R.E.M.
Dalszövegek/Lyrics

AUTOMATIC FOR THE PEOPLE

DRIVE

Smack, crack, bushwhacked
Tie another one to the racks, baby

Hey kids, Rock and Roll
Nobody tells you where to go, baby

What if I ride, what if you walk
What if you rock around the clock
Tick, tock, tick, tock
What if you did, what if you walk
What if you tried to get off, baby

Hey kids, where are you
Nobody tells you what to do, baby

Hey kids, shake a leg
Maybe you're crazy in the head, baby

Maybe you did, maybe you walked
Baby you rocked around the clock
Tick, tock, tick, tock
Maybe I ride, maybe you walk
Maybe I drive to get off, baby

Hey kids, shake a leg
Maybe you're crazy in the head, baby

Ollie Ollie
Ollie Ollie Ollie
Ollie Ollie in come free, baby

Hey kids, where are you
Nobody tells you what to do, baby

Smack, crack, shack a lack
Tie another one to your back, baby

Hey kids, Rock and Roll
Nobody tells you where to go, baby

Maybe you did, maybe you walked
Maybe you rock around the clock
Tick, tock, tick, tock
Maybe I ride, maybe you walk
Maybe I drive to get off, baby

Hey kids, where are you
Nobody tells you what to do, baby

Hey kids, Rock and Roll
Nobody tells you where to go, baby, baby, baby


TRY NOT TO BREATHE

I will try not to breathe,
I can hold my head still with my hands at my knees
These eyes are the eyes of the old, shiver in the cold

I will try not to breathe,
This decision is mine I have lived a full life
And these are the eyes that I want you to remember

I need something to fly over my grave again
I need something to breathe

I will try not to burden you, I can hold these inside
I will hold my breath until all these shivers subside
Just look in my eyes

I will try not to worry you, I have seen things that you will never see
Leave it to memory me, shudder to breathe
I want you to remember

(you will never see)
I need something to fly (something to fly)
Over my grave again (you will never see)
I need something to breathe (something to breathe)
Baby don't shiver now,
Why do you shiver now (I will see things you will never see)
I need something to fly (something to fly)
Over my grave again (I will see things you will never see)
I need something to breathe

I will try not to worry you, I have seen things that you will never see
Leave it to memory me, don't dare me to breath
I want you to remember

(you will never see)
I need something to fly (something to fly)
Over my grave again (you will never see)
I need something to breathe (something to breathe)
Baby don't shiver now,
Why do you shiver now (I will see things you will never see)
I need something to breathe (something to breathe)
I want you to remember (I have seen things you will never see)

THE SIDEWINDER

This here is the place where I will stay in
There isn't a number, you can call the pay phone
Let it ring a long long long long time
If I don't pick up, hang up, call back, let it ring some more,
If I don't pick up, pick up, the sidewinder sleeps, sleeps, sleeps in a coil

Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her

There are scratches all around the coin slot
Like a heart beat baby trying to wake up
But this machine can only swallow money
You can't lay a patch by computer design
With just a lot of stupid, stupid signs

Tell her
Tell her she can kiss my ass and laugh and say that you were only kidding
That way she'll know that it was really, really, really, really me me

Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her

Baby, instant soup doesn't really grab me
Today I need something more substa, sub, sub, substantial
A can of beans or black eyed peas, some Nescafe and ice
Candy bar, a fallen star, or a reading from Doctor Seuss

Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her

The cat in the hat came back, wrecked a lot of havoc on the way
Always had a smile, never reason to pretend,
Their world has flat backgrounds and little need to sleep but to dream
The sidewinder sleeps on his back

Call when you try to wake her up, call when you try to wake her
I can always sleep standing up, call when you try to wake her

You got a boogie woogie groove on this one


EVERYBODY HURTS

When your day is long and the night, the night is yours alone
When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on
Don't let yourself go, cause everybody cries and everybody hurts sometimes

Sometimes everything is wrong, now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone (hold on, hold on)
If you feel like letting go (hold on)
If you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on

Cause everybody hurts, take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts, don't throw your hands, oh now, don't throw your hands
If you feel like you're alone, no, no, no, you're not alone

If you're on your own in this life, the days and nights are long
When you think you've had too much, with this life, to hang on

Well everybody hurts, sometimes
Everybody cries, and everybody hurts, sometimes
But everybody hurts sometimes so hold on, hold on, hold on,
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on,
Everybody hurts
You are not alone

SWEETNESS FOLLOWS

Readying to bury your father and your mother
What did you think when you lost another
I used to wonder why did you bother
Distance from one, one to the other

Listen here my sister and my brother
What would you care if you lost the other
I always wondered why did we bother
Distance from one, one to the other
Oh, oh, oh sweetness follows

It's these little things, they can pull you under
Live your life filled with joy and wonder
I always knew this all together with thunder
It's lost to now or never lives
Oh, oh, oh sweetness follows
Oh, oh, oh sweetness follows

It's these little things, they can pull you under
Live your life filled with joy and thunder
Yea, yea we were all together
Lost to now or never lives
Oh, oh, oh sweetness follows
Oh, oh, oh sweetness follows


MONTY GOT A RAW DEAL

Monty this seems strange to me, the movies had that movie thing
But nonsense has a welcome ring and heroes don't come easy

Now nonsense isn't new to me, I know my head I know my feet
But mischief knocked me in the knees so just let go, just let go

I saw the ocean meet the man, I saw you buried in the sand
A friend was there to hold my hand, so walk on by

So I went walking through the stream, I saw you strung up in a tree
A woman knelt there, said to me, said "hold your tongue, hold your tongue"

You don't owe me anything, you don't want this sympathy [waste your breath]
Don't you waste your breath [waste your breath] for the silver screen

