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Burning Down

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Lyrics

From the back of my neck, oh oh oh
Wired a glass jaw, oh oh
Plantation burning your boat is coming in
Strum your jew’s-harp, you’re reeking gin

Running water in a sinking boat
Going under but they’ve got your goat
Burning down – my hands are tied my feet are bound
Burning down – can’t you see that my hands are bound

Johnny Mike is reading in the yard
His story’s timely, oh oh oh
What river is it anyway, radio
Not in a boat, in your ear

Running water in a sinking boat
Going under but they’ve got your goat
Burning down – my hands are tied my feet are bound
Burning down – can’t you see that my hands are bound

You pick your island in the sun
Take your island off he’s got a gun
Burning down – my hands are tied my feet are bound
Burning down – can’t you see that my hands are bound

He’s cooking in the woods, a brush fire in your neck
Feeling mighty mighty, oh oh oh
You can pick your island in the sun
Take your island off he’s got a gun

Running water in a sinking boat
Going under but they’ve got your goat
Burning down – my hands are tied my feet are bound
Burning down – can’t you see that my hands are bound

Copyright © R.E.M./Athens Ltd.

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‘Burning Down’ is also available on

Blue (Bootleg LP)
SPLIFF001
released: unknown

1. Moral Kiosk
2. Driver 8
3. Hyena
4. Camera
5. Pilgrimage
6. Talk About The Passion
7. Seven Chinese Bros.
8. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
9. Pretty Persuasion
10. Gardening At Night
11. 9-9
12. Windout
13. Old Man Kensey
14. Radio Free Europe
15. Little America
16. Burning Down
17. Pale Blue Eyes
18. 1,000,000
19. So You Want To Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star
20. Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)

Down South (Bootleg LP)
FTP (0010)
released: unknown
Recorded: Live 1981-82

1. White Tornado
2. Shaking Through
3. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
4. Gardening At Night
5. Sitting Still
6. Burning Down
7. Chained To The Wall
8. Ages Of You
9. Get On their Way (What If We Give It Away?)
10. There She Goes Again
11. Laughing
12. Just A Touch
13. Radio Free Europe

First Trip Overthere (Bootleg LP)
?? | MC
released: unknown
Recorded: Dingwall\s London 1983.

1. Pretty Persuasion
2. Gardening At Night
3. 9-9
4. Windout
5. Old Man Kensey
6. Radio Free Europe
7. Little America
8. Burning Down
9. Pale Blue Eyes
10. 1,000,000
11. So You Want To Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star
12. Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
13. Photograph

Georgia Peaches Ripe! (Bootleg LP)
REM-7
released: unknown

1. Rave On
2. Burning Down
3. A Girl Like You
4. Get On their Way (What If We Give It Away?)
5. There She Goes Again
6. Pretty Persuasion
7. Body Count
8. A Different Girl
9. Action
10. Narrator
11. Hey! Hey! Nadine
12. Baby I
13. Permanent Vacation
14. Radio Free Europe
15. Sitting Still
16. Dangerous Times
17. All The Right Friends
18. Shaking Through
19. Hey Little Girl
20. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
21. Windout
22. Gardening At Night
23. Scheherazade
24. Lisa Says
25. Mystery To Me
25. White Tornado

Ripe! Georgia Peaches (Bootleg LP)
REM-7
released: unknown
Recorded: Live at Tyrone\s, April 10, 1981

1. Rave On
2. Burning Down
3. A Girl Like You
4. Get On their Way (What If We Give It Away?)
5. There She Goes Again
6. Pretty Persuasion
7. Body Count
8. A Different Girl
9. Action
10. Narrator
11. Hey! Hey! Nadine
12. Baby I
13. Permanent Vacation
14. Radio Free Europe
15. Sitting Still
16. Dangerous Times
17. All The Right Friends
18. Shaking Through
19. Hey Little Girl
20. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
21. Windout
22. Gardening At Night
23. Scheherazade
24. Lisa Says
25. Mystery To Me
25. White Tornado

Ripe! The Georgia Peaches (Bootleg LP)
CYCLER-T-80
released: unknown
Recorded: Live at Tyrone\s, April 10, 1981

1. Rave On
2. Burning Down
3. A Girl Like You
4. Get On their Way (What If We Give It Away?)
5. There She Goes Again
6. Pretty Persuasion
7. Body Count
8. A Different Girl
9. Action
10. Narrator
11. Hey! Hey! Nadine
12. Baby I
13. Permanent Vacation
14. Radio Free Europe
15. Sitting Still
16. Dangerous Times
17. All The Right Friends
18. Shaking Through
19. Hey Little Girl
20. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
21. Windout
22. Gardening At Night
23. Scheherazade
24. Lisa Says
25. Mystery To Me
25. White Tornado

Boston 1984 (Bootleg CD Album)
MM 9116
released: unknown
Recorded 6/27/84, Seattle, WA

1. Moral Kiosk
2. Driver 8
3. Hyena
4. Camera
5. Pilgrimage
6. Talk About The Passion
7. Seven Chinese Bros.
8. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
9. Pretty Persuasion
10. Gardening At Night
11. 9-9
12. Windout
13. Old Man Kensey
14. Radio Free Europe
15. Little America
16. Burning Down
17. Pale Blue Eyes
18. 1,000,000
19. So You Want To Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star
20. Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)

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