Released: April 12, 1983

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

Producer: Don Dixon Mitch Easter

[Verse 1]
Decide yourself if radio's gonna stay
Reason, it could polish up the gray
Put that, put that, put that up your wall
That this isn't country at all

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Ray beam station
Beside yourself

[Verse 2]
Keep me out of country and the word
Deal the porch is leading us absurd
Push that, push that, push that to the hull
That this isn't nothing at all

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Straight off the boat
Where to go?

[Chorus]
Callin' out in transit
Callin' out in transit
Radio Free Europe
Radio

[Verse 3]
Beside defyin' media too fast
Instead of pushin' palaces to fall
Put that, put that, put that before all
That this isn't fortunate at all

[Pre-Chorus 1]
Ray beam station
Beside yourself

[Chorus]
Callin' on in transit
Callin' on in transit
Radio Free Europe
Radio

[Bridge]
Beside yourself
Callin' on a boat
Media's too fast

[Verse 4]
Keep me out of country and the word
Disappointers into us, absurd

[Pre-Chorus 2]
Straight off the boat
Where to go?

[Chorus]
Callin' on in transit
Callin' on in transit
Radio Free Europe
Radio Free Europe

[Outro]
Callin' on in transit
Callin' on in transit
Radio Free Europe
Radio Free Europe

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.