R.E.M. — The Wake-Up Bomb Remastered

[Verse 1] I look good in a glass pack I look good and mean I look good in metallic sick wraparound and blackout tease I scud along the horizon I drink some sweet tree tea I get high in my low-ass boot-cut jean, I like being seen I look good in my drink-eat-no-sleep, take-a-leap longevity I get high on my attitude, latitude, 1973 Oh, I'm in deep [Pre-Chorus] My head's on fire and high esteem Carry my dead bored, "been there, done that" anything [Chorus] Oh, wake-up bomb Oh, wake-up bomb Oh, wake-up bomb Oh, wake-up bomb My head's on fire in high esteem Get drunk and sing along to Queen Practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene Carry my dead bored, "been there, done that" anything [Verse 2] I had to knock a few buildings over I make an ugly mess I had to blow a gasket, drop transmission I had to decompress I had to write the great American novel I had a neutron bomb I had to teach the world to sing by the age of 21 I wake up (Wake up) I wake up (Wake up) I threw up when I saw what I'd done [Chorus] Oh, wake-up bomb Oh, wake-up bomb My head's on fire in high esteem Get drunk and sing along to Queen Practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene Yeah, oh, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything [Bridge] I've had enough, I've seen enough I've had it all, I'm giving up I won the race, I broke the cup I drank it all, I spit it up, again I've had enough, I've seen enough I've had it all, I'm giving up I won the race, I broke the cup I drank it all, I spit it up Yeah, atomic, supersonic What a joke, oh, I'm dumb See ya, d-don't wanna be ya You lunch meat, pond scum [Outro] My head's on fire in high esteem Get drunk and sing along to Queen Practice my T-Rex moves and make the scene Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything Yeah


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