Eddie Vedder

Released: January 8, 2002

Songwriter: Paul McCartney John Lennon

[Verse 1]
Here I stand, head in hand
Turn my face to the wall
If she's gone, I can't go on
Feeling two foot small

Everywhere people stare
Each and every day
I can see them laugh at me
And I hear them say

[Chorus]
Hey, you've got to hide your love away
Hey, you've got to hide your love away

[Verse 2]
How can I even try?
I can never win
Hearing them, seeing them
In the state I'm in

How could she say to me
"Love will find a way?"
Gather 'round all you clowns
Let me hear you say

[Chorus]
Hey, you've got to hide your love away
Hey, you've got to hide your love away

[Outro Harmonica Solo]

Edward Louis Severson III (better known as Eddie Vedder) was born December 23, 1964, in Evanston, Illinois.

He began getting into music at the age of 12 after being gifted a guitar from his mother. He joined various bands in his 20’s including Surf and Destroy, The Butts, Indian Style, and Bad Radio.

In 1990, Jack Irons from the Red Hot Chili Peppers handed Eddie a demo tape from a band in Seattle called Pearl Jam that was looking for a lead singer. Eddie wrote and recorded three songs which later became the bands “Alive”, “Once”, and “Footsteps”. He sent the tapes to Seattle and they immediately invited him for an audition.

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