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Leaving HerePearl Jam

Released: February 20, 1996

Songwriter: Holland-Dozier-Holland Brian Holland Lamont Dozier Eddie Holland

[Verse 1]
Hey fellas have you heard the news? (Oh yeah)
The women in this town are being misused (Oh yeah)
Yeah, I seen it all in my dreams last night (Oh yeah)
Girls leaving this town 'cause they don't treat 'em right-a (Oh yeah)

[Chorus 1]
I'll take a train (Take a train)
Fly by plane (Fly by plane)
They're getting tired (Getting tired)
Getting sick and tired (Sick and tired)

[Verse 2]
Oh, you fellas better change your ways (Oh yeah)
Them leaving this town in a matter of days (Oh yeah)
Girl is good, you better treat 'em true (Oh yeah)
Seen fellas running around with someone new (Oh yeah)

[Chorus 2]
They're getting tired (Getting tired)
They're sick and tired (Sick and tired)
They're leaving here (Leaving here)
Oh, leaving here (Leaving here)
Oh, leaving here, yeah yeah yeah, leaving here
Been a while

[Breakdown]
(Oh yeah)
(Oh yeah)
(Oh yeah)
(Oh yeah)

[Verse 3]
The love of a woman is a wonderful thing (Oh yeah)
The way that we treat 'em is a crying shame (Oh yeah)
I'll tell you fellas, yeah, it won't be long (Oh yeah)
Before these women they all have gone (Oh yeah)

[Chorus]
They're getting tired (Getting tired)
Sick and tired (Sick and tired)
They'll take a train (Take a train)
Fly by plane (Fly by plane)

They're leaving here, yeah yeah yeah
Leaving here
Leaving, leaving
Oh, leaving here
Baby, baby, baby
Please don't leave here
Oh yeah

Pearl Jam

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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