The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight - R.E.M.

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The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight Lyrics

This, here, is the place where I will be staying
There isn't a number, you can call the pay phone
Let it ring a long, long, long, long timeIf I don't pick up, hang up
Call back, let it ring some more
If I don't pick up, pick up the sidewinder
Sleep, sleeps, sleeps in a coilCall me when you try to wake her up
Call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up
Call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up
Call me when you try to wake herThere are scratches all around the coin slot
Like a heartbeat baby trying to wake up
But this machine can only swallow money
You can't lay a patch by computer design
It's just a lot of stupid, stupid signsTell her
Tell her she can kiss my ass
Then laugh and say that you were only kidding
That way she'll know that

It's really, really, really, really meCall me when you try to wake her up
Call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up
Call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up
Call me when you try to wake herBaby, instant soup doesn't really grab me
Today I need something more sub, stub, sub, substantial
A can of beans or blackeyed peas, some Nescafe and ice
Candy bar, a falling star or a reading of Doctor SeussCall me when you try to wake her up
Call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up
Call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up
Call me when you try to wake herThe cat in the hat came back
Wrecked a lot of havoc on the way
Always had a smile and a reason to pretendBut their world has flat backgrounds
And little need to sleep but to dream
The sidewinder sleeps on his backCall me when you try to wake her up
Call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up
Call me when you try to wake herI can always sleep standing up
Call me when you try to wake herCall me when you try to wake her up
Call me when you try to wake her
Call me when you try to wake her up
Call me when you try to wake herI can always sleep standing up
Call me when you try to wake herCall me when you try to wake her up
Call me when you try to wake herI can always sleep standing up
Call me when you try to wake her
I can always sleep standing up
Call me when you try to wake herWe've got to moogie, moogie, move on this one

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R.e.m.

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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