R.E.M.

R.E.M. - The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite lyrics

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This here is the place I will be staying
There isn't a number. You can call the pay phone
Let it ring a long, long, long, long time
If I don't pick up, hang up, call back, let it ring some more
If I don't pick up, pick up... The sidewinder sleeps, sleeps, sleeps in a coil.

Refrein:
Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her up (3x).

There 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 signs.

Tell 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 me.

Refrein (3x). 

Baby, instant soup doesn't really grab me.
Today I need something more sub-sub-sub-substantial
A can of beans or blackeyed peas, some Nescafe and ice
A candy bar, a falling star, or a reading of Doctor Seuss.

Refrein. 

The cat in the hat came back, wrecked a lot of havoc on the way
Always had a smile and a reason to pretend
But their world has flat backgrounds and little need to sleep but to dream
The sidewinder sleeps on his back.

Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her. (2x)
I can always sleep standing 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. (2x)
I can always sleep standing 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
I can always sleep standing up. Call me when you try to wake her. (2x)

We've got to moogie, moogie, move on this one.
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Copyrights:

Author: Bill Berry (2), Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck

Composer: ?

Publisher: R.E.M./Athens L.L.C.

Details:

Released in: 1992

Language: English

Appearing on: Automatic For The People (1992) , Pop Songs 89-99 (1999) , In Time (2003)

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