R.E.M.

Released: March 7, 2011

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

Producer: R.E.M. Jacknife Lee

We live and dream about the future
Please ask Neil I need to pow-wow, now
Sift through the annals of our flavored times
Our heroes and all their fatal flaws
Me, Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando and I, sing

Lay me down down down down
Lay me down down down down down
Help me off to sleep
Take me deep again

We live and dream about our heroes
I listened closely, and I said
"I'm not sure where to place myself here, friend
I might pawn the gold rings instead."
The winners write the rule books
The histories and lullabies

Lay me down down down down
Lay me down down down down down

Help me off to sleep
(down, down, down)
Take me deep again
(down, down, down)

I heard what you said
(down, down, down)
I picture brass rings in your head
(take me down, down, down)
While golden and bronze are... bon bons
(down, down, down)
Brass is mixed with lead

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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