R.E.M. Lyrics

Airportman (Buck/Mills/Stipe) He moves efficiently Beyond security Great opportunity awaits Airport fluoresc...

At My Most Beautiful (Buck/Mills/Stipe) (chorus) I've found a way to make you I've found a way A way to make you smile...

Daysleeper (Buck/Mills/Stipe) Receiving department, 3 a.m. Staff cuts have socked up the overage Directives ...

Diminished (Buck/Mills/Stipe) I watched you fall I think I pushed Maybe I'm crazy Maybe diminished Maybe I'm...

Falls To Climb (Buck/Mills/Stipe) I'll take the position Assume the missionary part You work by committee, You h...

Hope (Buck/Mills/Stipe/Leonard Cohen) You want to go out Friday And you want to go forever You know th...

Lotus (Buck/Mills/Stipe) I was hell Sarcastic silver swell That day it rained Tough spun. Hard won. No ...

Parakeet (Buck/Mills/Stipe) You wake up in the morning And fall out of your bed Mean cats eat parakeets An...

Sad Professor (Buck/Mills/Stipe) If we're talking about love Then I have to tell you Dear readers, I'm not sure...

Suspicion (Buck/Mills/Stipe) Now my suspicion's on the rise I have known, I have known your kind Please don...

The Apologist (Buck/Mills/Stipe) They call me the apologist And now that I'm at peak You know at first it reall...

Walk Unafraid (Buck/Mills/Stipe) As the sun comes up, as the moon goes down These heavy notions creep around It...

Why Not Smile (Buck/Mills/Stipe) The concrete broke your fall To hear you speak of it I'd have done anything I ...

You're In The Air (Buck/Mills/Stipe) You wanted a challenge that's calling you higher I landed on my feet by crawli...

Be Mine (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) ("A speed zone up here too") I never thought of this as funny...

Binky The Doormat (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) This is horror movie stuff The muffin is peach, you're "makin"...

Bittersweet Me (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) I move across, innocence lost All flashing pulsar I move across the eart...

Departure (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Just arrived Singapore, San Sebastian, Spain, 26-hour trip Salt Lake Cit...

E-Bow The Letter (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Look up, what do you see? All of you and all of me Fluorescent and starr...

Electrolite (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Your eyes are burning holes through me I'm gasoline I'm burnin' clean T...

How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Blood from a stone Water from wine Born under earplay design A stroke of...

Leave Nothing could be bring me closer Nothing could be bring me near Where is the road I follow? to leave...

Low Desert (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) It happened fast, it's over quick A little dust and the engine kicks Did...

New Test Leper (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) I can't say that I love Jesus That would be a hollow claim He did make s...

So Fast, So Numb So Fast, So Numb From: New Adventures In Hi-Fi (official lyrics, published in Austrian magazine Clu...

The Wake-Up Bomb (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) I look good in a glass pack I look good and mean I look good in metallic...

Undertow (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) I know what I wanted I know what I wanted I know how I wanted this to be...

ZITHER (An instrumental track) ...

Bang And Blame (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) If you could see yourself now, baby It's not my fault You used to be so ...

Circus Envy (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Here comes that awful feeling again Welcome the ugly animal I hold my br...

Crush With Eyeliner (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) I know you I know you've seen her She's a sad tomato She's three miles o...

I Don't Sleep, I Dream (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) I'm looking for an interruption, Do you believe? You looking to dig my d...

I Took Your Name (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) I wore the clothes you wanted I took your name If there is some confusio...

King Of Comedy (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Make your money with a suit and tie Make your money with shrewd denial M...

Let Me In (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Yeah, all those stars drip down like butter, And promises are sweet, We ...

Star 69 (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) You don't have to take the bar exam to see What you've done is ignoramus...

Strange Currencies (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) I don't know why you're mean to me When I call on the telephone And I do...

Tongue (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Call my name, here I come 90 to nothing, watch me run You call I am asha...

What's The Frequency, Kenneth? (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) "What's the frequency, Kenneth?" is your benzedrine, uh-huh. I w...

