R.E.M. - The Wake-Up Bomb


I look good in a glass pack.

I look good and mean.

I look good in metallic, sick wraparounds blackout tease.

I scud along the horizon

I drink some sweet tree tea.


I get high in my low-ass boot cut cheap.

I like being seen.

I look good with my drink, eat, no sleep,

Take a leap, longevity.

I get high on my attitude, latitude, 1973

I'm in deep.



My head's on fire and high esteem.

Carry my dead, bored, been there, done that, anything.


Oh, the wake-up bomb. Oh, the wake-up bomb.

Oh, the wake-up bomb. Oh, the wake-up bomb.

My head's on fire with high esteem.

Get drunk and sing along to Queen.

Practice my T-rex moves and make the scene.

Carry my dead, bored, been there, done that, anything.


I had to knock a few buildings over, I make an ugly mess.

I had to blow a gasket, drop transmission,

I had to decompress.


I had to write the great American novel

I had a neutron bomb.

I had to teach the world to sing by the age of 21.

I wake up (I wake up) I wake up (I wake up)

I threw up when I saw what I'd done.


Oh, the wake-up bomb. Oh, the wake-up bomb.

My head's on fire with high esteem.

Get drunk and sing along to Queen.

Practice my T-rex moves and make the scene.


Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything.


I've had enough, I've seen enough,

I've had it all, I'm giving up.

I won the race, I broke the cup,

I drank it all, I spit it up again.

I've had enough, I've seen enough,

I had it all, I'm giving up.

Won the race, broke the cup,

Drank it all, spit it up.



Yeah, atomic, supersonic.

What a joke, I'm dumb.

See ya, don't wanna be ya.

Lunch meat, pond scum.

My head's on fire, in high esteem.

Get drunk and sing along to Queen.

Practice my T-rex moves and make the scene.

Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything.

Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything.


Yeah, I'd rather be anywhere doing anything.