Ignoreland

R.E.M.

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    These bastards stole their power
    From the victims of the us v. them years
    Wrecking all things virtuous and true
    The undermining social-democratic
    Downhill slide into abysmal
    Lost lamb off the precipice
    Into the trickle-down runoff pool

    They hypnotized the summer, 1979
    Marched into the capital
    Brooding, duplicitous, wicked and able
    Media-ready, heartless
    And labeled super US citizen, super achiever
    Mega ultra power-dosing
    Relax defense, defense, defense, defense
    Yeah, yeah, yeah, fuck

    (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland
    (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland
    (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

    The information nation took their clues
    From all the sound-bite gluttons
    1980, '84, '88, '92 too, too
    How to be what you can be
    Jump jam junking your energy
    How to walk in dignity with throw-up on your shoes

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    They amplified the autumn, 1979
    Calculate the capital
    Up the republic my skinny ass
    TV tells a million lies
    The paper's terrified to report
    Anything that isn't handed on a presidential spoon
    I'm just profoundly frustrated by all this
    So, fuck you, man
    Fuck 'em

    (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland
    (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland

    If they wasn't there we would have created them
    Maybe it's true
    But I'm resentful all the same
    Someone's got to take the blame
    I know that this is vitriol
    No solution, spleen-venting
    But I feel better having screamed
    Don't you?

    They desecrate the winter, 1979
    Capital collateral
    Brooding, duplicitous, wicked and able
    Media-ready, heartless
    And labeled super US citizen, super achiever
    Mega ultra power-dosing
    Relax defense, defense, defense, defense
    Yeah, yeah, yeah, fuck

    (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland
    (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland
    (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Ignoreland
    (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

    And that take us out of the record
    And into the revolution
    Take it

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    Composition: Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Michael Mills, and Michael Stipe

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