That nonsense doesn't mean a thing, they tried to bust you in a sting
But virtue isn't everything so don't waste time

Now here's a rhyme that you can steal, put this on your reel-to-reel
Mischief threw a rotten deal, Monty's laying low, yeah, he is laying low
Just let go, go, just let go

You don't owe me anything, you don't want this sympathy [waste your breath]
Don't you waste your breath [waste your breath] Monty this seems strange to me


IGNORELAND

Bastards stole the power from the victims of the us v. them years,
Wrecking all things virtuous and true
The undermining, social, democratic, downhill slide of truth, abysmal
lost, swam, off the precipice into trickle down runoff hope
They hypnotised the summer, 1979,
marched into the capital, pretty duplicitous lookin' at evil, media-ready,
heartless, and they were super U.S. citizen, super achiever
mega ultra power dosing relax
defense, defense, defense, defense, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ignoreland [Yea, yea, yea], Ignoreland [Yea, yea, yea]

The information nation took the clues from all the sound byte glut
1980, 84, 88, 92, too too
Hard to be what you can be, jump down junk in your energy
Hard to walk in dignity with throwup on your shoes
They camp-divide the autumn, 1979
Calculate the capital, up for the public, why CBS TV tells a million lies,
the fink was terrified to report
anything that isn't handed on a presidential spoon,
I'm just put down and frustrated by all this so fuck you, Dan
Fuck 'm [Yea, yea, yea], Ignoreland [Yea, yea, yea], Ignoreland

If there wasn't then we would have created them
Maybe it is true
But I'm resentful all the same, someone's got to take the blame
I know that this is vitriol, no solution spleen-venting
But I feel better having screamed on you
They desecrate the winter, 1979
capital collaterial, pretty duplicitous lookin' at evil, media-ready,
heartless, and they were super U.S. citizen super achiever
mega ultra power dosing relax
defense, defense, defense, defense, yeah, yeah, yeah
Ignoreland [Yea, yea, yea], Ignoreland [Yea, yea, yea]
Ignoreland [Yea, yea, yea], Ignoreland [Yea, yea, yea]

"This is not a revolution, I did not do the revolution, thank you"

STAR ME KITTEN

Dreams come three for the price of one
Nothing's free but guaranteed for a lifetime's use have changed our lives
And you can have one
You, you know the other two

The brakes have worn so thin that you can hear
I hear them screeching through the door from our driveway
Hey love, look into your long lost heart,
letters there from me in time, as love is sired,
I've changed the locks, have I misplaced you?
Have we lost our minds
Will this never end?
It could depend on your take

You, me, we used to be on fire
If keys are all that stand between
Can I throw in the wind the gasoline
Just fuck me kitten
You are wild and I'm in your possesion
Nothing's free, so fuck me kitten

I'm in your possesion
So fuck me kitten


MAN ON THE MOON

Mott the Hoople and the game of Life, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Monopoly, 21, checkers, and chess, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mr. Fred Blasy, and a breakfast mess, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Let's play Twister, let's play Risk, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
I'll see you heaven if you make the list, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Now Andy did you hear about this one, tell me are you locked in the punch
Andy are you goofing on Elvis, hey baby, are we losing touch
If you believe they put a man on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve, then nothing is cool

Moses went walking with a staff of wood, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Newton got beaned by the apple good, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mr. Charles Darwin had the gall to ask, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Now Andy did you hear about this one, tell me are you locked in the punch
Andy are you goofing on Elvis, hey baby, are you having fun
If you believe they put a man on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up their sleeve, then nothing is cool

Here's a little agit for the never believer, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Here's a little ghost for the offering, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Here's a truck stop instead of St. Peter's, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mr. Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Now Andy did you hear about this one, tell me are you locked in the punch
Andy are you goofing on Elvis, hey baby, are we losing touch
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon
If you believed there's nothing up their sleeve, then nothing is cool


NIGHTSWIMMING

Nightswimming deserves a quiet night
The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago
Turned around backwards so the windshield shows
Every streetlight reveals a picture in reverse
Still it's so much clearer
I forgot my shirt at the water's edge
The moon is low tonight

Nightswimming deserves a quiet night
I'm not sure all these people understand
It's not like years ago
The fear of getting caught
The recklessness in water
They cannot see me naked
These things they go away
Replaced by every day

Nightswimming - remembering that night
September's coming soon
I'm pining for the moon
And what if there were two
Side by side in orbit
Around the fairest sun
A bright tide forever drawn
Could not describe nightswimming

You I thought I knew you.
You I cannot judge
You I thought you knew me
This one laughing quietly underneath my breath
Nightswimming

The photograph reflects
Every streetlight a reminder
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night, deserves a quiet night

FIND THE RIVER

hey now little speedyhead
the read on the speedometer says
you have to go the task in the city
where people drown and people serve
don't be shy your just deserve
is only just light years to go

me, my thoughts are flowers strewn
ocean storm, bayberry moon
I have got to leave to find my way
watch the road and memorize
this life that pass before my eyes
nothing is going my way.

the ocean is the river's goal
a need to leave the water knows
we're closer now than light years to go.

I have got to find the river
bergamot and vetiver
run through my head and fall away
leave the road and memorize
this life that pass before my eyes
nothing is going my way.

there's no one left to take the lead
but I tell you and you can see
we're closer now than light years to go.
pick up here and chase the ride
the river empties to the tide
fall into the ocean.

the river to the ocean goes
a fortune for the undertow
none of this is going my way.
there is nothing left to throw
of Ginger, lemon, indigo,
coriander stem and rose of hay.
strength and courage overrides
The privileged and weary eyes
of river poet search naivete.
pick up here and chase the ride
the river empties to the tide
all of this is coming your way.


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