Not for You Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Restless soul, enjoy your youth
Like Muhammad hits the truth
Can't escape from the common rule
If you hate something, don't you do it too (too)
[Verse 2]
Small, my table, a-sits just two
Got so crowded, I can't make room
Oh, where did they come from? Stormed my room!
And you dare say it belongs to you, to you
[Chorus]
This is not for you
This is not for you
This is not for you
Oh, not for you, not you
[Bridge]
Scream, my friends don't call me
My friends, they don't scream
My friends don't call, my friends don't
[Verse 3]
All that's sacred comes from youth
Dedications, naïve and true
With no power, nothing to do
I still remember, why don't you, don't you?
Restless soul, enjoy your youth
Like Muhammad hits the truth
Can't escape from the common rule
If you hate something, don't you do it too (too)
[Verse 2]
Small, my table, a-sits just two
Got so crowded, I can't make room
Oh, where did they come from? Stormed my room!
And you dare say it belongs to you, to you
[Chorus]
This is not for you
This is not for you
This is not for you
Oh, not for you, not you
[Bridge]
Scream, my friends don't call me
My friends, they don't scream
My friends don't call, my friends don't
[Verse 3]
All that's sacred comes from youth
Dedications, naïve and true
With no power, nothing to do
I still remember, why don't you, don't you?
About
Genius Annotation
“Not For You” is Eddie Vedder complaining about “how youth is being sold and exploited” by the music industry. Along with blatant commercialization, Pearl Jam was unnerved to learn how ticket vendor Ticketmaster was basically price-gouging costumers, leading to widely publicized boycott of the company.
Mike McCready used the song to showcase his new 12-string guitar, given to him by Tom Petty.
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- 1.Last Exit
- 3.Not for You
- 5.Nothingman
- 6.Whipping
- 7.Pry, To
- 8.Corduroy
- 9.Bugs
- 10.Satan’s Bed
- 11.Better Man
- 12.Aye Davanita
- 13.Immortality
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Phonographic Copyright ℗
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Slide Guitar
Vocals
Lead Vocals
Mellotron
Engineer
Guitar
Drums
Bass
Recorded At
Seattle, Atlanta & New Orleans 1994.
Release Date
November 22, 1994
Songs That Interpolate Not for You
Not for You Live Performances
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