ALBUM: Riot Act
RELEASED: 12^th November 2002
LENGTH: 54:09
SINGLES: I Am Mine, Save You and Love Boat Captain
TRACK LISTING:
Can't Keep [3:38]
Save You [3:50]
Love Boat Captain [4:36]
Cropduster [3:52]
Ghost [3:14]
I Am Mine [3:35]
Thumbing My Way [4:08]
You Are [4:28]
Get Right [2:39]
Green Disease [2:41]
HelpHelp [3:35]
Bushleaguer [3:57]
1/2 Full [4:11]
Arc [1:05]
All Or None [4:37]
lyrics are copyright © to Pearl Jam

JEFF AMENT - bass .. STONE GOSSARD - guitar .. MIKE McCREADY - guitar .. EDDIE VEDDER - guitar, vocals .. MATT CAMERON - drums, percussion

NOTES: PRODUCED BY Adam Kasper & Pearl Jam .. RECORDED BY Adam Kasper .. MIXED BY Brendan O'Brien .. ENGINEERED BY Sam Hofstedt .. RECORDED AND MIXED AT Studio X, Seattle, WA .. "You Are" track recorded at Space Studio, on Aurora .. Matt Chamberlin on rhythm guitar .. IN STUDIO CREW George Webb - guitars .. Greg Keplinger - drums .. ADDITIONAL ENGINEERING BY John Burton .. ADDITIONAL MUSICIANS Boom Gasper - Hammond B3, fender rhodes .. Adam Kasper - piano .. ALBUM CONCEPT BY Al Nostreet .. COVER/INSIDE PHOTOS BY Jeff Ament .. ADDITIONAL INSIDE PHOTOGRAPHY BY Danny Clinch .. FORGED METAL FIGURES BY Kelly Gilliam .. LBC ILLUSTRATION, LAYOUT and DESIGN BY Brad Klausen .. TYPIST EV .. AUSTRALIAN RELEASE DATE 11^th November 2002

Pearl Jam dedicate this record to John Entwistle .. Dee Dee Ramone .. Ray Brown

CAN'T KEEP
vVedderv

I wanna shake, I wanna wind out
I wanna leave this mind and shout
I've lived all this life
Like an ocean in disguise
I don't live forever
You can't keep me here ..
I wanna race with the sundown
I want a last breath that I don't let out
Forgive every being
The bad feelings, it's just me
I won't wait for answers
You can't keep me here ..
I wanna rise and say a-goodnight
I wanna take a look on the other side
I've lived all these lives
It's been wonderful at night
I will live forever
You can't keep me here ..

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SAVE YOU
vVedder, McCready, Ament, Cameron, Gossardv

I'm gonna save you fucker .. not gonna lose you
I'm feeling cocky and strong .. can't let you go ..
Too important to me, and too important to us ..
We'd be lost without you
I'm there, let yourself fall .. I'm right below you now
And fuck me if I say something you don't want to hear, from me
And fuck me if you only hear what you wanna hear, from me, if I care
But I'm not leaving here
You helped me when I was down .. I'll help when you're down
Why are you hitting yourself? .. c'mon and hit me instead
Let's pick up your will .. it's grown fat and lazy
It's sympathetic as well .. don't go on me now
And I'm not living this life without you, I'm selfish and clear
And you're not leaving here without me, I don't wanna be without ..
My best .. friend
Wake up to see you could have it all
Whoa!
Cause there is but you .. and something within you
Has taken control .. let's beat it, get up let's go!
Oh you're in your own world, let's see the whole world!
Let's pick up your soul
And fuck me if I say something you don't wanna hear from me [fuck me]
And fuck me if you only hear the tremble in your head
Please help .. me .. to help you .. help yourself!
Help me help yourself
Help me, please want me to
Please let me to, help you ..

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LOVE BOAT CAPTAIN
vVedder, Gasperv

Is this just another day .. this God forgotten place
First comes love and then comes pain, let the games begin ..
Questions rise and answers fall .. insurmountable
Love Boat Captain
Take the reigns and steer us towards the clear .. here
It's already been sung, but it can't be said enough
All you need is love
Is this just another phase? of earthquakes making waves ..
Trying to shake the cancer off? oh, stupid human beings ..
Once you hold the hand of love .. it's all surmountable
Hold me, and make it the truth ..
That when all is lost there'll be you ..
Cause to the universe I don't mean a thing
And there is just one word I still believe
And it's love ..
It's an art to live with pain .. mix the light into grey ..
Lost nine friends we'll never know .. two years ago today
And if our lives became too long, would it add to our regret?
And the young, they can lose hope cause they can't see beyond today ..
The wisdom that the old can't give away, hey ..
Constant recoil ..
Sometimes life don't leave you alone
Hold me and make it the truth ..
That when all is lost there will be you
Cause to the universe I don't mean a thing
And there is just one word that I still believe
And it's love .. love, love, love, love
Love Boat Captain, take the reigns .. steer us towards the clear
I know it's already been sung .. can't be said enough
Love is all you need .. all you need is love
Love .. love ..