You (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Let the sun beat through the clouds, Let me kiss you on the mouth All my...

Drive (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Smack, crack, bushwhacked Tie another one to the racks, baby (chorus 1)...

Everybody Hurts (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) When your day is long and the night, the night is yours alone, When you're...

Find The River (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Hey now, little speedyhead, The read on the speed matter says You have t...

Ignoreland (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) These bastards stole their power from the victims of the Us v. Them year...

Man On The Moon (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Mott the Hoople and the Game of Life. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Andy Kaufma...

Monty Got A Raw Deal (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Monty this seems strange to me The movies had that movie thing, But nons...

NEW ORLEANS INSTRUMENTAL NO. 1 (An instrumental track) ...

Nightswimming (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Nightswimming deserves a quiet night The photograph on the dashboard, ta...

Star Me Kitten (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Keys cut, three for the price of one Nothing's free but guaranteed for a...

Sweetness Follows (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Readying to bury your father and your mother, What did you think when yo...

The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) This here is the place where I will be staying There isn't a number. You...

Try Not To Breathe (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) I will try not to breathe I can hold my head still with my hands at my kne...

1,000,000 (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) (chorus 1) Secluded in a marker stone Not only deadlier but smarter too,...

Carnival Of Sorts (Box Cars) (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) There's a secret stigma, reaping wheel Diminish, a carnival of sorts Chr...

Gardening At Night (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) I see your money on the floor, I felt the pocket change Though all the f...

Stumble (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) (chorus) We'll stumble through the yard We'll stumble through the yard W...

Wolves, Lower (chorus) Suspicion yourself, suspicion yourself, don't get caught Suspicion yourself, suspicion your...

(Don't Go Back To) Rockville (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Looking at your watch a third time waiting in the station for the bus Go...

Can't Get There From Here (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) When the world is a monster Bad to swallow you whole Kick the clay that ...

Driver 8 (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) The walls are built up, stone by stone, The fields divided one by one An...

Fall On Me (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) There's a problem, feathers iron Bargain buildings, weights and pullies ...

Finest Worksong (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) The time to rise has been engaged You're better best to rearrange I'm ta...

Its The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine) That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane- Lenny Bruce is not afrai...

Radio Free Europe (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Resign yourself that's radio's gonna stay Reason: It could polish up the g...

Romance (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Nations call Par-parallels Neighbors call All in all, in all, in all, in...

Southern Central Rain (I'm Sorry) (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Did you never call? I waited for your call These rivers of suggestion ar...

Talk About The Passion (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Empty prayer, empty mouths, combien reaction Empty prayer, empty mouths,...

The One I Love (chorus 1) This one goes out to the one I love This one goes out to the one I've left behind A simpl...

Begin The Begin (chorus) Birdie in the hand for life's rich demand The insurgency began and you missed it I looked f...

Cuyahoga (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Let's put our heads together and start a new country up Our father's fat...

Hyena (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Night time fell at the opening, In the final act of the beginning of tim...

I Believe (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) When I was young and full of grace And spirited - a rattlesnake When I w...

Just A Touch (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Well, what in the world? Women in black Don't you remember send us back ...

Superman (M. Bottler/G. Zekley) (chorus 1) I am, I am, I am Superman and I know what's happening I am, I a...

Swan Swan H (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Swan, swan, hummingbird Hurrah, we are all free now What noisy cats are ...

The Flowers Of Guatemala (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) I took a picture that I'll have to send People here are friendly and con...

These Days (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Now I'm not feeding off you, I will rearrange your scales If I can, and ...

What If We Give It Away? i(Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) On the outside, underneath the wall All the money couldn't buy You're ...

Aftermath Now the radio stutters. snaps to life. Some sour song that sets it right. And when London falls He'd...

Around The Sun I want the sun to shine on me I want the truth to set me free I wish the followers would lead with a...

Electron Blue You're on your ear, the ocean's near The light has started to fade Your high is timed, you found the...

Final Straw As I raise my head to broadcast my objection As your latest triumph draws the final straw Who died a...

