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

Producer: R.E.M. Scott Litt

[Intro]
Sleep delays my life (get up, get up)
Where does time go? (get up, get up, get up)
I don't know

[Bridge]
Sleep, sleep, sleepy head (get up, get up, get up)
Wake it up, up (get up, get up)
You've got all your life (way up ahead)
(Get up, get up, get up)

[Chorus]
Dreams they complicate my life (Dreams they complement my life)
I've seen you laying pined (get up, get up)
I've seen you laying pined (get up, get up)

[Verse]
Life is rough, rough (get up, get up, get up)
I've seen you laying down (get up)
With the loving kind (get up, get up)
I know life is hard, hard (where goes your time?)
Where to turn? Where to turn? (get up)

[Bridge]
Dreams they complicate my life (Dreams they compliment my life)
Dreamtime

[Chorus]
Dreams they complicate my life (Dreams they compliment my life)
This time, no escape, I wake up (get up, get up)
(get up, get up, get up, get up, get up, get up, get up)

R.E.M.

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.