1. Home
  2. Pearl Jam
  3. Pearl Jam Songs
  4. Hail Hail

Hail HailPearl Jam

Released: August 27, 1996

Songwriter: Jeff Ament Mike McCready Stone Gossard Eddie Vedder

Producer: Brendan O’Brien Pearl Jam

[Verse 1]
Ah, is there room for both of us?
Both of us apart?
Are we bound out of obligation?
Is that all we've got?
I get the words and then I get to thinking
I don't want to think, I want to feel
And how do I feel?
And how do I

[Chorus]
If you're the only one
Will I never be enough? Yeah
Hail, hail the lucky ones
I refer to those in love, yeah

[Verse 2]
Oh, I swear I'll love you until the day I die
Ah, and beyond
Are we going to the same place?
If so can I come?
It's egg rolling thick and heavy
All the past you carry
Oh, I could be new
You underestimate me

[Chorus]
If you're the only one
Will I never be enough? Yeah
Hail, hail the lucky ones
I refer to those in love, yeah

[Bridge]
I sometimes realize
I could only be as good as you'll let me
Are you woman enough to be my man?
Bandaged hand in hand

[Verse 3]
I find it on the run
In a race that can't be won, yeah
All hail the lucky ones
I refer to those in love, yeah
If you're my only one
So could you only one?
I want to be your one
Enough
Your one: your one...your one...

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.

more tracks from the album

Rearviewmirror (Greatest Hits 1991–2003)

From the albums
Pearl Jam popular songs

2021 © gotlyric.com