REM - Narrator lyrics

rate me

(Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe)

When I was watching TV back in 73

A skinny old man sure appealed to me

His name by now, I'm sure you know

The man who played a starring role in Jacques Cousteau

Oh, I

And ever since then I've written the dude

Dreaming of swimming around the

Coral reef

I'd even bought my camera and my scuba gear

If only Jacques had called to stop a career

Oh, I

(chorus)

I wanna be a narrator

I wanna be a narrator (I wanna be a narrator)

For the Jacques Cousteau show

For the Jacques Cousteau show (for the Jacques Cousteau show)

Swimming under water with my microphone

I'd record noises in the aqua-zone

Chasing down the killer whale that's eating our crew

Just to bring the story facts back to you

Oh, I

(repeat chorus)

I've written the networks, sent my picture too

Done everything I could possibly do

I've given up trying to get through to him

Maybe he knows I don't know how to swim

Oh, I

(repeat chorus)