R.E.M.

Released: September 13, 2019

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

Producer: R.E.M. Jo Ravitch Scott Litt

[Verse 1]
Hang your collar up inside
Hang your dollar on me
Listen to the fire still
Listen to the cause where you are

[Chorus]
Offering the educated
Primitive and wild
Welcome to the occupation

[Verse 2]
Here we stand and here we fight
All your fallen heroes
Held and tied and held upright
Listen to the Congress [?]

[Chorus]
Offering the educated
Primitive and loyal
Welcome to the occupation

[Verse 3]
Hang your collar up inside
Hang your freedom higher
Listen to the buyer still
Listen to the Congress [?]

[Chorus]
[?] and production
Primitive and wild
Fire on the hemisphere below

[Instrumental Bridge]

[Verse 4]
Sugar cane and coffee cup
Copper, steel, and cattle
An annotated history
The forest for the fire [?]

[Chorus]
Where we open up the floodgates
Freedom reigns supreme
Fire on the hemisphere below

[Outro]
Listen to me
Listen to me
Listen to me
Listen to me
Listen to me
Listen to me
Thank you
That song was written in the Reagan era, the next song was written last week

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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