R.E.M. - Green : Hairshirt
 

R.E.M.



Green



Hairshirt





I am not the type of dog



That could keep you waiting



For no good reason



Run a carbon-black test on my jaw



And you will find it's all been said before







I can swing my megaphone and long arm the rest



It's easier and better



To just beat it from the chest



Of desire







I could walk into this room



And the waves of conversation are enough



To knock you down in the undertow



So alone so alone in my life



Feed me banks of light



And hang your hairshirt on the lowest rung



It's a beautiful life



And I can hang my hairshirt



Away up high in the attic of the wrong dog's life chest



Or bury it at sea



All my life I've searched for this







Here I am here I am in your life



It's a beautiful life



My life



It's a beautiful life



Your life