High Speed Train When I look into your eyes. Your drop like an anchor eyes. I scudded and clipped the sky Just shy of...

I Wanted To Be Wrong You know where I come from you know what I feel you're Yul Brenner Westworld reporting from the fi...

Leaving New York It's quiet now, and what it brings, is everything comes calling back, a brilliant night, I'm still a...

Make It All Ok You threw away the ballast and you rowed your boat ashore Didn't you, now? Didn't you? You made your...

The Ascent Of Man So hesitation pulled me back I'm stronger when I don't attract In your eyes I'm a lamb without a rac...

The Boy In The Well Look at this, it's me, walking away. Look at you drowning, on display. Every time I've dropped by, I...

The Outsiders You took me to the restaurant where we first met You knocked a future shock crowbar upside my head I...

Wander Lust Looks like I pulled a fast one Looks like I went to town Looks like the world revolves around me Loo...

Worst Joke Ever You see there's this cat burglar who can't see in the dark. He lays his bets on 8 more lives, walks ...

All The Way To Reno (You're Gonna Be A Star) humming all the way to Reno you've dusted the n...

Beachball Tonight's alive The beachball is set to fly Those well-tequilla'd guys who smile at strangers. á t...

Beat A Drum the sun reflected in the back of my eye. I knocked my head against the sky. the dragonflies are bus...

Chorus & The Ring hey there now young one wholly, swing along quote the scriptures, keep them guessing which pit you c...

Disappear I dragged my feet across the seat Jumped out the passenger side The only thing worth looking for Is ...

I'll Take The Rain the rain came down the rain came down the rain came down on me. the wind blew strong the summer son...

I've Been High have you seen? have not, will travel. ...

Imitation of Life Charades, pop skill Water hyacinth, named by a poet Imitation of life Like a koi in a frozen pond Li...

Saturn Return Easy to poke yourself square in the eye Harder to like yourself, harder to try These are espouses ...

She Just Wants To Be It's not that she walked away, her world got smaller. All the usual places, the same destinations, o...

Summer Turns To High Mercury is rising still Turn the fan on high I won't step on my own shadow No one wants to cry. So...

The Lifting Grounded, 5 a.m., the nightlite is comforting but gravity is holding you. Once settled into sleep, y...

Auctioneer (Another Engine) (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) She didn't want to get pinned down by her prior town Get me to the train...

Feeling Gravity's Pull (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) I fell asleep and read just about every paragraph Read the scene where ...

Good Advices (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) When you greet a stranger look at his shoes Keep your money in your shoe...

Green Grow The Rushes (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) The wheelbarrow's fallen Look at my hands They've found some surplus, ch...

Kohoutek (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Who will stand alone? She carried ribbons, she wore them out Courage bu...

Life And How To Live It (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Burn bright through the night, two pockets lead the way Two doors to go ...

Maps And Legends (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) He's not to be reached, he's to be reached He's not to be reached, he's ...

Old Man Kensey (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe/Ayers) Old Man Kensey wants to be a sign painter First he's got to learn ...

Wendell Gee (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) That's when Wendell Gee takes a tug Upon the string that held the line o...

7 Chinese Brothers (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) (chorus 1) This mellow, sweet, short-haired boy, woman offers pull up a ...

Camera (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) (chorus 1) From the inside room when the front room greeting Becomes you...

Harborcoat (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) They crowded up to Lenin with their noses worn off A handshake is worthy...

Letter Never Sent (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) It's been pretty simple so far, vacation in Athens is calling me And kno...

Little America I can't see myself at thirty, I don't buy a lacquered thirty Caught like flies, preserved for tomorr...

Pretty Persuasion (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) It's what I want, hurry and buy, All has been tried, follow reason and b...

Second Guessing (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Why're you trying to second guess me? I am tired of second guessing What...

Time After Time (Annelise) (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Ask the girl of the hour by the water tower's watch If your friends took...

Ages Of You (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) (chorus) Postcard stowaway within Pristine indigo without Banded ottoman...

