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Radio Free Europe [Original Hib-Tone Single]

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Radio Free Europe [Original Hib-Tone Single] Lyrics

Beside yourself if radio's gonna stay
Reason, it could polish up the gray
Put that, put that, put that up your wall
That this isn't country at all

Ray beam station, beside yourself

Keep me out of country and the word
Deal the porch is leading us absurd
Push that, push that, push that to the hull
That this isn't nothing at all

Straight off the boat
Where to go?

Calling on in transit
Calling on in transit
Radio Free Europe
Radio

Beside defying media too fast
Instead of pushin' palaces to fall
Put that, put that, put that before all
That this isn't fortunate at all

Ray beam station, beside yourself

Calling on in transit
Calling on in transit
Radio Free Europe
Radio

Decide yourself
Calling on a boat
Media's too fast

Keep me out of country and the word
Disappointers into us, absurd

Straight off the boat
Where to go?

Calling on in transit
Calling on in transit
Radio Free Europe
Radio Free Europe

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songmeanings On Feb 06, 2012

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by exobscura

8y ago

Like B-52s, REM hail from Athens, Georgia.This ditty released before they'd even signed a recording contract is The Shape Of Things To Come. The melody is as 'The Archies' soundalike as you could get and the lyrics as obtuse as Stipe always was. Liner notes on their Eponymous lp states Buck saying he prefers it to the Murmur version. Hmmmmm. It is about nothing in particular but nice sounds and a melody underscoring it. The title makes it seem important though. "Calling out in transit......." okay Mr. Stipe, but don't forget the milk.

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