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 Send "R.E.M." Ringtones to your Cell  (Untitled) This world is big and so-awake I stayed up late to hear your voice This light is here to keep you warm This song is .... A Girl Like You A Girl Like You I get so disturbed...I'm all alone I feel so funny t-t-t-talking on the phone I fall apart when I hear you .... Academy Fight Song Academy Fight Song (Mission of Burma original w/ Stipe's variation below. R.E.M. performed this song often during the Green Tour, and (a studio version to .... Action Action I do the dancin' You do the hoppin' You do the boppin' I do the shakin' I'm just romancin' You do the dancin' I .... Aftermath Now the radio stutters. snaps to life. Some sour song that sets it right. And when London falls He'd like to call But the stars .... All The Right Friends All The Right Friends I know you say Maybe some day I need never be alone I know I say It's the right way But .... All The Way To Reno Humming All the way to reno Dusted the non-believers And challenge the laws of chance Now sweeter You're so sugar sweet You may as well .... Arms Of Love Arms Of Love (Robin Hitchcock - R.E.M.'s version appeared on the CD single for "Man On The Moon." a solo version by Michael Stipe also .... Around The Sun I want the sun to shine on me I want the truth to set me free I wish the followers would lead with a voice .... Baby Baby Baby Baby (by The Vibrators. Mills handled lead vocal on this 1991 studio recording by R.E.M., (to their fan club on the annual Christmas 7" .... Baby, I Baby, I Baby I, don't want to be seen with you Baby, I got better things to do Baby, I don't wanna hang around with .... Beachball Tonight's alive The beachball's set to fly Those well tequilaed guys Who smile at strangers. A tes souhaits A tes amours chéri You give a .... Beat A Drum The sun reflected in The back of my eye. I knocked my head against the sky. The dragonflies are busy buzzing me. A seahorse as .... Begin The Begin Birdie in the hand for life’s rich demand The insurgency began and you missed it I looked for it and I found it Miles Standish .... Body Count Body Count All the young kids learn to dance in the combat zone Never dared to take a chance Goin' home alone But it gets .... Chance Chance (from UK "Everybody Hurts" CD single) Chance, chance, chance, chance Friday bank card yours got stuck I loaned you a phone quarter, said "Good .... Chorus And The Ring Hey there now young Willy Swing alone, quote the scriptures Keep them guessing which bed you crawled from Justify, just deny Was it fun Your .... Crazy (Pylon) You're funny and you don't know why You're funny and you can't even cry You're funny and you don't know why You're funny and you .... Cuyahoga Let’s put our heads together and start a new country up Our father’s father’s father tried, erased the parts he didn’t like Let’s try to .... Dangerous Times Dangerous Times These are dangerous times Nothing to care or die for These are dangerous times What you want, someone will buy for you Don't .... Dark Globe Dark Globe (Syd Barrett - R.E.M.'s version appeared on the 1989 3" CD and 12" vinyl singles for "Orange Crush") Oh where are you now? .... Disappear dragged my feet across a seat Jumped out the passenger side The only thing worth looking for Is what you find inside But that had .... Draggin' The Line Draggin' The Line (a 1971 hit by Tommy James The Shondells, written by James/King. R.E.M.'s 1999 version appeared on the soundtrack to "Austin Powers: The .... Electron Blue You're on your ear, the oceans near the light has started to fade your high is timed you've found the climb it's hard to .... First We Take Manhattan First We Take Manhattan (R.E.M.'s version of this Leonard Cohen song was included on the 1991 Cohen tribute CD "I'm Your Fan") They sentenced me .... Funtime Funtime (Iggy Pop/David Bowie. R.E.M.'s version was the B-side to the "Get Up" single) (Fun!) baby, baby, we like your lips (Fun!) baby, baby, we .... Future 40'S (String Of Pearls) Future 40'S (String Of Pearls) (Syd Straw/Michael Stipe/Jody Harris) Hey man I'm making moves and I am so much stronger than you. I am so .... Get Up Sleep delays my life (get up, get up) Where does time go (get up, get up, get up) I don’t know Sleep, sleep, sleepy head .... Ghost Rider