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CROPDUSTER
vVedder, Cameronv

Light green to green, dark green, brown
Every life is falling down
Brown to black, its coming back
Dies to be part of the ground
Seed to seedling, root to stem
Eyes, no eyes, there's no difference
Every life is looking in
Swallowing seeds on my death bed
Dig a hole in .. the garden
Everyone is practicing
But this world's an accident
I was the fool because I thought
I thought the world
Turns out the world thought me
Its all the other way 'round
We're upside down
Dad, he's gone up in flames
But this ain't no movie
This ain't no book you can close
When the big lie hits your eye
Everyone is practicing
Our world's an accident
I was the fool because I thought
I thought the world
Turns out the world thought me
Its all the other way 'round
We're upside down
Down, down, down ..
Let the fluency set it down
Let the fluency set it down
There's an upside of down
The moon is rolling 'round the world
The moon is rolling 'round the world
The world
Our world ..

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GHOST
vAment, Vedderv

The mind is grey like the city, packing in and overgrown
Love is deep, dig it out
Standing in a hole alone
Working for something that one can never hold
A place in the clouds
A good place to hide oh my oh ..
So I'm flying [away, away]
driving [away, away]
Finding, hoping, ways I missed before
I missed before
The TV, she talks to me
Breaking news and building walls
Selling me what I don't need
I never knew soap made you taller
So I'm riding [away, away]
hiding [away, away]
So much talk it makes no sense at all
My senses have gone .. awol
So I'm hiding [away, away]
Driving [away, away]
Passing new friends I won't know at all
Won't know at all
It doesn't hurt when I bleed
But my memories, they eat me
I've seen it all before ..
Bring it on, cause I'm no victim
Dying [away, away]
Dying [away, away]
Dying
Dying ..

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I AM MINE
vVedderv

The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind
The north is to south what the clock is to time
There's east and there's west and there's everywhere life
I know I was born and I know that I'll die
The in between is mine
I am mine
And the feeling, it gets left behind
All the innocence lost at one time
Significant, behind the eyes
There's no need to hide
We're safe tonight
The ocean is full cause everyone's crying
The full moon is looking for friends at high tide
The sorrow grows bigger when the sorrow's denied
I only know my mind
I am mine
And the meaning, it gets left behind
All the innocents lost at one time
Significant, behind the eyes
There's no need to hide
We're safe tonight
Whoa!
And the feelings that get left behind
All the innocence broken with lies
Significance between the lines
[We may need to hide]
And the meanings that get left behind
All the innocents lost at one time
We're all different behind the eyes
There's no need to hide .. yeah

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THUMBING MY WAY
vVedderv

I have not been home since you left long ago
I'm thumbing my way back to heaven
Counting steps .. walking backwards on the road
I'm counting my way back to heaven
I can't be free with what's locked inside of me
If there was a key, you took it in your hand
There's no wrong or right .. but I'm sure there's good and bad
The questions linger overhead
No matter how cold the winter, there's a springtime ahead
I'm thumbing my way back to heaven
I wish that I could hold you .. I wish that I had
Thinking 'bout heaven
I let go of a rope .. thinking that's what held me back
And in time I've realized .. it's now wrapped around my neck
I can't see what's next .. from this lonely overpass
Hang my head and count my steps, as another car goes past
All the rusted signs we ignore throughout our lives
Choosing the shiny ones instead
I turned my back .. now there's no turning back
No matter how cold the winter .. there's a springtime ahead
I smile .. but who am I kidding?
I'm just walking the miles .. every once in a while I'll get a ride
I'm thumbing my way back to heaven
I'm thumbing my way back to heaven
I'm thumbing my way back to heaven ..

