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The End, as performed by Pearl Jam
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Author/Artist: Pearl Jam
Title: The End
Album: Backspacker
Transcribed by: Rick

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                                                What   were   all    those    

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       dreams    we     shared    those    man -y    years a -go              

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    what  were   all   those plans  we   made  now   left   be -side   the    

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    road                         behind   us    in    the   road              

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                            More   than  friends I    al -ways pledge 'cause  

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    friends they   come  and   go                     Peo -ple   change as    

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   does ev -ery -thing. I wan -ted   to    grow   old.                        

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                 Slide on next to me.            I'm just a human being       

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          I will take the blame but just the same, this is not me             

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   you see             believe         I'm better  than this.   Don't leave   

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    me so   cold.                  I'm burried beneath the stones             

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     I just want to hold on and know I'm worth your love            and I     

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         I don't think there's     such a thing                               

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                         It's   my   fault  now   I've  been  caught - a      

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    sick -ness   in  my    bones                     How   it    pains to     

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   leave you   here  with  the   kids  on   your   own                        

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     Just  don't let   me    go                    Help me   see my-self      

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            'Cause  I can no longer tell            Looking up from the       

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    inside  of the bottom of a well..        it's hell.         I yell        

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          but one hears. Before     I disa -ppear,       whisper in my ear    

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             Give me something to echo in my   unknown futures ear            

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           my dear             the end           Comes near           I'm     

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    here               but not much longer..                                  

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