PORCH

what the fuck is this world running to?
you didn't leave a message
at least i could have
heard your voice one last time.
daily minefield
this could be my time
how 'bout you?
would you hit me?
would you hit me?
all the bills go by
and initiatives are taken up
by the middle
there ain't gonna be any middle any more
and the cross i'm bearing home
ain't indicative of my place
left the porch
left the porch
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
walk beside me
i just need to say...
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
what can i take? (?)
i just want to be
i know that i would not ever touch you
hold you
feel you
ever hold
never again

LAST KISS

Oh where oh where can my baby be
The lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven so I got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world
We were out on a date in my daddy's car
We hadn't driven very far
There in the road strait up there
A car was stalled the engine was dead
I couldn't stop so I swerved to the right
I'll never forget the sound that night
The screaming tires the busting glass
The painful scream that I heard last
Oh where oh where can my baby be
The lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven so I got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world
When I woke up the rain was pouring down
There were people standing all around
Something warm flowing through my eyes
But somehow I found my baby that night
I lifted her head she looked at me and said
Hold me darling just a little while
I held her close I kissed her our last kiss
I found the love that I knew I had missed
Well now she's gone even though I hold her tight
I lost my love my life that night
Oh where oh where can my baby be
The lord took her away from me
She's gone to heaven so I got to be good
So I can see my baby when I leave this world
Woh (x4)
Ohh (x4)

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 know what I wear not 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 want to stay.
Make me cry...

I see... Ooh 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 wheather I was 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. Yeah.
I don't wanna stay. (x2)
I don't... Don't wanna, oh... Yeah. Ooh... Ohh...

Eddie Vedder est le chanteur du groupe grunge Pearl Jam depuis sa création en 1991.

Né Edward Louis Severson III le 23 décembre 1964 à Chicago, Illinois, USA, il a été marié à deux reprises, avec Beth Liebling dont il a divorcé en septembre 2000 puis avec Jill McCormick, qui est également la mère de sa fille Olivia.

Eddie Vedder est généralement le parolier des chansons de Pearl Jam dans lesquelles il a régulièrement affiché ses positions politiques (Glorifed G, Bushleaguer...) ou décrit certains de ses tourments interieurs. Parmi ses influences musicales, on peut trouver The Doors, The Who, Neil Young et Bob Dylan. La voix de Vedder est caractérisée par la chaleur humaine qu'elle dégage et peut être rapprochée parfois à celle de Micheal Stipe du groupe R.E.M. ou même de Jim Morrison.

Vedder est notoirement timide lors des ses apparitions publiques. Il a cependant montré de façon répétée un fort engagement politique. Ses prises de position, à gauche et humaniste, l'ont amené à soutenir la candidature de Ralph Nader en 2000 et de John Kerry en 2004. Pearl Jam a fait partie de la tournée Vote for Change organisée par Bruce Springsteen contre la réélection de George W. Bush.