Daughter Lyrics
[Intro]
(You guys ready?)
[Verse]
Alone, listless
Breakfast table in an otherwise empty room
Young girl, violence
Center of her own attention, the
Mother reads aloud, child tries to understand it
Tries to make her proud
The shades go down, it's in her head
Painted room, can't deny there's something wrong
[Chorus]
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me
[Bridge]
She holds the hand that holds her down
She will rise above!
Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh
[Guitar Solo]
(You guys ready?)
[Verse]
Alone, listless
Breakfast table in an otherwise empty room
Young girl, violence
Center of her own attention, the
Mother reads aloud, child tries to understand it
Tries to make her proud
The shades go down, it's in her head
Painted room, can't deny there's something wrong
[Chorus]
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me
[Bridge]
She holds the hand that holds her down
She will rise above!
Ooh-ooh-ooh, oh
[Guitar Solo]
[Chorus]
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me daughter, not fit to be
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me daughter, not fit to be
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me
[Outro]
The shades go down
The shades go down
The shades go, go
(Go)
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me daughter, not fit to be
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me daughter, not fit to
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me daughter, not fit to be
The picture kept will remind me
Don't call me
[Outro]
The shades go down
The shades go down
The shades go, go
(Go)
About
Genius Annotation
One of Pearl Jam’s more well-known songs off of Vs is about a misunderstood child with a learning disability. The child is abused by her parents, thus, Eddy Vedder says, “the shade goes down, so the neighbors won’t see” as the girl is punished for being difficult.
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Credits
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Drums
Bass
Guitar
Vocals
Recorded At
Potatohead in Seattle, WA
Release Date
October 19, 1993
Songs That Interpolate Daughter
Daughter Covers
Daughter Live Performances
Daughter [Live on Two Legs] by Pearl Jam, Daughter [Tampa, Florida August 12 2000] by Pearl Jam, Daughter - Live in Atlanta, Georgia, 07-August-2000 by Pearl Jam, Daughter - Live in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 19-June-2000 by Pearl Jam, Daughter - Live in Katowice, Poland, 16-June-2000 by Pearl Jam, Daughter - Live in Barcelona, Spain 05-May-2000 by Pearl Jam, Daughter - Live in Seattle, WA 06-December-2013 by Pearl Jam, Daughter/It's OK [July 22, 2006] by Pearl Jam & Daughter [Sept. 1st 2005] by Pearl Jam
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