Pearl Jam
In December 1995 Pearl Jam released a two-song single packaged under the title Merkin Ball . The songs were "I Got ID" (or "I Got Sh*t) and "Long Road." Neil Young appears on the single and Merkin Ball was a companion to Young's album Mirror Ball.
Lyrics:
My lips are shaking, my nails are bit off
Been a month since I heard myself talk
All the advantage this life's got on me
Picture a cup in the middle of the sea
And I fight back in my mind
Never lets me be right
I got memories, I got sh*t
So much it don't show
I walked the line
When you held me in that night
I walked the line
When you held my hand that night
An empty shell seems so easy to crack
Got all these questions don't know who I could even ask
So I'll just lie alone and wait for the dream
Where I'm not ugly and you're looking at me
And I'll stay in a bed
Oh, blue eyes, I've seen them
If just once I could feel loved
Oh, stare back at me
But I walked the line
When you held me in that night
I walked the line
When you held my hand that night
I walked the line
When you held me close that night
I paid the price
Never held you in real life
My lips are shaking
Chart History | |
Chart Date | Position |
1995-12-23 | 7 |
1995-12-30 | 13 |
1996-01-06 | 14 |
1996-01-13 | 16 |
1996-01-20 | 25 |
1996-01-27 | 27 |
1996-02-03 | 32 |
1996-02-10 | 36 |
1996-02-17 | 40 |
1996-02-24 | 56 |
1996-03-02 | 53 |
1996-03-09 | 59 |
1996-03-16 | 61 |
1996-03-23 | 66 |
1996-03-30 | 68 |
1996-04-06 | 70 |
1996-04-13 | 70 |
1996-04-20 | 81 |
1996-04-27 | 83 |
1996-05-04 | 82 |
Peak Position: #7
Number of Weeks on Chart: 20