Gardening At Night
Lyrics
I see your money on the floor, I felt the pocket change.
Though all the feelings that broke through that door
just didn’t seem to be too real.
The yard is nothing but a fence, the sun just hurts my eyes.
Somewhere it must be time for penitence. Gardening at night is never where.
Gardening at night. Gardening at night. Gardening at night.
The neighbors go to bed at ten.
Call the prayer line for a change.
The charge is changing every month.
They said it couldn’t be arranged.
We ankled up the garbage sound, but they were busy in the rows.
We fell up, not to see the sun, gardening at night just didn’t grow.
I see your money on the floor, I felt the pocket change.
Though all the feelings that broke through that door
just didn’t seem to be too real.
Gardening at night. Gardening at night. Gardening at night
Your sister said that you’re too young.
They should know they’ve been there twice.
The call was 2 and 51.
They said it couldn’t be arranged.
I see your money on the floor, I felt the pocket change.
Though all the feelings that broke through that door
just didn’t seem to be too real.
We ankled up the garbage sound, but they were busy in the rows.
We fell up not to see the sun, gardening at night just didn’t grow.
Gardening at night. Gardening at night. Gardening at night
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21 Checkers ()released: unknown
Recorded at Chastain Park, Atlanta, GA on 8/31/99.
- 1. Country Feedback
- 2. At My Most Beautiful
- 3. Star 69
- 4. Losing My Religion
- 5. Man On The Moon
- 6. Walk Unafraid
- 7. Hope
- 8. Why Not Smile
- 9. Nightswimming
- 10. Crush With Eyeliner
- 11. Gardening At Night
- 12. Tongue
- 13. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
Live In Chicago ()JUKE BOX RECORDS LONDON (XL2)
released: unknown
Recorded: 7/7/84 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL, 9/6/84 New Jersey
- 1. Femme Fatale
- 2. Radio Free Europe
- 3. Gardening At Night
- 4. Sitting Still
- 5. Pale Blue Eyes
- 6. So You Want To Be A Rock ‘N’ Roll Star
- 7. 9-9
- 8. Windout
- 9. Driver 8
- 10. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 11. Harborcoat
- 12. Hyena
- 13. Pretty Persuasion
(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville (12” Single)Netherlands – A12-4734
released: 1984-06-00
Label:
Red sleeve.
Has the LP version of (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville.
- 1. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
- 2. Wolves, Lower
- 3. 9-9
Live
live recorded at: 1984-04-20 in Paris - 4. Gardening At Night
Live
live recorded at: 1984-04-20 in Paris
(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville (12” Single)Netherlands – A12-4734
released: 1984-06-00
Label:
Blue sleeve.
Has an edited version of (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville.
- 1. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
- 2. Wolves, Lower
- 3. 9-9
Live
live recorded at: 1984-04-20 in Paris - 4. Gardening At Night
Live
live recorded at: 1984-04-20 in Paris
(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville (12” Single)UK – IRSX 107
released: 1984-06-00
Label:
- 1. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
- 2. Wolves, Lower
- 3. 9-9
Live
live recorded at: 1984-04-20 in Paris - 4. Gardening At Night
Live
live recorded at: 1984-04-20 in Paris
(Don’t Go Back To) Rockville (12” Single)Spain – ILSA-12.4734
released: 1984-06-00
Label:
- 1. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
- 2. Wolves, Lower
- 3. 9-9
Live
live recorded at: 1984-04-20 in Paris - 4. Gardening At Night
Live
live recorded at: 1984-04-20 in Paris
Archival Footage (Bootleg LP)ARC-10
released: unknown
Label:
Recorded 1982-89, various locations.
