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SomethingCreativeSomethingCreative Posts: 3,371
edited November 2009 in The Porch
my band is gonna cover this song on saturday and I want to make sure I have the last bit correct as its not posted on the website:

It ain't supposed to be just fun
Oh, to live and die, let it be done
I figure I'll be damned, all alone like I began...

also...does anyone know what he sings live here? On LO2L the last line definitely doesn't sound the same
"Well, I think this band is incapable of sucking."
-my dad after hearing Not for You for the first time on SNL .
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  • DeLukinDeLukin Posts: 2,757
    I always thought line 1 was "It's supposed to be just fun"

    And live I think line 2 is "Never to be tried, don't be a judge"
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • nevmilesnevmiles Posts: 1,363
    Those all sound about right :?

    I've never really known what he sings . . . .

    What I've always "interpreted" it as....

    It's supposed to be just ONE?
    Never to be tried nor be undone
    I'll figure I'll be damned
    All along like I'll be damned

    ... or something. I dunno. Just sing whatever comes to mind and I'm sure it will sound good :)
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  • JW0422JW0422 Posts: 170
    dude Ed doesn't even know the right lyrics, everytime I hear it played live he changes them around or mumbles something cause he don't remember them himself. so as long as you sound good no one will ever know!
  • youngsteryoungster Posts: 6,576
    JW0422 wrote:
    dude Ed doesn't even know the right lyrics, everytime I hear it played live he changes them around or mumbles something cause he don't remember them himself. so as long as you sound good no one will ever know!

    Exactly. There are official lyrics for the studio version. When it is live, anything goes. Any one of those^ will work.
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  • theanswersarefataltheanswersarefatal Posts: 239
    i've heard him say, or mumble... "in the end looks like i'll be damned"

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  • SomethingCreativeSomethingCreative Posts: 3,371
    ok well as long as I'm not waay off. I'm just playing guitar on it anyways...I just want to make sure my singer isn't going to look like an idiot.

    I'm really excited to play it again...we finally got our drummer to REALLY pay attention and learn the song :lol:
    "Well, I think this band is incapable of sucking."
    -my dad after hearing Not for You for the first time on SNL .
  • TEEJAM11TEEJAM11 Posts: 335
    Most of the lyric's are available under the music link / all songs
    Never will have to ask again except for rare stuff!!

    http://pearljam.com/music/songs


    The waiting drove me mad...you're finally here and I'm a mess
    I take your entrance back...can't let you roam inside my head
    I don't want to take what you can give...
    I would rather starve than eat your bread...
    I would rather run but I can't walk...
    Guess I'll lie alone just like before...

    I'll take the varmint's path...oh, and I must refuse your test
    Push me and I will resist...this behavior's not unique
    I don't want to hear from those who know...
    They can buy, but can't put on my clothes...
    I don't want to limp for them to walk...
    Never would have known of me before...
    I don't want to be held in your debt...
    I'll pay it off in blood, let I be wed...
    I'm already cut up and half dead...
    I'll end up alone like I began...

    Everything has chains...absolutely nothing's changed
  • BF25394BF25394 Posts: 4,368
    On the record, he sings:

    "Oh, to live and die, let it be done"

    Live, he sings:

    "Never to be tried nor be a judge"
    I gather speed from you fucking with me.
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