R.E.M. - Welcome to the Occupation Lyrics

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Songwriters: William Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe

Hang your collar up inside
Hang your dollar on me
Listen to the water still
Listen to the causeway

You are mad and educated
Primitive and wild
Welcome to the occupation

Here we stand and here we fight
All your fallen heroes
Held and dyed and skinned alive
Listen to the Congress fire

Offering the educated
Primitive and loyal
Welcome to the occupation

Hang your collar up inside
Hang your freedom higher
Listen to the buyer still
Listen to the Congress

Where we propagate confusion
Primitive and wild
Fire on the hemisphere below

Sugar cane and coffee cup
Copper, steel and cattle
An annotated history
The forest for the fire

Where we open up the floodgates
Freedom reigns supreme
Fire on the hemisphere below

Listen to me, listen to me
Listen to me, listen to me
Listen to me, listen to me
Listen to me

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From the album: Document

R.E.M.

1983

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R.E.M. - Document Album Lyrics
1.	Disturbance at the Heron House Lyrics
2.	Exhuming McCarthy Lyrics
3.	Finest Worksong Lyrics
4.	Fireplace Lyrics
5.	King of Birds Lyrics
6.	Lightnin' Hopkins Lyrics
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