- 1. Unknown
- 2. Unknown
- 3. Unknown
- 4. Unknown
- 5. Gardening At Night
- 6. King Of Birds
- 7. Summertime
- 8. Feeling Gravitys Pull
- 9. Dark Globe
- 10. 9-9
- 11. Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
Blue (Bootleg LP)SPLIFF001
released: unknown
Label:
- 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)
BODYCOUNT AT TYRONE’S (Bootleg LP)BRIG 007
released: unknown
Label:
Recorded: Tyrone\s Athens, 10/4/80
- 1. Just A Touch
- 2. A Girl Like You
- 3. Dangerous Times
- 4. There She Goes Again
- 5. All The Right Friends
- 6. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
- 7. Body Count
- 8. Hippy Hippy Shake
- 9. Action
- 10. Narrator
- 11. Pretty Girl (Hey, Hey Nadine)
- 12. Gardening At Night
- 13. Scheherazade
- 14. Lisa Says
- 15. Mystery To Me
- 16. (I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone
- 17. Permanent Vacation
Chronic Murmurings (Bootleg LP)TRW 1905
released: unknown
Label:
Recorded: Wuxtury demos (6/6/1980), IRS Demos (1981), Outtakes
- 1. Dangerous Times
Wuxtury demos - 2. All The Right Friends
Wuxtury demos - 3. A Different Girl
Wuxtury demos - 4. Narrator
Wuxtury demos - 5. Just A Touch
Wuxtury demos - 6. Baby I
Wuxtury demos - 7. Mystery To Me
Wuxtury demos - 8. Permanent Vacation
Wuxtury demos - 9. 1,000,000
IRS Demos - 10. Ages Of You
IRS Demos - 11. Gardening At Night
IRS Demos - 12. Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
IRS Demos - 13. Stumble
IRS Demos - 14. Catapult
Chronic Town Outtakes - 15. Wolves, Lower
Chronic Town Outtakes - 16. Laughing
Chronic Town Outtakes - 17. Romance
Chronic Town Outtakes - 18. Shaking Through
Chronic Town Outtakes - 19. Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
Chronic Town Outtakes - 20. Stumble
Chronic Town Outtakes - 21. Wolves, Lower
Chronic Town Outtakes - 22. 1,000,000
Chronic Town Outtakes - 23. Windout
Reckoning Outtakes - 24. Just A Touch
Reckoning Outtakes
Down South (Bootleg LP)FTP (0010)
released: unknown
Label:
Recorded: Live 1981-82
First Trip Overthere (Bootleg LP)?? | MC
released: unknown
Label:
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
Label:
- 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
Label:
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
Label:
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
L.I.V.E. (Bootleg LP)BANDIDO (LTD B006)
released: unknown
Label:
Recorded: 4/8/83, University of Rochester, New York NY. First known R.E.M. Boot to be released.
- 1. Moral Kiosk
- 2. Catapult
- 3. Pilgrimage
- 4. Seven Chinese Bros.
- 5. Wolves, Lower
- 6. Talk About The Passion
- 7. Gardening At Night
- 8. 9-9
- 9. West Of The Fields
- 10. Radio Free Europe
Mada Mada (Bootleg LP)TRW (1906)
released: unknown
Label:
Recorded: (1) 7/9/83 – Larry\s Hideaway, (2) Reflection Studios Outtakes, (3) Trenton NJ 10/2/82
- 1. Laughing
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 2. Pilgrimage
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 3. There She Goes Again
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 4. Seven Chinese Bros.
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 5. Talk About The Passion
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 6. Sitting Still
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 7. Harborcoat
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 8. Catapult
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 9. Gardening At Night
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 10. 9-9
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 11. Just A Touch
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 12. West Of The Fields
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 13. Radio Free Europe
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 14. We Walk
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 15. 1,000,000
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 16. There She Goes Again
Reflection Studios Outtakes - 17. Tighten Up
Reflection Studios Outtakes - 18. All The Right Friends
Reflection Studios Outtakes - 19. Romance
live recorded at: 1982-10-02 in Trenton - 20. 1,000,000
live recorded at: 1982-10-02 in Trenton - 21. Pretty Persuasion
live recorded at: 1982-10-02 in Trenton - 22. Ages Of You
live recorded at: 1982-10-02 in Trenton - 23. Pilgrimage
live recorded at: 1982-10-02 in Trenton - 24. Wolves, Lower
live recorded at: 1982-10-02 in Trenton
Mumble (Bootleg LP)PSA-101
released: unknown
Label:
Recorded: Various Locations(1986 Demos, 1984 BBC Broadcast)
- 1. Underneath The Bunker
LRP Demo - 2. Gardening At Night
live recorded at: 1984-11-21 in Nottingham - 3. 9-9
live recorded at: 1984-11-21 in Nottingham - 4. Windout
live recorded at: 1984-11-21 in Nottingham - 5. White Tornado
- 6. Pretty Persuasion
live recorded at: 1984-11-21 in Nottingham - 7. Bad Day
LRP Demo - 8. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 9. Swan Swan H
- 10. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
live recorded at: 1984-11-21 in Nottingham - 11. West Of The Fields
live recorded at: 1984-11-21 in Nottingham - 12. Cuyahoga
LRP Demo
20th Century Boys – Vol.2 (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
Label:
Recorded: tracks 1-7 were recorded live at Stichcraft in Athens on 9/30/83. Tracks 8-26 were recorded live at Tyrone\s Club, Athens, GA, October 4, 1980.
- 1. Rave On
- 2. 20th Century Boy
- 3. Seven Chinese Bros.
- 4. Crazy
- 5. That Beat
- 6. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
- 7. Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
- 8. Just A Touch
- 9. A Girl Like You
- 10. Dangerous Times
- 11. There She Goes Again
- 12. All The Right Friends
- 13. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
- 14. Body Count
- 15. Hippy Hippy Shake
- 16. Action
- 17. Narrator
- 18. Pretty Girl (Hey, Hey Nadine)
- 19. Gardening At Night
- 20. Scheherazade
- 21. Lisa Says
- 22. Mystery To Me
- 23. (I’m Not Your) Stepping Stone
- 24. Permanent Vacation
Back To Rockville (Bootleg CD Album)FLASHBACK 01-95-0247
released: unknown
Label:
Recorded at Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL 7/784, Arsenio Hall – 10/17/89, MTV Awards 9/2/93
- 1. Femme Fatale
- 2. Radio Free Europe
- 3. Gardening At Night
- 4. 9-9
- 5. Windout
- 6. Letter Never Sent
- 7. Sitting Still
- 8. Driver 8
- 9. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 10. Seven Chinese Bros.
