Leaving New York

R.E.M Leaving New York Lyrics
1.Leaving New York(Album Version)

Lyricist:BuckBMillsBStipe
Writer(s):BuckBMillsBStipe

It's quiet now
And what it brings
Is everything

Comes calling back
A brilliant night
I'm still awake

I looked ahead
I'm sure I saw you there

You don't need me
To tell you now
That nothing can compare

You might have laughed if I told you
You might have hidden A frown
You might have succeeded in changing me
I might have been turned around

It's easier to leave than to be left behind
Leaving was never my proud
Leaving New York, never easy
I saw the light fading out

Now life is sweet
And what it brings
I tried to take
But loneliness
It wears me out
It lies in way

And all not lost
Still in my eyes
The shadow of necklace
Across your thigh
I might've lived my life in a dream, but I swear
This is real
Memory fuses and shatters like glass
Mercurial future, forget the past
It's you, it's what I feel.

You might have laughed if I told you(it's pulling me apart)
You might have hidden a frown(change)
You might have succeeded in changing me(it's pulling me apart)
I might have been turned around(change)

It's easier to leave than to be left behind(it's pulling me
apart)
Leaving was never my proud(change)
Leaving New York, never easy(it's pulling me apart)
I saw the light fading out
You find it in your heart, it's pulling me apart
You find it in your heart, change...

I told you, forever
I love you, forever
I told you, I love you
I love you, forever
I told you, forever
You never, you never
You told me forever

You might have laughed if I told you
You might have hidden the frown
You might have succeeded in changing me
I might have been turned around

It's easier to leave than to be left behind(it's pulling me
apart)
Leaving was never my proud(change)
Leaving New York never easy(it's pulling me apart)
I saw the life fading out(change)
Leaving New York, never easy(it's pulling me apart)
I saw the light fading out(change)
Leaving New York never easy(it's pulling me apart)
I saw the life fading out(change)


2.You Are The Everything(Live)(Raleigh , Nc - Oct. 10 , 2003)

Lyricist:Bill BerryBMichael StipeBMike MillsBPeter Buck
Writer(s):Bill BerryBMichael StipeBMike MillsBPeter Buck

Sometimes I feel like I can't even sing(say, say, the light)
I'm very scared for this world
I'm very scared for me
Eviscerate your memory
Here's a scene
You're in the back seat laying down
The windows wrap around
To sound of the travel and the engine
All you hear is time stand still in travel
and feel such peace and absolute
The stillness still that doesn't end
But slowly drifts into sleep
The stars are the greatest thing you've ever seen
And they're there for you
For you alone you are the everything

I think about this world a lot and I cry
And I've seen the films and the eyes
But I'm in this kitchen
Everything is beautiful
And she is so beautiful
She is so young and old
I look at her and I see the beauty
Of the light of music
The voices talking somewhere in the house
Late spring and you're drifting off to sleep
With your teeth in your mouth
You are here with me
You are here with me
You have been here and you are everything


3.These Days(Live)(Toronto - Sept. 30 , 2003)

Lyricist:Bill BerryBMichael StipeBMike MillsBPeter Buck
Writer(s):Bill BerryBMichael StipeBMike MillsBPeter Buck

Now I'm not feeding off you, I will rearrange your scales
If I can, and I can
March into ocean, march into the sea

I had a hat I put it down and it sunk, reached down,
yanked it up, slapped it on my head
All the people gather
Fly to carry each his burden
We are young despite the years we are concern
We are hope despite the times
All of the sudden, these days
Happy throngs, take this joy wherever, wherever....

I wish to meet each one of you
And you, me, you, if I can and I can
We have many things in common, name three(three, three, three)

I had a hat and it sunk, reached down,
yanked it up, slapped it on my head
All the people gather
Fly to carry each his burden
We are young despite the years we are concern
We are hope despite the times
All of the sudden, these days
Happy throngs, take this joy wherever, wherever you go.

Now I'm not feeding off you I will rearrange your scales
If I can and I can
I wish to eat each one of you and you, me, you

I had a hat and it sunk, reached down,
yanked it up, slapped it on my head
All the people gather
Fly to carry each his burden
We are young despite the years we are concern
We are hope despite the times
All of the sudden, these days
Happy throngs, take this joy wherever, wherever you...
carry each his burden
We are young despite the years we are concern
We are hope despite the times
All of the sudden, these days
Happy throngs, take this joy wherever, wherever you go.
(Take away the scattered bones of my meal)


4.Don't Go Back To Rockville(Live)(Oslo Nrk P1 National Radio - Oct.
25 , 2003)

Lyricist:Bill BerryBMichael StipeBMike MillsBPeter Buck
Writer(s):Bill BerryBMichael StipeBMike MillsBPeter Buck

Looking at your watch a third time waiting in the station for a
bus
Going to a place that's far, so far away and if that's not
enough
Going where nobody says hello, they don't talk to anybody they
don't know
You'll wind up in some factory that's full time filth and
nowhere left to go
Walk home to an empty house, sit around all by yourself
I know it might sound strange, but I believe
You'll be coming back before too long

Don't go back to Rockville
And waste another year

At night I drink myself to sleep and pretend
I don't care if you're not here with me
'Cause it's so much easier to handle
All my problems if I'm too far out to sea
But something better happen soon

Or it's gonna be too late to bring you back

It's not as though I really need you
If you were here I'd only bleed you
But everybody else in town only wants to bring you down and
That's not how it ought to be
I know it might sound strange, but I believe
You'll be coming back before too long