Ghost Rider (Johnny Rev/Alan Vega - R.E.M.'s version appeared on the 1989 3" CD and 12" vinyl singles for "Orange Crush") Ghost rider motorcyle hero .... Hairshirt I am not the type of dog That could keep you waiting For no good reason Run a carbon-black test on my jaw And you .... Hey, Hey, Nadine Hey, Hey, Nadine (a.k.a. Small Town Girl...) Pretty blond hair swinging as she walks Child-like smile glistens as she talks Dangerous eyes in a small .... Hyena Night time fell at the opening, In the final act of the beginning of time. Hyena take your role, the stage is set. The town .... I Believe When I was young and full of grace and spirited--a rattlesnake. When I was young and fever fell My spirit, I will not tell You’re .... I Remember California I remember redwood trees, bumper cars and wolverines The ocean's Trident submarines Lemons, limes and tangerines I remember this I remember traffic jams Motor boys .... I Walked With A Zombie I Walked With A Zombie (R.E.M.'s version of this Roky Erickson tune was featured on the 1990 tribute album "Where The Pyramid Meets The Eye" .... I Wanted To Be Wrong You know where I come from You know what I feel You're Yul Brenner Westworld Reporting from the field. I threw it into reverse, Made .... I'll Take The Rain The rain came down The rain came down The rain came down on me. The wind blew strong The summer song Fades to memory I .... I've Been High Have you seen Have not will travel Have I missed the big reveal Do my eyes, Do my eyes seem empty I've forgotten how this .... Imitation Of Life Charades, pop skill Water hyacinth, named by a poet Imitation of life. Like a koi in a frozen pond. Like a goldfish in a bowl. .... It The End Of The World As We Know It That’s great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane - Lenny Bruce is not afraid. Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself .... It's A Free World Baby It's A Free World Baby (an "Out of Time" outtake, later release as an import B-side for "Drive." Later (on the _Coneheads_ soundtrack.) I was .... Leaving New York It's quiet now, and what it brings is everything... Comes calling back a brilliant night, I'm still awake I looked ahead I'm sure I saw .... Lisa Sez Lisa Sez Too...too...took her so long I was only having fun I guess I'm really hung I guess you'd better run That's what Lisa said .... Moon River Moon River (Jerry Butler. A version by R.E.M. appears on the I.R.S. Years extended version of "Reckoning" (in Europe in the early 1990's) Moon River, .... Mystery To Me Mystery To Me Living in cities, living in cars Living the way you never wanted to Living in alleys, living it down Living the way .... Narrator Narrator When I was watching TV back in '73 A skinny old man sure appealed to me His name by now, I'm sure you know .... New Orleans Instrumental No. 1 [Instrumental] .... 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 .... Passenger Passenger (original by Iggy Pop - Stipe's variation below, as recorded live and (on the CD single for "At My Most Beautiful") I am the .... Permanent Vacation Permanent Vacation Gotta get away..gotta get away I'm on a permanent vacation Nothing left to move I want a revelation Nothing left to prove I .... Photograph Photograph (co-written performed w/ Natalie Merchant, from the 1993 various artist "Born To Choose" CD) I found this photograph, underneath the broken picture glass. Tender .... Pop Song 89 Hello, I saw you, I know you, I knew you I think I can remember your name...name Hello I’m sorry, I lost myself I think .... Psa (A.K.A. Bad Day) Psa (A.K.A. Bad Day) (studio demo from "Life's Rich Pageant" sessions) A public service announcement followed me home the other day, I bade it nevermind, .... Revolution Revolution (first performed during '95 Monster tour; included in '96's Road Movie) your revolution is a silly idea, yeah all your friends are feeling had .... Romance Romance Nations call Par-parallels Neighbors call All in all in all in all in all That's worth saving up for Put our heads down on .... Saturn Return Easy to poke yourself square in the eye Harder to like yourself, harder to try These are espouses Postcards and neoprene Roses a dollar a .... See No Evil See No Evil (Television original - Stipe's variation below. The band (a studio version of this song