R.E.M. ....The kids have a new take, A new take on faith....

Pick up the pieces, Get carried away, I came home to city half erased, I came home to face what we faced, This place needs me here to start, This place is the beat of my heart, Oh my heart, Oh my heart(oh my heart) Oh my heart, Oh my heart, (oh my heart) Storm didn't kill me, The government changed, Hear the answer call, Hear the song rearranged, Hear the tress, the ghosts and the buildings sing, With the wisdom to reconcile this thing, It's sweet and it's sad and it's true, How it doesn't look bitter on you....

R.E.M. .... If the storm doesn't kill me the government will ....

I've got to get that out of my head, It's a new day today and the coffee is strong, I've finally got some rest, So a man's put to task and challenges, I was taught to hold my head high, Collect what is mine, Make the best of what today has, Houston is filled with promise, Laredo is a beautiful place, Galveston sings like that song that I loved, It's meaning has not been erased and so there are claims forgiven and so there are things that are gone, Houston is filled with promise, Laredo is a beautiful place, Galveston sings like that song that I loved, It's meaning has not been erased and some things, they fall to the wayside, Their memory is yet to be still, Belief has not filled me and so I am
put to the test....

R.E.M. ..... Oh,Life is bigger, It's bigger than you.....

and you are not me, the lengths that I will go to the distance in your eyes, oh no 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, oh no I've said too much, I haven't said enough, I thought that I heard you laughing, I thought that I heard you singI think I thought I saw you try every whisper of every waking hour, I'm choosing my confession trying to keep an eye on you, like a hurt lost and blinded fool,fool oh no....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....

R.E.M .... Did you never call?....

I waited for your call, these rivers of suggestion are driving me away, the trees will bend, the cities wash away, the city on the river, there is a girl without a dream, I'm sorry, Eastern to mountain third party call the lines are down, the wise man built his words, upon the rocks but I'm not bound to follow suit, the trees will bend. the conversation's dimmed, Go build yourself another home, this choice isn't mine, Did you never call? i waited for your call, these rivers of suggestion are driving me away, the ocean sang, the conversation's dimmed, go build yourself another dream, this choice isn't mine ....I'm sorry....

R.E.M.

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