Begin The Begin

R.E.M. · Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage - 1982 - 2011 [2011]

Birdie in the hand for life's rich demand

The insurgency began and you missed it.

I looked for it and I found it

Miles Standish proud, congratulate me.



A philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe

Life's rich demand creates supply in the hand

Of the powers, the only vote that matters



Silence means security silence means approval

On Zenith, on the TV, tiger run around the tree

Follow the leader, run and turn into butter



Let's begin again, begin the begin

Let's begin again like Martin Luther Zen

The mythology begins the begin.



Answer me a question I can't itemize

I can't think clearly, look to me for reason

It's not there, I can't even rhyme in the begin



A philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe

Example: the finest example is you.



Birdie in the hand for life's rich demand

The insurgency began and you missed it.

I looked for it and I found it

Miles Standish proud, congratulate me.



A philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe

Let's begin again begin the begin

Let's begin again.