Around The Sun

R.E.M.

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Leaving New York

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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 you there __|

You don't need me to tell you now, that nothing can compare

You might have laughed if I told you

You might have hidden the frown

You might have succeeded in changing me | |

I might have been turned around /

It's easier to leave than to be left behind

Leaving was never my proud

Leaving New York never easy

I saw the life fading out

Now life is sweet and what it brings I tried to take... /|

The loneliness, it wears me out, it lies in way / |

And on our lost till in my eyes, shadow of necklace across your thigh |

I might have lived my life in a dream, but i swear, this is real __|

Memory fuses in shatters out glass, but carry your future, forget the past

But it's you, it's what i feel.

You might have laughed if I told you (it's pulling me apart) __

You might have hidden the frown (change) | |

You might have succeeded in changing me (it's pulling me apart) /

I might have been turned around (change) /

It's easier to leave than to be left behind (it's pulling me apart) |__|

Leaving was never my proud (change)

Leaving New York never easy (it's pulling me apart)

I saw the light fading out

| I |

| N |

You find it in your heart, it's pulling me apart | T |

| R |

You find it in your heart, change... | O |

I told you, forever, I love you, forever

(you find it in your heart, it's pulling me apart) __

I told you ,I love you, I love you, forever | |

(you find it in your heart, change) /

I told you, forever, I love you, forever /

(you find it in your heart, it's pulling me apart) |__|

I told you, I love you, I love you, forever

(you find it in your heart, change)

You might have laughed if I told you (forever, forever,I told You, forever)

You might have hidden the frown (change)

You might have succeeded in changing me (it's pulling me apart)

I might have been turned around (change) __

It's easier to leave than to be left behind (it's pulling me apart) | |

Leaving was never my proud (change) /

Leaving New York never easy (it's pulling me apart) /

I saw the life fading out (change) |__|

Leaving new york never easy (it's pulling me apart)

I saw the light fading out (change)

Leaving new york never easy (it's pulling me apart)

I saw the life fading out (change)

Electron Blue

You're on your ear, the ocean's near

The light has started to fade

Your high is timed, you found the climb

It's hard to focus on more than what's in front of you / |

Electron Blue __|

Adventure rings with a page and

When it dawns on you,

It singes blue

Your buzz beginning to wane.

Adventure has laid its claim on you

It's all you want to do. | |

You /

You know where to run

You run Electron Blue.

And who am I?

I'm just a guy

I've got a story like everyone /|

But in your eyes / |

You looked surprised |

And didn't know where to run __|

I looked to her

She's found the cure

Her future's already begun

Tomorrow's gaining speed on you

It's all you want to do __

You | |

You know where to run /

You run Electron Blue /

You |__|

You know where to run

You run electron blue

So bide your time

You'll feel the climb

Your high it builds like a lightning storm /|

It sings like pearls / |

You know that girl |

And no one is any the wiser __|

So as if on cue.....

Electron Blue

Tomorrow's gaining speed on you

It's all you want to do

You __

You know where to run | |

You run, Electron Blue /

You /

You know where to run |__|

You run, Electron Blue

You

You know where to run

You run, Electron Blue

End on F

The Outsiders

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 of the tick-tock, tick-tock clock

When you told me what you knew | |

Lost in the moment /

The day that the music stopped

And I do remember you

Drawing patterns with a cork on the tablecloth __

Promising volcanic change of plot __|

Where will this lead us - I'm scared of the storm |__|

The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born

I tried to tell you I am not afraid /|

You looked up and saw it all across my face / |

So am I with you or am I against |

I don't think it's that easy - we're lost in regret __|

Now I'm trying to remember

The feeling when the music stopped __

When you told me what you knew | |

Lost in the moment /

The day that the music stopped /

And I do remember you |__|

Drawing patterns with a cork on the tablecloth | |

Promising volcanic change of plot __|

Where does this leave us - I'm scared of the storm |

The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born |__|

Drawing patterns with a cork on the tablecloth | |

Promising volcanic change of plot __|

Where does this leave us - I'm scared of the storm |

The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born |__|

The outsiders are gathering, a new day is born

The outsiders are gathering

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A man walks away when every muscle says to stay

How many yesterdays - they each weigh heavy

Who says what changes may come?

Who says what we call home?

I know you see right through me, my luminescence fades

The dusk provides an antidote, I am not afraid

I've been a million times in my mind

This is really just a technicality, frailty, reality

Uh, it's time to breathe, time to believe

Let it go and run towards the sea

They don't teach that, they don't know what you mean

They don't understand, they don't know what you mean

They don't get it, I wanna scream

I wanna breathe again, I wanna dream

I wanna float a quote from Martin Luther King

I am not afraid

End on G

Make It All Ok

You threw away the ballast and you rowed your boat ashore

Didn't you, now? Didn't you? / |

You made your ultimatum too big to ignore __|

Didn't you, now? Didn't you?

So you worked out your excuses,

turned away and shut the door.

The world's too vast for us now, | |

and you wanted to explore /

It's a long, long long road

And I don't know which way to go

If you offered me your hand again I'd have to walk away.

