Pearl Jam

Released: September 20, 2009

Songwriter: Stone Gossard Mike McCready Matt Cameron Jeff Ament Brendan O’Brien Eddie Vedder

Producer: Brendan O’Brien

[Verse 1]
Do you want to hear something sad?
We are but victims of desire
I'm going to shake this day
I want to shake this day before I retire

[Chorus 1]
I'm going to see my friend
I'm going to see my friend, make it go away
I'm sick of everything
I'm going to see my friend, make it go away

[Verse 2]
Well I said I... I won't be long before we all walk off the wire
Well I'm going to see my friend, I'm gonna see my friend for what I require
Well I said I will come in quick
Don't want my flame to get no higher

[Chorus 1]
I'm going to see my friend
I'm going to see my friend, make it go away
I'm sick of everything
I'm going to see my friend, make it go away

[Bridge]
Want to leave it all
Want to give it up
Want to see it go once and for all
Want to view it cho
Want a little bit home
Want to be there
Hard as a statue, black as a tattoo, never to wash away

[Verse 3]
Going to take me an astral plane
I'm going to tunnel through denial
But I'm going to shake this day
I want to shake this day before I retire

[Chorus 1]
I'm going to see my friend
I'm going to see my friend, make it go away
I'm sick of everything
I'm going to see my friend, make it go away

Founded in 1990 in Seattle, Pearl Jam is one of the most successful bands out of the grunge movement, if not of the whole alternative rock scene from the early 90s. The group started with Stone Gossard (guitar) and Jeff Ament (bass), veterans of the proto-grunge scene, recording a demo along with local guitarist Mike McCready. Once the tape passed along, it attracted a San Diego-based singer, Eddie Vedder. Along with drummer Dave Krusen, they signed with Epic Records and released Ten in 1991, which by the following year was becoming one of the most successful debut albums ever.

Growing uncomfortable with success, the following albums went for a more anguished and experimental sound, and the band’s notorious activism had its most prominent case once they boycotted Ticketmaster, accusing them of price-gouging fans. In the meantime, various drummers passed through the band, with percussion only settling once Soundgarden’s Matt Cameron joined them in the tour for 1998’s Yield.

With 10 studio albums and various live recordings (including “Official Bootlegs” of basically every concert the band performed since 2000), Pearl Jam has sold nearly 32 million records in the U.S. and an estimated 60 million worldwide.

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