Bandwagon (Berry/Buck/Mills/M. Stipe/L. Stipe) Come on aboard, I promise you you won't hurt the horse We tr...

Burning Down (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) From the back of my neck, oh, oh, oh Wired a glass jaw, oh, oh Plantatio...

Burning Hell (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Women got legs, men got pants I got the picnic, you got the ants, Put it...

Crazy (Bewley/Briscoe/Crowe/Lachowski) You're funny and you don't know why You're funny and you can't e...

Femme Fatale (Lou Reed) Here she comes you better watch your step She's going to play you for a fool, it's tru...

King Of The Road (Roger Miller) (Trailers for sale Trailers for sale Trailers for sale) I ain't got no cigarettes...

Pale Blue Eyes (Lou Reed) Sometimes I feel so happy Sometimes I feel so sad Sometimes I feel just about everythi...

There She Goes Again There she goes again She’s out on the streets again She’s down on her knees, my friend But you k...

Toys In The Attic (Tyler/Perry) Light voices scream, nothing seems real's a dream Leaving the things that you learn...

Voice Of Harold Reverend Bill Funderburk sings "He Cared That Much For Me" Charles Surratt introduces his ...

Walters Theme (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Hey, this is David I've got a hat the size of Oklahoma Put on my boots a...

Windout (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe/Ayers) Windout - if you're out of wind Windout - if you're really spent W...

Get Up (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Sleep delays my life (get up, get up) Where does time go? (get up, get u...

Hairshirt (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) I am not the type of dog That could keep you waiting For no good reason ...

I Remember California (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) I remember redwood trees, bumper cars and wolverines The ocean's Trident...

Orange Crush Follow me, don't follow me I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush Collar me, don't collar me I'...

Pop Song 89 (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Hello, I saw you, I know you, I knew you I think I can remember your nam...

Stand (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) (chorus) Stand in the place where you live Now face North Think about di...

The Wrong Child (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) I've watched the children come and go A late long march into spring I si...

Turn You Inside-Out (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Divide your cultured pearls in haste I'm looking for to lay to waste Of ...

World Leader Pretend World Leader Pretend (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) I sit at my table and wage war on myself It seems...

You Are The Everything (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Sometimes I feel like I can't even sing (say, say, the light) I'm very s...

9-9 (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Steady repetition is a compulsion mutually reinforced. Now what does tha...

Catapult (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) We were little boys We were little girls It's nine o'clock, don't try to...

Laughing (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Laocoon and her two sons Pressured storm, tried to move No other more, e...

Moral Kiosk (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) (chorus) Scratch the scandals in the twilight Trying to shock but instea...

Perfect Circle Put your hair back, we get to leave Eleven gallows on your sleeve Shallow figure, winner's paid Ele...

Pilgrimage (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Take a turn, take a turn Take our fortune, take our fortune They called...

Shaking Through (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Could it be that one small voice doesn't count in the room? Yellow like ...

Sitting Still (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) This name I got we all were green See could stop stop it will red We cou...

We Walk (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Up the stairs to the landing, up the stairs into the hall, oh, oh, oh Ta...

West Of The Fields (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe/N. Bogan) Long gone, intuition to assume are gone when we try Dream of a ...

Disturbance At The Heron House (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) "They're going wild," the call came in At early morning pre-da...

Exhuming McCarthy (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) You're beautiful more beautiful than me You're honorable more honorable ...

Fireplace (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Crazy, crazy world, crazy, crazy times Crazy, crazy world, crazy, crazy ...

King Of Birds (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) A thumbnail sketch, a jeweler's stone A mean idea to call my own Old man...

Lightnin' Hopkins (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) When I lay myself to sleep pray that I don't go too deep Lightnin' won, ...

Oddfellows Local 151 (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Oddfellows local 151 behind the firehouse Where Peewee sits to prove a s...

Strange (Gilbert/Gotobed/Lewis/Newman) (chorus 1) There's something strange going on tonight There's some...

Welcome To The Occupation (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Hang your collar up inside Hang your dollar on me Listen to the water st...

