Jeremy

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"Jeremy"
Cover song by The Smashing Pumpkins
Original by Pearl Jam
Songwriter(s)Jeff Ament, Eddie Vedder

"Jeremy" is a cover song by The Smashing Pumpkins of the 1992 single by Pearl Jam. While Billy Corgan has joked about the song numerous times in concert, the band has never played more than a few notes live. One such tease appears on Live Smashing Pumpkins.

Lyrics[edit | edit source]

At home
Drawing pictures
Of mountain tops
With him on top
Lemon yellow sun
Arms raised in a V
The dead lay in pools of maroon below

Daddy didn't give attention
To the fact that mommy didn't care
King Jeremy the wicked
Ruled his world

Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in class today

Clearly I remember
Pickin' on the boy
Seemed a harmless little fuck
Oh, but we unleashed a lion
Gnashed his teeth
And bit the recess lady's breast
How could I forget
He hit me with a surprise left
My jaw left hurtin
Oh, dropped wide open
Just like the day
Like the day I heard

Daddy didn't give affection
And the boy was something mommy wouldn't wear
King Jeremy the wicked
Ruled his world

Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in class today

Try to forget this... (try to forget this)
Try to erase this... (try to erase this)
From the blackboard

Jeremy spoke in class today
Jeremy spoke in class today

Availability

TitleType
Celebrating *20* Years of SadnessLive

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