- 11. Voice of Harold
- 12. Harborcoat
- 13. Hyena
- 14. Pretty Persuasion
- 15. Second Guessing
- 16. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
- 17. Stand
live recorded at: 1989-10-17 in Hollywood - 18. Everybody Hurts
MTV Awards - 19. Drive
MTV Awards
Ballroom Dancing (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
Label:
Recorded at Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL 7/7/84, SNL 1994.
- 1. Femme Fatale
- 2. Radio Free Europe
- 3. Gardening At Night
- 4. 9-9
- 5. Windout
- 6. Letter Never Sent
- 7. Sitting Still
- 8. Driver 8
- 9. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 10. Seven Chinese Bros.
- 11. Voice of Harold
- 12. Harborcoat
- 13. Hyena
- 14. Pretty Persuasion
- 15. Second Guessing
- 16. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
- 17. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
live recorded at: 1994-11-12 in New York - 18. Bang And Blame
live recorded at: 1994-11-12 in New York - 19. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
live recorded at: 1994-11-12 in New York - 20. Hello In There
Boston 1984 (Bootleg CD Album)MM 9116
released: unknown
Label:
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)
Collection 2000 (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
Label:
- 1. Losing My Religion
- 2. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
- 3. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
- 4. Bang And Blame
- 5. 9-9
- 6. White Tornado
- 7. At My Most Beautiful
- 8. Can’t Get There From Here
- 9. Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
- 10. Gardening At Night
- 11. Everybody Hurts
- 12. Drive
- 13. Fall On Me
- 14. Perfect Circle
- 15. Pretty Persuasion
- 16. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 17. Strange Currencies
- 18. The Flowers Of Guatemala
- 19. Driver 8
- 20. Why Not Smile
DISTURBANCES (Bootleg CD Album)CA 784A
released: unknown
Label:
Recorded Live: Chicago 7/84.
- 1. Letter Never Sent
- 2. I Believe
- 3. Driver 8
- 4. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 5. Seven Chinese Bros.
- 6. Harborcoat
- 7. Hyena
- 8. Femme Fatale
- 9. Radio Free Europe
- 10. Gardening At Night
- 11. 9-9
- 12. Windout
- 13. Little America
- 14. Second Guessing
- 15. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
Do The Strand (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
Label:
Recorded: Strand Cabaret, Marietta, GA, July 2, 1982
- 1. West Of The Fields
- 2. Shaking Through
- 3. Pilgrimage
- 4. Romance
- 5. We Walk
- 6. Wolves, Lower
- 7. That Beat
- 8. Pretty Persuasion
- 9. Sitting Still
- 10. 1,000,000
- 11. Gardening At Night
- 12. 9-9
- 13. There She Goes Again
- 14. Catapult
- 15. Radio Free Europe
- 16. Perfect Circle
- 17. Laughing
- 18. Moral Kiosk
- 19. Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
- 20. Crazy
Godzilla vs. REM’s Monster (Bootleg CD Album)Germany – TR009
released: unknown
Label:
Recorded: 1-16: Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL 7 July 1984., 17-19: Saturday Night Live, 12 Nov. 94. , 20: Scotland w/Billy Bragg, Natalie Merchant
- 1. Femme Fatale
- 2. Radio Free Europe
- 3. Gardening At Night
- 4. 9-9
- 5. Windout
- 6. Letter Never Sent
- 7. Sitting Still
- 8. Driver 8
- 9. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 10. Seven Chinese Bros.
- 11. Harborcoat
- 12. Hyena
- 13. Pretty Persuasion
- 14. Little America
- 15. Second Guessing
- 16. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
- 17. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 18. Bang And Blame
- 19. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
- 20. Hello In There
In The Wood (Bootleg CD Album)BGS004
released: unknown
Label:
Recorded: 11/21/84 Rock City, Nottingham, UK
- 1. Hyena
- 2. Talk About The Passion
- 3. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
- 4. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
- 5. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 6. Sitting Still
- 7. Old Man Kensey
- 8. Gardening At Night
- 9. 9-9
- 10. Windout
- 11. Driver 8
- 12. Pretty Persuasion
- 13. Radio Free Europe
Monument Valley (Bootleg CD Album)IBR2275
released: unknown
Label:
Recorded: 7/9/83 – Larry\s Hideaway FM Broadcast.
- 1. Laughing
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 2. Pilgrimage
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 3. There She Goes Again
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 4. Seven Chinese Bros.
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 5. Talk About The Passion
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 6. Sitting Still
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 7. Harborcoat
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 8. Catapult
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 9. Gardening At Night
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 10. 9-9
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 11. Just A Touch
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 12. West Of The Fields
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 13. Radio Free Europe
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 14. We Walk
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto - 15. 1,000,000
live recorded at: 1983-07-09 in Toronto


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