Belong (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Her world collapsed early Sunday morning She got up from the kitchen tab...

Country Feedback (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) This flower is scorched This film is on On a maddening loop These clothe...

ENDGAME (An instrumental track) ...

Half A World Away (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) This could be the saddest dusk I've ever seen Turn to a miracle High ali...

Losing My Religion Oh, life is bigger It's bigger than you And you are not me The lengths that I will go to The distanc...

Low (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Dusk is dawn is day Where did it go? I've been laughing Fast and slow Mo...

Me In Honey (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) I sat there looking ugly Looking ugly and mean I knew what you were sayi...

Near Wild Heaven (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Whenever we hold each other We hold each other There's a feeling that's ...

Radio Song (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Hey, I can't find nothing on the radio Yo! turn to that station The wor...

Shiny Happy People (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Shiny happy people laughing Meet me in the crowd People, people Throw yo...

Texarkana (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) 20,000 miles to an oasis 20,000 years will I burn 20,000 chances I waste...

11 (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) This world is big and so-awake I stayed up late to hear your voice This ...

A Girl Like You (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) I get so disturbed, I'm all alone I feel so funny talking on the phone ...

Action I do the dancin' You do the hoppin' You do the boppin' I do the shakin' I'm just romancin' You do t...

All The Right Friends (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) I know you say Maybe some day I need never be alone I know I say It's the ...

Animal Hey what's the big deal? Tell me how to feel? I know where we boomeranged and fell from grace. ...

Baby, I (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Baby, I don't want to be seen with you Baby, I got better things to do B...

Bad Day A public service announcement followed me home the other day. I paid it nevermind. Go Away. Shits so...

Chance (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Chance, chance, chance, chance Friday bank card yours got stuck I loane...

Dangerous Times (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) These are dangerous times Nothing to care or die for These are dangerous...

Dark Globe Oh where are you now pussy willow that smiled on this leaf? When I was alone you promised the stone ...

Dragging The Line Makin' a livin' the old hard way Takin' and givin' by day by day I dig snow and rain and the bright ...

End of the World As We Know It That's great it starts with an earthquake Birds and snakes and aeroplanes And Lenny Bruce is not afr...

Fretless (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) He's got his work and she comes easy They each come around when the othe...

Furry Happy Monsters Ha Ha Ha Ha Furry happy monsters laughing (oh, that’s great!) (ha ha ha ha) Monsters having fun, H...

Hey, Hey, Nadine (a.k.a. Small Town Girl) (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) (chorus 1) Pretty blond hair singing as she walks China-like smile bitch...

I'm Not Over You (Buck/Mills/Stipe) I feel great. I lied to save your feelings. Truth convened, my head smashed th...

It's A Free World Baby (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) I was hungry when I said I never got to sleep You go ahead You can get w...

Lisa Sez (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Too, too, took her so long I was only having fun I guess I'm really hung...

Moon River Moon River, wider than a mile I'm crossing you in style some day You dream maker You heartbreaker Wh...

Mystery To Me (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Living in cities, living in cars Living the way you never wanted to Livi...

Narrator (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) When I was watching TV back in 73 A skinny old man sure appealed to me H...

P.S.A. (a.k.a. Bay Day) (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) A public service announcement followed me home the other day, I paid it ne...

Permanent Vacation (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Gotta get away, gotta get away Gotta get away, gotta get (chorus) I'm o...

Photograph (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe/Natalie Merchant) I found this photograph, Underneath the broken picture ...

Revolution (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Your revolution is a sill...

Sheherazade (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) You say you make her feel all right She says she wants you, but not toni...

That Beat (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) (That beat, that beat, that beat) Eastern calls from way out wherever A...

The Great Beyond (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) I've watched the stars fall silent from your eyes All the sights that I ha...

Theme From Two Steps Onward (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) If you hear this, look again Don't be a stranger Don't be a shadow to th...

Underneath The Bunker (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) I will hide and you will hide And we shall hide together here Underneath...

Wait (Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe) You got your problems darling I got mine too You know that Maybe it's ti...

White Tornado Instrumental ...