Corduroy lyrics

Song information

Artist: Pearl Jam
Album: Vitalogy

Lyrics

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
A-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
Take my hand, not my picture, spilled my tincture

I don't want to take what you can give
I would rather starve than eat your bread
All the things that others want for me
Can't buy what I want because it's free
Can't buy what I want because it's free
Can't be what you want because I'm..

I ain't s'posed to be just fun
Oh, to live and die, let it be done
I figure I'll be damned - all alone like I began..
It's your move now..
I thought you were a friend, but I guess i, I guess I hate you..