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Why Not SmileR.E.M.

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

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.

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