Begin The Begin


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 clear, you look to me for reason
It's not there, I can't even rhyme here 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

Begin The Begin de R.E.M.

This song appears in 11 albums


Automatic For the People (25th Anniversary Edition)
2017

The Spirit of Radio (Live)
2014

Complete Rarities: 1988-2011
2014

Document (25th Anniversary Edition)
2012

Songs For a Green World (Live)
2011

Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011
2011

And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982-1987
2006

And I Feel Fine... The Best of the IRS Years (1982-1987) [Collector's Edition]
2006

Green (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
1988

Life's Rich Pageant (Deluxe Edition)
1986

Life's Rich Pageant
1986
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