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Parakeet Lyrics


You wake up in the morning
And fall out of your bed
Mean cats eat parakeets
And this one's nearly deadYou dearly wish the wind would shift
And greasy windows slide
Open for the parakeet
Who's colored bitter limeOpen the window
To lift into your dreams
Baby, baby
You can barely breatheA broken wrist, an accident
You know that something's wrong
You fold the leavings of your past
No one knows you've goneThe sunspot flares of the early nineties
Light up your wings
And scan the Short Wave Radio
It's tracking outer ringsOpen the window
To lift into a dream
Baby, baby

You can't start to breatheTectonic dispatcher shifts
To smooth the ocean floor
And flattens out to warmer winds
On Brisbane's sunny shoreWhere Buddhas tend to mending wrists
A tea made from the leaves
Of eucalyptus fragrances
And coriander seedsOpen the window
To lift into a dream
Maybe, baby
You can start to breatheOpen the window
To lift into a dream
Maybe, baby
You can start to breatheYou wake up in the morning
To warm Pacific breeze
Where mean cats chew on licorice
And cannot climb the trees

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R.E.M. were an alternative rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, United States in 1980. The band originally consisted of Michael Stipe (vocals), Peter Buck (guitar, mandolin), Mike Mills (bass, keyboards, vocals) and Bill Berry (drums). Berry retired from the band in October 1997 after having suffered a brain aneurysm in 1995.

R.E.M. released its first single, "Radio Free Europe", in 1981 on the independent record label Hib-Tone. The single was followed by the Chronic Town EP in 1982, the band's first release on I.R.S. Records. In 1983, the group released its critically acclaimed debut album, Murmur, and built its reputation over the next few years through subsequent releases, constant touring, and the support of college radio. Following years of underground success, R.E.M. achieved a mainstream hit in 1987 with the single "The One I Love". The group signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1988, and began to espouse political and environmental concerns while playing large arenas worldwide.

By the early 1990s, when alternative rock began to experience broad mainstream success, R.E.M. was viewed as a pioneer of the genre and released its two most commercially successful albums, Out of Time (1991) and Automatic for the People (1992), which veered from the band's established sound. R.E.M.'s 1994 release, Monster, was a return to a more rock-oriented sound. The band began its first tour in six years to support the album; the tour was marred by medical emergencies suffered by three band members. In 1996, R.E.M. re-signed with Warner Bros. for a reported US$80 million, at the time the most expensive recording contract in history. The following year, Bill Berry left the band, while Buck, Mills, and Stipe continued the group as a three-piece. Through some changes in musical style, the band continued its career into the next decade with mixed critical and commercial success. In 2007, the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

On 21 September 2011, after over 30 years together, R.E.M. announced that they had split up.

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