Strange Currencies - R.E.M.

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INTRO:     

            
 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 
           
These words, "

            
You will be mi

    
ne" 
           
These words, "

            
You will be mi

              
ne" all the ti

     
me 

            
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 
           
These words, "

            
You will be mi

    
ne" 
           
These words, "

            
You will be mi

              
ne" all the ti

     
me, oh 
           
I tripped and 

            
fell. Did I fa

  
ll? 
           
What I want to

             
 feel,  I want

             
 to feel it no

              
w 
            
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 
           
These words, "

            
You will be mi

    
ne" 
           
These words, "

            
You will be mi

              
ne" all the ti

     
me, oh 
           
These words, "

            
You will be mi

    
ne" 
            
These words, t

              
hey haunt me, 

            
hunt me down, 

             
catch in my th

              
roat, make me 

              
pray, 
          
Say, love's co

nfined, oh

FINALE:
    
    

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