Find The River - R.E.M.

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[Intro]

      
    


[Verse]
             
Hey now little

            
 speedy head, 

         
the read on th

      
e speedmeter s

ays
             
you have to go

            
 to task in th

  
e city

             
Where people d

           
rown and peopl

e serve,
         
Don't be shy, 

       
your just dese

             
rve is only ju

            
st light years

    
 to go.


[Chorus]
             
Me, my thought

             
s are flower s

             
trewn, ocean s

          
torm, bayberry

 moon.
             
I have got to 

             
leave to find 

    
my way

             
Watch the road

             
 and memorize 

             
this life that

         
 pass before m

y eyes,
             
   nothing is 

         
going my way


      
    


[Verse]
             
The ocean is t

            
he rivers goal

         
, a need to le

            
ave the water 


knows.
             
We're closer n

            
ow than light 

         
years to go.


[Chorus]
             
I have got to 

             
find the river

             
, bergamot and

  
 vetiver
             
 Run through m

             
y head and fal

    
l away.

             
Leave the road

             
 and memorize 

             
this life that

         
 pass before m

y eyes,
             
  nothing is g

        
oing my way.

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[Verse]
             
There's no one

            
 left to take 

             
the lead, but 

          
I tell you and


 you can see
             
We're closer n

            
ow and light y

        
ears to go

             
Pick up here a

            
nd chase the r

          
ide.  The rive

         
r empties to t


he tide;
             
Fall into the 

        
ocean.


[Chorus]
             
The river to t

             
he ocean goes,

             
 a fortune for

     
 the undertow.
             
None of this i

           
s going my way

.

             
There is nothi

             
ng left to thr

             
ow of ginger, 

       
lemon, indigo,
            
 Coriander ste

              
m and rose of 

 
hay.

             
Strength and c

             
ourage overrid

             
es these privi

           
leged and wear

y eyes of
            
River poet sea

          
rch naivete.

             
Pick up here a

             
nd chase the r

             
ide, the river

         
 empties to th

e tide.
             
All of this is

             
 coming your w


ay.

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