R.E.M.

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

[Intro]
This is another song

[Verse 1]
I wore the clothes you wanted
I took your name
If there is some confusion, who's to blame?
I signed your living will
I smiled your face
I'm ready to close the book on NASA in outer space

[Chorus]
If there is some confusion
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?

[Verse 2]
I sequenced your arrival
I sealed your fate
I pushed the button and erased your master tape
I wrote the sales pitch
I threw the brake switch
I dragged your big-ass daddy Roth car out of that ditch

[Chorus]
If there is some confusion
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 3]
I crossed your great divide
I stirred your ocean's tide
I called your bluff until I blew your circuits wide
I'll be your albatross
Devil, dog, Jesus, God
I don't want to be Iggy Pop, but if that's what it takes, hey

[Chorus]
If there is some confusion
Who's to blame?
Who's to blame?
Some confusion
Who's to blame?
Some confusion
Who's to blame?
Some confusion
Some confusion

[Spoken Outro]
You want water again? I got some tea that Radiohead gave me, but it's mine and you can't have it. We don't have any water for you, but this is a water song...

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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R.E.M. at the BBC

From the album

R.E.M. at the BBC (2018)

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I Took Your Name - Live from the National Bowl, Milton, Keyes / 1995R.E.M.

R.E.M.

R.E.M. at the BBC