When I saw you at the street fair, you called out my name /|

Didn't you, now? Didn't you? / |

You said we could start over, try and make it all okay. |

Didn't you, now? Didn't you? __|

So our past has been rewritten

and you threw away the pen. __

You'd said that I was useless, | |

but now you'll take me in again /

Well Jesus loves me fine. /

And your words fall flat this time. |__|

Was it my imagination, or did I hear you say,

"We don't have a prayer between us."

Didn't you believe that I have finally turned away? /|

Didn't you, now? Didn't you? / |

Anything to hold onto to help me through my day. |

Didn't you, now? Didn't you? __|

Jesus loves me fine.

But his words fall flat this time.

It's a long, long long road

And I don't know which way to go

If you offered me your world, did you think I'd really stay?

If you offered me the heavens, I would have to turn away.

Was it my imagination, or did I hear you say,

"We don't have a prayer between us."

Didn't you, now? Didn't you, now?

Didn't you?

Final Straw

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and every time you see "Dm" further in this song:

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As I raise my head to broadcast my objection

As your latest triumph draws the final straw / |

Who died and lifted you up to perfection? __|

And what silenced me is written into law.

I can't believe where circumstance has thrown me __

And I turn my head away /

If I look I'm not sure that I could face you. |__|

Not again. Not today. Not today.

If hatred makes a play on me tomorrow /|

And forgiveness takes a back seat to revenge / |

There's a hurt down deep that has not been corrected |

There's a voice in me that says you will not win. __|

And if I ignore the voice inside, | |

Raise a half glass to my home. /

But it's there that I am most afraid, /

And forgetting doesn't hold. It doesn't hold. |__|

Now I don't believe and I never did

That two wrongs make a right.

If the world were filled with the likes of you

Then I'm putting up a fight. Putting up a fight.

Putting up a fight. Make it right. Make it right.

Now love cannot be called into question. /|

Forgiveness is the only hope I hold. / |

And love... love will be my strongest weapon. |

I do believe that I am not alone. __|

For this fear will not destroy me. | |

And the tears that have been shed /

It's knowing now where I am weakest /

And the voice in my head. In my head. |__|

Then I raise my voice up higher | |

And I look you in the eye /

And I offer love with one condition. /

With conviction, tell me why. |__|

Tell me why.

Look me in the eye.

Tell me why.

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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 a motion to repeal.

You kicked my legs from under me,

And tried to take the wheel.

I told you I wanted to be wrong, | |

But everyone is humming a song /

That I don't understand.

Now I know that the sun has shined on my side of the street. /|

The basket of America, the weevils and the wheat. / |

The milk and honeyed congregation, scrubbed and apple-cheeked |

Salute Apollo 13 from the rattle jewelry seats. __|

Mythology's seductive and it turned a trick on me __

That I have just begun to understand. | |

I told you I wanted to be wrong, /

But everyone is humming a song /

That I don't understand. |__|

The rodeo is staged, gold circle goat-ropers and clowns. /|

A rumble in the third act, tie 'em up and burn 'em down. / |

We're armed to the teeth, born a little breech; |

Blue-plate special analysts, cells and SUV's __|

We can't approach the Allies 'cause they seem a little peeved __

And speak a language we don't understand. | |

I told you I wanted to be wrong /

But everyone is humming a song /

That I don't understand. |__|

Storm into the boardroom of the conquering elite. /|

Did you recognize the madman who is shouting in the streets? / |

Destroy the things that I don't understand |

Destroy the things that I don't understand. __|

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Wander Lust

Looks like I pulled a fast one

Looks like I went to town

Looks like the world revolves around me

Looks like it's falling down. / |

I thought I'd kicked the traces __|

I thought the wheels would spin

I thought I'd jumped the fence and bolted

Looks like I'm back again

I got my signals crossed. __

It's overwhelming because /

I'm all alone and I can't get back |__|

Get back with my wanderlust.

I had to grab a suitcase

I had to change my clothes

I had to run the shower hot /|

until the water froze / |

I brushed against confusion |

I wanted time to grow __|

I want the sticks and stones not to throw me

get back to what I know

I got my signals crossed. | |

It's overwhelming because /

I'm all alone and I can't get back /

Get back with my wanderlust. |__|

I'm searching for a greatness

I smear it on my face

I want to bathe in grape must

swim the length of the milky way

I want it to be brilliant

I want it to be sweet

I want to kiss the astronauts

when they salute to me me me me

I got my signals crossed. | |

It's overwhelming because /

I'm all alone and I can't get back /

Get back with my wanderlust. |__|

I got my signals crossed.

It's overwhelming because

I'm all alone and I can't get back

Get back with my wander

Back with my wander

Back with my wanderlust.

End on H

The Boy in the Well

Look at this, it's me, walking away.

Look at you drowning, on display. /|

Every time I've dropped by, I've tried to say |

The water is rising.

You don't want to stay.

It's that sinking feeling. you know what it's bringing on.

You might as well say it, | |

I see it, I feel it. /

This town is going wrong.

It's turning away.

You wanted me to be someone that I could never be __

My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed __|

It's beautiful |__|

I'd like for them to take me on ...

