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Friday, 17 December 2021

REM Tribute EP

 The One I Love

This one goes out to the one I love
This one goes out to the one I've left behind
A simple prop to occupy my time
This one goes out to the one I love
Fire fire

This one goes out to the one I love
This one goes out to the one I've left behind
A simple prop to occupy my time
This one goes out to the one I love
Fire she's coming down on her own, now
Fire she's coming down on her own, now

This one goes out to the one I love
This one goes out to the one I've left behind
Another prop has occupied my time
This one goes out to the one I love
Fire she's coming down on her own, now
Fire she's coming down on her own, now

Losing My Religion

Life, it's bigger it's bigger than you and you are not me
The lengths that I will go to the distance in your eyes
I've said too much I set it up
That's me in the corner that's me in the spotlight losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you and I don't know if I can do it
I've said too much I haven't said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

Every whisper of every waking hour I'm choosing my confessions
Trying to keep an eye on you like a hurt, lost and blinded fool
I've said too much I set it up
Consider this consider this, the hint of the century
Consider this, the slip that brought me to my knees, failed
What if all these fantasies come flailing around now I've said too much
I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

But that was just a dream that was just a dream
That's me in the corner that's me in the spotlight losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you and I don't know if I can do it
I've said too much I haven't said enough
I thought that I heard you laughing I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try
But that was just a dream try, cry, why try
That was just a dream just a dream

Man On The Moon

Mott the Hoople and the game of Life  Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match 
Monopoly, Twenty one, checkers, and chess  Mister Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess 
Let's play Twister, let's play Risk I'll see you in heaven if you make the list
Now, Andy did you hear about this one tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Andy are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve then nothing is cool

Moses went walking with the staff of wood
Newton got beaned by the apple good
Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp
Mister Charles Darwin had the gall to ask
Now, Andy did you hear about this one tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Andy are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby are you having fun?
If you believed they put a man on the moon man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve then nothing is cool

Here's a little agit for the never-believer 
Here's a little ghost for the offering
Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's
Mister Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling
Now, Andy did you hear about this one tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Andy are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up his sleeve then nothing is cool

Orange Crush

(Follow me, don't follow me) I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush
(Collar me, don't collar me) I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush
(We are agents of the free) I've had my fun and now it's time to serve your conscience overseas
(Over me, not over me) Coming in fast, over me

(Follow me, don't follow me) I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush
(Collar me, don't collar me) I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush
(We are agents of the free) I've had my fun and now it's time to serve your conscience overseas
(Over me, not over me) Coming in fast, over me

High on the booze in a tent paved with blood
Nine inch howl brave the night chopper coming in, you hope

We would circle and we'd circle and we'd circle to stop and consider and centered on the pavement stacked up all the trucks jacked up and our wheels in slush and orange crush in pocket and all this here county, hell, any county, it's just like heaven here, and I was remembering and I was just in a different county and all then this whirlybird that I headed for I had my goggles pulled off; I knew it all, I knew every back road and every truck stop

Shiny Happy People

Shiny happy people laughing
Meet me in the crowd, people, people
Throw your love around, love me, love me
Take it into town, happy, happy
Put it in the ground where the flowers grow
Gold and silver shine
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people laughing

Everyone around, love them, love them
Put it in your hands, take it, take it
There's no time to cry, happy, happy
Put it in your heart where tomorrow shines
Gold and silver shine
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people holding hands
Shiny happy people laughing

Everybody Hurts

When the day is long and the night, the night is yours alone
When you're sure you've had enough of this life, well hang on
Don't let yourself go because everybody cries
And everybody hurts sometimes

Sometimes everything is wrong now it's time to sing along
When your day is night alone if you feel like letting go
If you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on
Because everybody hurts take comfort in your friends
Everybody hurts don't throw your hand

Don't throw your hand if you feel like you're alone you are not alone
If you're on your own in this life the days and nights are long
When you think you've had too much of this life to hang on
Well, everybody hurts sometimes everybody cries
And everybody hurts sometimes and everybody hurts sometimes
So hold on, hold on everybody hurts  you are not alone

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