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Trouble

Innocent_BystanderInnocent_Bystander Posts: 615
edited November 2005 in Words and Music...Communication
Pearl Jam Trouble lyrics
Trouble, oh trouble set me free
I have seen your face and its too much for me today
Trouble, oh trouble cant you see
You're eating my heart away, and theirs nothing much left of me

I've drunk your wine
You have made your world mine
so won't you be fair
oh won't you be fair

I don't want no more of you
So won't you be kind to me
And let me go there
I have to go there

Trouble, oh trouble move away
I have seen your face and its too much for me today
Trouble, oh trouble can't you see
You have made me a wreck, now wont you leave me in my misery

I've seen your eyes
And I have seen deaths disguise, oh hanging on me
oh hanging on me

I'm deep and torn
I'm shattered and lost and worn
So shocking to see
Too shocking to see

Trouble, oh trouble please be kind
I dont wanna fight, and I havn't got a lot of time...


I love this song, but I have only heard it once, and don't remember when or where. Did they only play it once, and does anyone know where I can find it? And what are your interpretations of the song, what do you think?
Life reveals what is dealt through seasons
Circle comes around each time
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  • ISNISN Posts: 1,700
    an Irish band sang a really catchy song when I was at the Gaeltacht......

    Trouble trouble trouble with a capital T....
    trouble trouble, can't chase trouble
    but it's chasin me......

    dndndndndnnnananannananananaananan (bodhrán)........
    ....they're asking me to prove why I should be allowed to stay with my baby in Australia, because I'm mentally ill......and they think I should leave......
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,410
    Innocent bystander, you can find this two places that I know of--

    On the skiiscrape, there is an mp3 from years ago listed under T in the songbook.

    And

    The Italian site--PJ Online has Ed singing this more recently near that radio interview on Jonesy's Jukebox (?) from a few months ago.
    &&&&&&&&&&&&&&
  • bonavista2005bonavista2005 Posts: 78
    i dig this song
  • twin2twin2 Posts: 894
    I've never heard that one before, but I have to say, I really like the lyrics alot.
  • bonavista2005bonavista2005 Posts: 78
    i'll admit i don't know anything about this cool tune :(

    they just played it in montreal and it seemed to fit the occasion perfectly, for some strange reason...it was played with ev and the electric guitar, right before man of the hour. at a show that was deadicated to johnny ramone. right before the tune ed said something like "we're getting through this thing together so..." and then goes into this song, start of encore #1

    thank you to PJ for releasing the live bootlegs.... i am blown away reliving the magic that went down on that tour.
  • RrVwMirrorRrVwMirror Posts: 50
    "Trouble" is an old Cat Stevens song. If you are not familiar with him, he was an amazing singer/songwriter in the late 60's and 70's..... he is now known at Yusuf Islam (he converted to Islam some time ago).... you can get more info on him at Catstevens.com

    I was a huge Cat Stevens fan growing up, and when i discovered Pearl Jam, I was so taken in by Ed's voice that I remember telling my husband that he would sound incredible singing a Cat Stevens tune.... I almost died when I found out he did!!! Ed has also covered "Don't Be Shy" another Cat Stevens song.... check it out if you haven't heard it!
  • trappedinmyradiotrappedinmyradio Posts: 1,189
    RrVwMirror wrote:
    "Trouble" is an old Cat Stevens song. If you are not familiar with him, he was an amazing singer/songwriter in the late 60's and 70's..... he is now known at Yusuf Islam (he converted to Islam some time ago).... you can get more info on him at Catstevens.com

    I was a huge Cat Stevens fan growing up, and when i discovered Pearl Jam, I was so taken in by Ed's voice that I remember telling my husband that he would sound incredible singing a Cat Stevens tune.... I almost died when I found out he did!!! Ed has also covered "Don't Be Shy" another Cat Stevens song.... check it out if you haven't heard it!

    ...thank you...for posting this, so i didn't have to.
    I'll dig a tunnel
    from my window to yours
  • bonavista2005bonavista2005 Posts: 78
    10-4 thanks

    cat stevens...sure, i suppose i'm a distant fan...as far as greatest hits go, i'm there...but i didn't recognize this tune at all.

    i'm almost positive ev's preset was don't be shy that night, too

    2 cat tunes

    cool !

    maybe johnny was a cat stevens fan? i dunno...
  • MrBrianMrBrian Posts: 2,672
    bonavista2005 wrote:

    2 cat tunes

    cool !

    maybe johnny was a cat stevens fan? i dunno...

    http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/features/20050917-9999-1c17rock.html

    bottom of the article, check it out
  • bonavista2005bonavista2005 Posts: 78
    Thanks MrBrian...U RAWK :)

    here's the last 2 paragraphs...talkiing about the HoF....


    The inclusion this year of trumpet giant Davis suggests a broadening of scope by the hall, which has paid little attention to jazz. Singer-songwriter Stevens is the beneficiary of a grass-roots lobbying effort, according to Seymour Stein, the founder of Sire Records and the president of the board of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

    "Johnny Ramone, right before he died last year, sent me three letters," Stein said. "One was from himself, one from Eddie Vedder and one from (Red Hot Chili Peppers' guitarist) John Frusciante, all advocating the induction of Cat Stevens, and I agree."
  • RrVwMirrorRrVwMirror Posts: 50
    Looks like cat Stevens didn't make it, but Blondie did? WTF????

    http://www.rockhall.com/museum/releases.asp?id=2393
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