The track mall gang went off /|

On the Tennessee goth. a lunar moth, / |

You chrysalis and flail. |

The water is rising. you try to rappel. __|

A rousing cheer for the boy in the well.

It's that sinking feeling. you know what it's bringing on. | |

You might as well say it, /

I see it, I feel it. /

This town is going wrong. |__|

It's turning away.

You wanted me to be someone that I could never be | |

My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed __|

It's beautiful |

I'd like for them to take me on ... |__|

Here is where I look back.

Here is where you fell.

This is where I got up, /|

Shaking off my tail / |

This is where your rope trick |

Started to look stale. __|

A greyhound pass for the boy in the well.

It's that sinking feeling __

You know what it's bringing on | |

I might as well say it. /

I see it, I feel it /

This town is going wrong. |__|

It's turning away.

You wanted me to be someone that I could never be | |

My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed __|

It's beautiful |

I'd like for them to take me on |__|

You wanted me to be something that I could never be | |

My new friends are offering things I've never dreamed __|

It's beautiful |

I'd like for them to take me on |__|

End on Em

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 collide. __|

They're beautiful and much maligned.

In a universe where you see the worst,

And it's up to you to fix it.

Now you've worked it out

And you see it all __

And you've worked it out /

And you see it all |__|

And you want to shout

How you see it all

It's easy to dismiss the 'what's it all about' crowd.

There is no doubt. it's this, here, now.

And you close your eyes. /|

He's not coming back. / |

So you work it out, overfeed the cat. |

And the plants are dry and they need to drink. __|

So you do your best. and you flood the sink.

Sit down in the kitchen and cry.

Now you've worked it out __

And you see it all | |

And you've worked it out /

And you see it all /

And you want to shout |__|

How you see it all

Now the universe left you for a runners lap.

It feels like home when it comes crashing back.

And it makes you laugh

And it makes you cry, /|

When London falls / |

And you're still alive. |

The radio stutters, __|

It makes you laugh

And the aftermath,

Open up your eyes.

You're so alive.

Now you've worked it out

And you see it all

And you've worked it out __

And you see it all | |

And you want to shout /

How you see it all /

How you've worked it out |__|

And you see it all

How you've worked it out

And you see it all

End on F

High Speed Train

When I look into your eyes.

Your drop like an anchor eyes. / |

I scudded and clipped the sky __|

Just shy of making it.

And you almost got away. __

I told you I was afraid. /

Did I really want to try |__|

You're holding me to my claim

I jump on a high speed train __

I'll never look back again __|

I flail like the antelope |__|

Who jumped from the building

and you caught me on the sly | |

you've taken me by surprise. /

you've mirrored my best disguise and /

turned it back on me. |__|

I jump on a high speed train

I'll never look back again / |

I flail like the antelope |

Who jumped from the building

I jump on a high speed train | |

I'll never look back again __|

To Berlin, Kyoto or Marseilles |

I'd go anywhere for you |__|

I'll bring you a big bouquet | |

I picked it myself today /

it compliments your eyes /

there's love at the end of the line |__|

I jump on a high speed train /|

I'll never look back again / |

I flail like the antelope /__|

Who jumped from the building |

I jump on a high speed train /|

I'll never look back again / |

To Berlin, Kyoto or Marseilles /__|

I'd go anywhere for you |

And that's what I always knew

I'd like to have hung the moon.

I'd wrestle you for a spoon inside your sleeping bag.

Just us.

No war. no hate. no past.

It's real.

I'm here. I'm yours. I'm fast.

I'm long in the eye

I'm cry when I try

I just want to fly

Just you and I, together

End on Am

Worst Joke Ever

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You see there's this cat burglar who can't see in the dark.

He lays his bets on 8 more lives, walks into a bar.

Slips on the 8 ball, falls on his knife, says:

'I don't know what I've done, but it doesn't feel right!' / |

Some things don't hold up over the course of a lifetime, __|

Oooohhhh...

When's the first time you heard that one, 1954?

Get to the punch line. fall to the floor.

Give me a minute and I'll tell you the setup for __

The worst joke ever, I never /

I'll tell you my version of the greatest life story |__|

Don't bore me

Now I am floating,

I feel released.

The moorings have been dropped,

The weights unleashed. /|

Everything is crystalline, simple and free. / |

Oooohhhh... |

The crime of good men who can't wrestle with change, __|

Or are too afraid to face this life's misjudged unknowns

You're not hurting anybody else's chances,

But you're disfiguring your own.

Give me a minute and I'll tell you the setup for | |

The worst joke ever, I never /

I'll tell you my version of the greatest life story /

Don't bore me, I NEVER |__|

Give me a minute and I'll tell you the setup | |

Oooohhhh... /

You see there's this feeling that I've heard this one before /

|__|

End on Em

The Ascent of Man

So hesitation pulled me back

I'm stronger when I don't attract

In your eyes I'm a lamb without a rack /|

And I am getting confused |

I'm a cactus trying to be a canoe

As you pan for ore

In the desert, floored

I say to you

That I could never imagine a place so beautiful /

I could never steal your gold away. |__|