Beat A Drum Lyrics

Lyric discussion by bobwronski 

Cover art for Beat A Drum lyrics by R.E.M.

This song always reminded me of when it's a beautiful summer evening and you just lay back and just think "this is all I need." I always thought the line "Don't forget, we're just halfway from coal" was "home" instead of "coal," and I sort of prefer it that way. 'Coal' makes it sound like something bad could happen, while 'home' always sounded like "Don't worry, if anything goes wrong, we're close to home."