Corduroy (Alternate Take)

By Pearl Jam

On Vitalogy (Expanded Edition)

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[Verse 1]

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


[Chorus]

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


[Verse 2]

I'll take the firmest path

Oh, and I must refuse your test

Push me and I will resist

This behavior's not unique


[Chorus]

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


[Bridge]

Everything has chains

Absolutely nothing's changed

Take my hand, not my picture

Spilled my tincture


[Chorus]

I don't want to take what you can give

I would rather starve than eat your breast

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...


[Verse 3]

Ain't supposed to be just one

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


[Outro]

I thought you were a friend

But I guess I

I guess I hate you