Listen to How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us by R.E.M.

How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us

R.E.M.

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
R.E.M.
R.E.M.
Performer
Bill Berry
Bill Berry
Drums
Peter Buck
Peter Buck
Guitar
Mike Mills
Mike Mills
Vocals
Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Peter Buck
Peter Buck
Songwriter
Bill Berry
Bill Berry
Songwriter
Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe
Songwriter
Mike Mills
Mike Mills
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
R.E.M.
R.E.M.
Producer
Scott Litt
Scott Litt
Producer

Lyrics

Blood from a stone Water from wine Born under earplay design A stroke of bad luck, Wrong place, wrong time This flyer is out of the lime The story is a sad one, told many times The story of my life in trying times Just add water, stir in lime How the west was won and where it got us Canary got trapped, the uranium mine A stroke of bad luck, now the bird has died A marker to mark where my tears run dry I cross it, bless it, alkali The story is a sad one, told many times The story of my life in trying times Just add water, stir in lime How the west was won and where it got us I didn't wear glasses cause I thought it might rain Now I can't see anything I made a mistake, chalked it up to design I cracked through time, space, Godless and dry I point my nose to the northern star, Watch the decline from a hazy distance The story is a sad one, told many times The story of my life in trying times Just add water, stir in lime How the west was won and where it got us.
Writer(s): Peter Lawrence Buck, Michael E. Mills, John Michael Stipe, William Thomas Berry Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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