R.E.M.

Released: June 23, 2009

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

[Intro]
Steady repetition is a compulsion mutually reinforced
Now what does that mean?
Is there a just contradiction? Nothing much
Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep
If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord to hesitate
Hey, oh

[Verse 1]
Right on target
Twisting tongues
Got a stripe
Down your back
All nine yards
Down her back

[Chorus]
Give me a couple
Don't give me a couple of pointers
Turn to lies and conversation fear

[Verse 2]
Out to punch
Right on target
Twisting tongues
Got a stripe
Down your back
All nine yards
Down her back

[Chorus]
Give me a couple
Don't give me a couple of pointers
Turn to lies and conversation
What is in my mind? I can't say it
What is in my mind? I can't understand you

[Bridge [?]]
I was a young boy and there was this old man at sea
It took about, eight houses and a body and brains
Obsessed with bodies and with the building the systems
Scrimmage, call it

[Verse 3]
Out to punch
Right on target
Twist his tongue, tongue
Got a stripe
Down your back
All nine yards
Down her back

[Chorus]
Give me a couple
Don't give me a couple of pointers
Turn to lies and conversation fear, ooh

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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