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Yellow Ledbetter [Sept. 1st 2005]

Pearl Jam
Track 36 on Live at the Gorge 05/06 
Jun. 26, 20071 viewer

Yellow Ledbetter [Sept. 1st 2005] Lyrics

[Verse]
Unsealed on a porch a letter sat
Then you said, I wanna leave it again
Once I saw her on a beach of weathered sand
And on the sand I wanna leave it again, yeah
On a weekend wanna wish it all away
And they called and I said that I want what I said
And then I call out again
And the reason, oughtta leave her calm, I know
I said, I don't know whether I'm the boxer or the bag

[Chorus]
Oh yeah, can you see them
Out on the porch
Yeah but they don't wave
I see them
Round the front way
And I know and I know
I don't want to stay

Make me cry

[Guitar Solo]

[Bridge]
I see
I don't know, there's something else
I wanna drum it all away
Oh, I said, I don't
I don't know whether I'm the boxer or the bag
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[Chorus]
Oh yeah, can you see them
Out on the porch
Yeah but they don't wave
I see them
Round the front way
And I know and I know
I don't want to stay

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Live at the Gorge 05/06 (2007)
Pearl Jam
  1. 1.
    I Believe In Miracles
  2. 2.
    Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town [Sept. 1st 2005]
  3. 3.
    Off He Goes [Sept. 1st 2005]
  4. 4.
    Low Light [Sept. 1st 2005]
  5. 5.
    Man Of The Hour [Sept. 1st 2005]
  6. 6.
    I Am Mine [Sept. 1st 2005]
  7. 7.
    Crazy Mary [Sept. 1st 2005]
  8. 8.
    Black [Sept. 1st 2005]
  9. 9.
    Hard To Imagine [Sept. 1st 2005]
  10. 10.
    Given To Fly [Sept. 1st 2005]
  11. 11.
    Last Exit [Sept. 1st 2005]
  12. 12.
    Save You [Sept. 1st 2005]
  13. 13.
    Do The Evolution [Sept. 1st 2005]
  14. 14.
    Alone [Sept. 1st 2005]
  15. 15.
    Sad [Sept. 1st 2005]
  16. 16.
    Even Flow [Sept. 1st 2005]
  17. 17.
    Not For You [Sept. 1st 2005]
  18. 18.
    Corduroy [Sept. 1st 2005]
  19. 19.
    Dissident [Sept. 1st 2005]
  20. 20.
    MFC [Sept. 1st. 2005]
  21. 21.
    Undone [Sept. 1st. 2005]
  22. 22.
    Daughter [Sept. 1st 2005]
  23. 23.
    In My Tree [Sept. 1st. 2005]
  24. 24.
    State of Love and Trust [Sept. 1st. 2005]
  25. 25.
    Alive [Sept. 1st 2005]
  26. 26.
    Porch [Sept. 1st 2005]
  27. 27.
    Encore Break [Sept. 1st 2005] (Missing Lyrics)
  28. 28.
    Love Boat Captain [Sept. 1st 2005]
  29. 29.
    Insignificance [Sept. 1st 2005]
  30. 30.
    Better Man [Sept. 1st 2005]
  31. 31.
    Rearviewmirror [Sept. 1st 2005]
  32. 32.
    I Won’t Back Down [Sept. 1st 2005]
  33. 33.
    Last Kiss [Sept. 1st 2005]
  34. 34.
    Crown Of Thorns [Sept. 1st 2005]
  35. 35.
    Blood [Sept. 1st 2005]
  36. 36.
    Yellow Ledbetter [Sept. 1st 2005]
  37. 37.
    Baba O Riley [Sept. 1st 2005]
  38. 38.
    Wash [July 22, 2006]
  39. 39.
    Corduroy [July 22, 2006]
  40. 40.
    Hail Hail [July 22, 2006]
  41. 41.
    World Wide Suicide [July 22, 2006]
  42. 42.
    Severed Hand [July 22, 2006]
  43. 43.
    Given To Fly [July 22, 2006]
  44. 44.
    Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town [July 22, 2006]
  45. 45.
    Even Flow [July 22, 2006]
  46. 46.
    Down [July 22, 2006]
  47. 47.
    I Am Mine [July 22, 2006]
  48. 48.
    Unemployable [July 22, 2006]
  49. 49.
    Daughter/It’s OK [July 22, 2006]
  50. 50.
    Gone [July 22, 2006]
  51. 51.
    Black [July 22, 2006]
  52. 52.
    Insignificance [July 22, 2006]
  53. 53.
    Life Wasted [July 22, 2006]
  54. 54.
    Blood [July 22, 2006]
  55. 55.
    Encore Break [July 22, 2006] (Missing Lyrics)
  56. 56.
    Footsteps [July 22, 2006]
  57. 57.
    Once [July 22, 2006]
  58. 58.
    Alive [July 22, 2006]
  59. 59.
    State of Love and Trust [July 22, 2006]
  60. 60.
    Crown of Thorns [July 22, 2006]
  61. 61.
    Leash [July 22, 2006]
  62. 62.
    Porch [July 22, 2006]
  63. 63.
    Last Kiss [July 22, 2006]
  64. 64.
    Inside Job [July 22, 2006]
  65. 65.
    Go [July 22, 2006]
  66. 66.
    Baba O’Riley [July 22, 2006]
  67. 67.
    Dirty Frank [July 22, 2006]
  68. 68.
    Rockin’ In The Free World [July 22, 2006]
  69. 69.
    Yellow Ledbetter/Little Wing/The Star-Spangled Banner
  70. 70.
    Severed Hand [July 23, 2006]
  71. 71.
    Corduroy [July 23, 2006]
  72. 72.
    World Wide Suicide [July 23, 2006]
  73. 73.
    Gods’ Dice [July 23, 2006]
  74. 74.
    Animal [July 23, 2006]
  75. 75.
    Do The Evolution [July 23, 2006]
  76. 76.
    In Hiding [July 23, 2006]
  77. 77.
    Green Disease [July 23, 2006]
  78. 78.
    Even Flow [July 23, 2006]
  79. 79.
    Marker In The Sand [July 23 2006]
  80. 80.
    Wasted Reprise [July 23, 2006]
  81. 81.
    Better Man / Save It For Later [July 23, 2006]
  82. 82.
    Army Reserve [July 23, 2006]
  83. 83.
    Garden [July 23, 2006]
  84. 84.
    Rats [July 23, 2006]
  85. 85.
    Whipping [July 23, 2006]
  86. 86.
    Jeremy [July 23, 2006]
  87. 87.
    Why Go [July 23, 2006]
  88. 88.
    Encore Break [July 23, 2006] (Missing Lyrics)
  89. 89.
    I Won’t Back Down [July 23, 2006]
  90. 90.
    Life Wasted [July 23, 2006]
  91. 91.
    Big Wave [July 23, 2006]
  92. 92.
    Satan’s Bed [July 23, 2006]
  93. 93.
    Spin The Black Circle [July 23, 2006]
  94. 94.
    Alive [July 23, 2006]
  95. 95.
    Given To Fly [July 23, 2006]
  96. 96.
    Little Wing [July 23, 2006]
  97. 97.
    Crazy Mary [July 23, 2006]
  98. 98.
    Comatose [July 23, 2006]
  99. 99.
    Fuckin’ Up [July 23, 2006]
  100. 100.
    Yellow Ledbetter/The Star-Spangled Banner [July 23, 2006]
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Release Date
June 26, 2007
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