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YOU ARE
vCameron, Vedderv

This broken wheel is coming undone
And the road's exploding
But you're keeping me strong
Rolling along with you
Love is a tower, and you're the key
Leading me higher, when you let me in
Keeping us close [so close]
Oh, on down the line
Sometimes I burn like a dot on the sun
With no one knowing
But you're keeping me strong
Moving along with you
You are a tower, of strength to me
The darkening hour, sees light again
Again ..
Ooh wah, ooh wah, ooh wah, ooh wah
You are, you are, you are, you are
You are ..
Love is a tower, of strength to me
I am the shoreline, but you're the sea
The sea
You are, you are

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GET RIGHT
vCameronv

I want for to lay down
I'm waiting 'till sundown
I'm searching the haystacks, water is sunshine, wait for the moment
The moment between us, the fire is made now, harder to touch
I wanted to get right
I wanted to get right
I wanted to get right with you
Bakers dozen parades, stand and debate
Out single file, nine in a row, swear if you must
Keeping your boots on, float with the now, hot to the touch
Concrete underground, cast out everyday, the dregs of society
Underbelly, inside of me, rejoice and follow thee
I wanted to get right
I wanted to get right
I wanted to get right with it, with you
With .. you ..
Yeah
I wanted to get right
I wanted to get right
I wanted to get right

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GREEN DISEASE
vVedderv

[See a green disease, a]
[Green disease, a]
[Green disease]
It's a disease and they're all green
It emanates from their being
A satiation .. with occupation
And like weeds with big leaves
Stealing light from what's beneath
Where they have more
Still they take more
I know, then I don't
There's a stow-away with my throat
It's deceiving .. I don't believe him
We can scream out our doors
Behind the wall, a fat man snores
In his dreams .. he's choking ti leaves
Well I guess there's nothing wrong with what you say
But don't sell me, "There can't be better ways"
Tell the captain, "The boat's not safe, we're drowning"
Turns out he's the one making waves, waves, waves ..
Well I said there's nothing wrong with what you say
Believe me, I'm just asking you to sway
No white or black, just grey
Can you feel this .. world with your heart and not your brain?
Brain ..
See a green disease, a
Green disease, a ..

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HELPHELP
vAmentv

Tell me what I want to hear
This shit's too good to be true, my dear
Tell me lies, tell me lies, tell me
Tell me lies, tell me
Help me, help me, help me
Help me, help me, help me
A storybook keeps from hurting me, you see
Shell of the man from the sea
Tell me lies, tell me lies, tell me
Tell me lies, tell me
Tell me why, tell me why, tell me
Tell me why, tell me
Tell me lies, tell me lies, tell me
Tell me lies, tell me
Help me, help me, help me
Help me, help me, help me
Reservoir of hate and fear
Invisible, in repair
A hundred thieves cast a spell
This is hell
Help me, help me, help me
Help me, help me, help me
The man they call my enemy, I've seen his eyes
He looks just like me, a mirror
The more you read, we've been deceived
Everyday it becomes clearer
Clearer, clearer, clearer, clearer ..
Not my enemy
No, not my enemy
Don't speak for me
No, not my enemy

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BUSHLEAGUER
vVedder, Gossardv

How does he do it? how do they do it? uncanny and immutable
This is such a happening tailpipe of a party
Like sugar, the guests are so refined
A confidence man, but why so beleaguered?
He's not a leader, he's a Texas Leaguer
Swinging for the fence, got lucky with a strike
Drilling for fear makes the job simple
Born on third, thinks he got a triple
Blackout weaves its way through the city
Blackout weaves its way through the city
Blackout weaves its way ..
I remember when you sang that song about today
Now it's tomorrow and everything has changed
A think tank of aloof multiplication
A nicotine wish and a columbus decanter
Retrenchment and hoggishness
The aristocrat choir sings, "What's the ruckus?"
The haves have not a clue
The immenseness of suffering
And the odd negotiation, a rarity
With onionskin plausibility of life
And a keyboard reaffirmation
Blackout weaves its way through the city
Blackout weaves its way through the city
Blackout weaves its way ..
I remember when you sang that song about today
Now it's tomorrow and everything has changed
I remember when you sang that song about today
Now it's tomorrow and everything has changed
Changed, changed, chains ..

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1/2 FULL
vVedder, Amentv

Climbing on the mountain
floating out on the sea
Far from lights of a city
the elements they speak to me ..
Whispering that life
existed long before greed ..
And balancing the world
on its knee ..
Don't see some men as half empty
see them half full of shit
Thinking that we're all but slaves
There ain't gonna be ..
No middle anymore
it's been said before
The haves be having more
yet still bored ..
Won't someone save?
Won't someone save the world?
Won't ..
Won't ..

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ARC
vVedderv

chanting

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ALL OR NONE
vGossard, Vedderv

It's a hopeless .. situation
And I'm starting to believe
That this hopeless .. situation
Is what I'm trying to achieve
But I try
to run on
It's all or none
All or none ..
Here's the selfless confession
Leading me back to war
Can we help that .. our destinations
Are the ones we've been before
I still try
to run on
But it's all or none
All or none ..
To myself I .. surrender
To the one I'll never please
But I still try .. to run on
No, I still try .. to run on
But it's all or none
All or none ..

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