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R.E.M. - I Wanted To Be Wrong (Live at The Point Depot, Dublin, 2005)
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AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN
R.E.M.
R.E.M.
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KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Peter Buck
Peter Buck
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Michael Mills
Michael Mills
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Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe
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Mike Mills
Mike Mills
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PRODUKTION UND TECHNIK
Emer Patten
Emer Patten
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Lyrics

You know where I come from, you know what I feel
You're Yul Brynner Westworld reporting from the field
I threw it into reverse, made a motion to repeal
You kicked my legs from under me and tried to take the wheel
I told you I wanted to be wrong, but everyone is humming a song
That I don't understand
Now I know that the sun has shined on my side of the street
The basket of America, the weevils and the wheat
The milk and honeyed congregation, scrubbed and apple-cheeked
Salute Apollo 13 from the rattle jewelry seats
Mythology's seductive and it turned a trick on me
That I have just begun to understand
I told you I wanted to be wrong, but everyone is humming a song
That I don't understand
The rodeo is staged, gold circle goat-ropers and clowns
A rumble in the third act, tie 'em up and burn 'em down
We're armed to the teeth, born a little breech
Blue-plate special analysts, cells and SUV's
We can't approach the Allies cause they seem a little peeved
And speak a language we don't understand
I told you I wanted to be wrong, but everyone is humming a song
That I don't understand
Storm into the boardroom of the conquering elite
Did you recognize the madman who is shouting in the streets?
Destroy the things that I don't understand
Destroy the things that I don't understand
Written by: Michael Mills, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck

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