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Artist: Pearl Jam
Track: Daughter

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Alone, listless
Breakfast table in an otherwise empty room
Young girl, violence
Center of her own attention
The mother reads aloud, child tries to understand it
Tries to make her proud
The shades go down, it's in her head
Painted room, can't deny there's something wrong

Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me

She holds the hand that holds her down
She will rise above, ooh, ooh

Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me

The shades go down
The shades go down
The shades go, go
Go
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Pearl Jam – Daughter
One of Pearl Jam’s more well-known songs off of Vs is about a misunderstood child with a learning disability. The child is abused by her parents, thus, Eddy Vedder says, “the
Pearl Jam – Daughter [Live on Two Legs]
[Verse] / Alone, listless / Breakfast table in an otherwise-empty room / Young girl, violence / The center of her own attention / Mother reads aloud, child tries to understand it
Pearl Jam – Daughter/It's OK [July 22, 2006]
[Verse] / Alone, listless / Breakfast table in an otherwise empty room / Young girl, violence / Center of her own attention / The mother reads aloud, child tries to understand it
Pearl Jam – Daughter - Live in Katowice, Poland, 16-June-2000
[Verse] / Alone, listless / Breakfast table in an otherwise empty room / Young girl, violence / Center of her own attention / The mother reads aloud, child tries to understand it
Pearl Jam – Daughter [Tampa, Florida August 12 2000]
[Verse] / Alone, listless / Breakfast table in an otherwise empty room / Young girl, violence / Center of her own attention / The mother reads aloud, child tries to understand it
Pearl Jam – Daughter - Live in Barcelona, Spain 05-May-2000
[Verse] / Alone, listless / Breakfast table in an otherwise empty room / Young girl, violence / Center of her own attention / The mother reads aloud, child tries to understand it
Pearl Jam – Daughter [Sept. 1st 2005]
[Verse] / Alone, listless / Breakfast table in an otherwise empty room / Young girl, violence / Center of her own attention / The mother reads aloud, child tries to understand it
Pearl Jam – Daughter - Live in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 19-June-2000
[Verse] / Alone, listless / Breakfast table in an otherwise empty room / Young girl, violence / Center of her own attention / The mother reads aloud, child tries to understand it
Pearl Jam – Daughter Live Versions
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Pearl Jam – Daughter - Live in Seattle, WA 06-December-2013
[Verse] / Alone, listless / Breakfast table in an otherwise empty room / Young girl, violence / Center of her own attention / The mother reads aloud, child tries to understand it
Pearl Jam – Daughter - Live in Atlanta, Georgia, 07-August-2000
[Verse] / Alone, listless / Breakfast table in an otherwise empty room / Young girl, violence / Center of her own attention / The mother reads aloud, child tries to understand it
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Nancy Wilson (Heart) – Daughter
Alone, listless / Breakfast table in an otherwise empty room / Young girl, violence / Center of her own attention / The mother reads aloud, child tries to understand it / She tries
Seventh Victim – Daughter
Don't call me daughter, not fit to / The picture kept will remind me!
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[Verse 1] / I shut and locked the front door / No way in or out / I turned and walked the hallway / And pulled the curtains down / I knelt and emptied the mouth of every plug
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Genius Q&A
Q:When did Pearl Jam release “Daughter”?
Pearl Jam released “Daughter” on October 19, 1993.
Q:When did Pearl Jam release “Daughter/It's OK [July 22, 2006]”?
Pearl Jam released “Daughter/It's OK [July 22, 2006]” on June 26, 2007.
Q:Who wrote “Daughter/It's OK [July 22, 2006]” by Pearl Jam?
“Daughter/It's OK [July 22, 2006]” by Pearl Jam was written by Dead Moon, Stone Gossard & Eddie Vedder.
Q:When did Pearl Jam release “Daughter - Live in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 19-June-2000”?
Pearl Jam released “Daughter - Live in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 19-June-2000” on September 26, 2000.
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