R. E. M. - Its The End Of The World As We Know It lyrics

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(berry/buck/mills/stipe)<br><br><br>That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and<br>Snakes, an aeroplane and lenny bruce is not afraid<br>Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn - world<br>Serves it's own needs, dummy serve your own needs. feed<br>It off an aux speak, grunt, no, strength, ladder<br>Start to clatter with fear fight down height. wire<br>In a fire, representing seven games, a government<br>For hire and a combat site. left of west and coming in<br>A hurry with the furies breathing down your neck. team<br>By team reporters baffled, trumped, tethered cropped<br>Look at that low playing! fine, then. uh oh,<br>Overflow, population, common food, but it'll do. save<br>Yourself, serve yourself. world serves it's own needs,<br>Listen to your heart bleed dummy with the rapture and<br>The revered and the right, right. you vitriolic,<br>Patriotic, slam, fight, bright light, feeling pretty<br>Psyched<br><br>It's the end of the world as we know it<br>It's the end of the world as we know it<br>It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine<br><br>Six o'clock - tv hour. don't get caught in foreign<br>Towers. slash and burn, return, listen to yourself<br>Churn. locking in, uniforming, book burning, blood<br>Letting. every motive escalate. automotive incinerate<br>Light a candle, light a votive. step down, step down<br>Watch your heel crush, crushed, uh-oh, this means no<br>Fear cavalier. renegade steer clear! a tournament,<br>Tournament, a tournament of lies. offer me solutions,<br>Offer me alternatives and I decline<br><br>(chorus)<br>It's the end of the world as we know it (it's time I had some time alone)<br>It's the end of the world as we know it (it's time I had some time alone)<br>It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (it's time I had some time alone)<br><br>I feel fine<br><br>(repeat chorus)<br><br>The other night I dreamt of knives, continental<br>Drift divide. mountains sit in a line, leonard<br>Bernstein. leonid brezhnev, lenny bruce and lester<br>Bangs. birthday party, cheesecake, jelly bean, boom! you<br>Symbiotic, patriotic, slam book neck, right? right<br><br>(repeat chorus)<br><br>It's the end of the world as we know it<br>It's the end of the world as we know it<br>It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine (it's time I had some time alone)<br><br>(repeat chorus 2x)<br><br>Fine<br>It's the end of the world as we know it (it's time I had some time alone)