to their fan club on the 1988 Christmas .... She Just Wants To Be It's not that she walked away Her world got smaller All the usual places The same destinations Only something's changed. It's not that she wasn't .... Sheherazade Sheherazade You say you make her feel all right She says she wants you, but not tonight You know the girl is telling lies You .... Sitting Still This name I got we all agreed See could stop stop it will red We could bind it in the cist We could gather, throw .... Sponge Sponge (by Vic Chestnutt - from the 1996 "Sweet Relief II" CD benefiting Vic Chestnutt. the song also appeared on the CD single for "How .... Stand Stand in the place where you live Now face North Think about direction Wonder why you haven’t before Now stand in the place where you .... Summer Turns To High Mercury is rising still Turn the fan on high I won't step on my own shadow No-one wants to cry Someone put a pox on .... Superman (A Godzilla doll, in Japanese: This is a special news report. Godzilla has been sighted in Tokyo Bay. The attack on it by the self-defense .... Tainted Obligation Tainted Obligation (author unknown - performed by the Community Trolls, a.k.a. Michael Stipe and Mathew Sweet) I saw the shoals at night, with the moon .... Texarkana 20,000 miles to an oasis 20,000 years will I burn 20,000 chances I wasted Waiting for the moment to turn I would give my life .... That Beat That Beat (sorry, this one's pretty tough...) Eastern calls from way out wherever. Away I go, anchored in that beat. Thirsting for us too, three's .... The After Hours The After Hours (Velvet Underground original - Stipe's variation below. R.E.M. frequently closed Green Tour shows with this song - a live version appears on .... The Flowers Of Guatemala I took a picture that I’ll have to send People here are friendly and content People here are colorful and bright The flowers often bloom .... The Lifting Grounded 5 a.m. The nightlite is comforting. But gravity is holding you. Once settled into sleep You have watched on repeat, The story of your .... The Lion Sleeps Tonight In the jungle, the quiet jungle, the lion sleeps tonight In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight In the village, the quiet .... The Outsides (Feat. Q-tip) you took me to the restaurant where we first met. You knocked a future shock crowbar upside my head. I got caught with the stop .... The Wrong Child I’ve watched the children come and go A late long march into spring I sit and watch those children Jump in the tall grass Leap .... Theme From Two Steps Onward Theme From Two Steps Onward (studio demo from Fables or LRP sessions) If you hear this...look again Don't be a stranger Don't be a shadow .... These Days Now I’m not feeding off you, I will rearrange your scales If I can, and I can March into ocean, march into the sea I .... Turn You Inside-Out Divide your cultured pearls in haste I'm looking for to lay to waste Of all the things I cannot taste and this not the racy .... Underneath The Bunker I will hide and you will hide And we shall hide together here Underneath the bunkers in the row I have water I have rum .... Untitled Song (A.k.a. So Awake Volunteer ) Untitled Song (a.k.a. "So Awake Volunteer") This world is big (this world is big) and so-awake (and so-awake) I stayed up late (I stayed up .... Wait Wait You got your problems darling I got mine too You know that maybe it's time for you to come through Because I'm fed up .... Wall Of Death Wall Of Death (R.E.M.'s version of this Richard Thompson song was featured on the 1994 Thompson tribute album "Beat The Retreat") Let me ride on .... What If We Give It Away? On the outside underneath the wall All the money couldn’t buy You’re mistaken no one’s standing there For the record no one tried Oh I .... Wichita Lineman Wichita Lineman (a song by Jimmy Webb which was a hit for Glenn Campbell in the 1970's. a live version recorded in 1995 by R.E.M. .... World Leader Pretend I sit at my table and wage war on myself It seems like it’s all...it’s all for nothing I know the barricades, and I know .... You Are The Everything Sometimes I feel like I can’t even sing (say, say, the light) I’m very scared for this world I’m very scared for me Eviscerate your .... Zither [Instrumental] .... Send "R.E.M." Ringtones to your Cell |