Does anyone have the real lyrics to yellow ledbetter by pearl jam?
The song’s name is derived from the actual name of an old friend of Vedder from Chicago, named Tim Ledbetter.[2] The lyrics of “Yellow Ledbetter” have proven undecipherable when heard live and even on the early recorded version, as Vedder mumbles through much of the song with only certain parts being heard prominently, such as the famous line at the end of each verse “I said, I don’t know whether I was the boxer or the bag”, with these parts of the song heard on almost every live rendition of the song. There are many unofficial lyrics on various websites. Although many fans have made their own interpretations of the song, a common theory has been that the song is about someone receiving a letter and finding his or her brother had died overseas in war,[6] cited from the lyrics in the Live at the Garden version “I don’t know whether my brother will be coming home in a box or a bag”).[7] On the official bootleg release of 5/3/03 – State College, Pennsylvania, Vedder sings “And my brother.
