JamVersione cantata a Camden, NJ nel 2003 | |
YELLOW LEDBETTER 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’ [I don't know whether my brother will be coming home in a box or a bag] (Live at the Garden) [And my brother...they sent him off to fight for the flag, I just, I don't hope he comes home in a box or a bag"] 7/11/03 - Mansfield, Massachusetts Ah yeah ehh.... Can you see them Out on the porch But they don’t wave I see them round the front way yeah And I know I don’t want to stay... Make me cry... Ooooh I see I don’t know there’s something else I wanna drum it all away Oh I said I don’t, I don’t know whether I’m a boxer or the bag Ah yeah ehh.... Can you see them Out on the porch But they don’t wave I see them round the front way yeah And I know I don’t want to stay I don’t wanna stay Don’t Don’t wanna Oh... yeah... oooh... | YELLOW LEDBETTER ...on the front side, letter said Something that I don't wanna think of in my head... And I try not to dream of him every night, but I still hear him And that's all that I can think of. The letter that was in my hand that said my brother's coming home in a box or a bag. Yeah, when I see them I'd like to wish it all away yeah And I tried and a phoned and I coulda left a message Can't get through to Afghanistan Want to see him I knew him like a friend My brother's coming home in a box or a bag |