Strange Currencies - R.E.M.

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[Intro]
   


[Verse 1]
            
 I don't know 

             
why you're mea

        
n to me
            
When I call on

                      
 the telephone
             
And I don't kn

             
ow what you me

        
an to me
              
But I want to 

             
turn you on, t

             
urn you up, fi

              
gure you out,
            
I want to take

          
 you on


[Chorus]
           
These words,  

            
     "You will

         
 be mine"
           
These words,  

           
     "You will

          
 be mine" all 

the time


[Verse 2]
            
The fool might

             
 be my middle 

      
name
            
But I'd be foo

             
lish not to sa

   
y
             
I'm going to m

              
ake whatever i

     
t takes,
             
Ring you up, c

              
all you down, 

              
sign your name

  
, secret love,
             
Make it rhyme,

             
 take you in, 

             
and make you m

    
ine


[Chorus]
           
These words,  

            
     "You will

         
 be mine"
           
These words,  

           
     "You will

              
 be mine" all 

      
the time


[Bridge]
           
I tripped and 

            
fell. Did I fa

  
ll?
            
What I want to

          
 feel,  I want

           
 to feel it no

w


[Verse 3]
            
You know with 

             
love come stra

        
nge currencies
           
And here is my

             
 appeal:
             
I need a chanc

              
e, a second ch

              
ance, a third 

 
chance, a four

th chance,
         
A word, a sign

al, a nod, a l

ittle breath
             
Just to fool m

             
yself, to catc

             
h myself, to m

            
ake it real, r

     
eal


[Chorus]
           
These words,  

            
     "You will

         
 be mine"
           
These words,  

           
     "You will

              
 be mine" all 

      
the time oh
           
These words,  

            
     "You will

         
 be mine"
           
These words, t

             
hey haunt me, 


hunt me down, 

catch in my th

roat, make me 

pray,
              
Say, love's co

   
nfined, oh


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