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R.E.M.

"All The Way To Reno"

humming
all the way to Reno
you've dusted the nonbelievers
and challenged the laws of chance
now, sweet
you were so sugar sweet
you may as well have had "kick me"
fastened on your sleeve

you know what you are,
you're gonna be a star
you know what you are,
you're gonna be a star

wing
is written on your feet
your Achilles heel
is a tendency
to dream
but you've known that from the beginning
you didn't have to go so far
you didn't have to go

you know what you are,
you're gonna be a star
you know what you are,
you're gonna be a star

you know who you are.

humming
all the way to Reno
you've written your own directions
and whistled the rules of change

you're gonna be a star, you are
you're gonna be a star

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"Daysleeper"

receiving department, three a.m.
staff cuts have socked up the overage
directives are posted, no callbacks, complaints
everywhere is calm

Hong Kong is present, Taipei awakes
all talk of circadian rhythms

I see today with a newsprint fray
my night is colored headache grey
daysleeper

the bull and the bear are marking their territories
they're leading the blind with their international glories

I'm the screen, the blinding light
I'm the screen, I work at night

I see today with a newsprint fray
my night is colored headache grey
don't wake me with so much
daysleeper

I cried the other night
I can't even say why
fluorescent flat caffeine lights
it's furious, balancing

I'm the screen, the blinding light
I'm the screen, I work at night

I see today with a newsprint fray
my night is colored headache grey
don't wake me with so much

the ocean machine is set to nine
I'll squeeze into heaven and valentine
my bed is pulling me, gravity
daysleeper

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"How the West Was Won And Where It Got Us"

blood from a stone, water from wine
born under an ill-placed sign
a stroke of bad luck, wrong place, wrong time
let's fly up out of the lime

this story is a sad one, told many times
the story of my life in trying times
just add water, stir in lime:
how the west was won and where it got us

canary got trapped, the uranium mine
a stroke of bad luck, now the bird has died
a marker to mark where my tears run dry
I cross it, bless it, alkali

this story is a sad one, told many times
the story of my life in trying times
just add water, stir in lime:
how the west was won and where it got us

I didn't wear glasses 'cause I thought it might rain
now I can't see anything
I made a mistake, chalked it up to design
I cracked through time, space, godless and dry
I point my nose to the northern star,
and watch the decline from a hazy distance.

this story is a sad one, told many times
the story of my life in trying times
just add water, stir in lime:
how the west was won and where it got us

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"I'm Not Over You"

I feel great, I lied to save your feelings
truth convened, my head smashed through the ceiling
I lost an arm, no one harmed
you diplomatically alarmed
I sulked away to lick my thin skin

and I'm not over you
I'm not over you
I'm not over you

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