R.E.M.

Released: March 31, 2008

Songwriter: Peter Buck Mike Mills (R.E.M.) Michael Stipe

Producer: Jacknife Lee R.E.M.

[Verse 1]
I could have kept my head down
I might have kept my mouth shut
I should have held my own
You lead a horse to water and you watch him drown

[Verse 2]
You're only as big as your battles
Rattle my cage with your shadow
I'm a bantamweight with a mouth full of feathers
Don't you know that what comes around goes around?

[Chorus]
I'm not that easy
I am not your horse to water
I hold my breath, I come around, round, round

[Verse 3]
Don't darken my doorstep again
You're mixing up living in chin-chin
You're mixing up lose with win-win
You lead a horse to water and you watch him drown

[Verse 4]
You stumble on glass top table
TV's chewing shotgun cable
Pump me up a beanstalk fable
And I'll call this entertainment
Cause Humpty's falling down

[Chorus]
I'm not that easy
I am not your horse to water
I hold my breath, I come around, round, round

[Verse 5]
Pick a fight an ultra-buzzy bubble
Friday night fucking fried-up pub crawl
Bantamweight with a mouth full of feathers
Don't you know that what comes around goes around?

[Chorus]
I'm not that easy
I am not your horse to water
I hold my breath, I come around, round, round
It's not that easy
I am not your horse to water
I hold my breath, I come around, round, round

[Outro]
It's going down, down, down
This runaround, round, round
Is bound to pound
The daylights out of you!

R.E.M. were an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and drummer Bill Berry.

Berry quit the band in April 1997, as they were getting together to record demos for the album Up. He was not replaced on a permanent basis, but the band used an assortment of drummers in his place.

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