Released: October 29, 1998
Songwriter: Michael Stipe Mike Mills (R.E.M.) Peter Buck
Producer: Pat McCarthy R.E.M.
[Verse 1]
The concrete broke your fall
To hear you speak of it
I'd have done anything
I would do anything
I feel like a cartoon brick wall
To hear you speak of it
[Chorus]
You've been so sad
It makes me worry
Why not smile?
You've been sad for a while
Why not smile?
[Verse 2]
I would do anything
To hear you speak of it
Why not smile?
[Outro]
You've been sad for a while
You've been sad for a while
The concrete broke your fall
To hear you speak of it
I'd have done anything
I would do anything
I feel like a cartoon brick wall
To hear you speak of it
[Chorus]
You've been so sad
It makes me worry
Why not smile?
You've been sad for a while
Why not smile?
[Verse 2]
I would do anything
To hear you speak of it
Why not smile?
[Outro]
You've been sad for a while
You've been sad for a while
- Up (1998)
- Losing My Religion
- It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
- Man on the Moon
- Everybody Hurts
- Orange Crush
- The One I Love
- Nightswimming
- The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
- Shiny Happy People
- What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?
- Drive
- Imitation of Life
- Stand
- Find the River
- Radio Free Europe
- (Don’t Go Back to) Rockville
- E-Bow the Letter
- Country Feedback
- The Great Beyond
- Let Me In
- Fall on Me
- Try Not to Breathe
- So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- Ignoreland