Hyena
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Night time fell at the opening,
In the final act of the beginning of time.
Hyena take your role, the stage is set.
The town is safe again tonight
Hyena (I see the day ahead)
Hyena (and all that I’ve cried through)
Hyena (God knows you’re doin’ that, don’t you?)
Hyena, sister look to your hand
Man you serve communal interest,
She’ll tell you when and where and how and why you’d hurt
A beautiful young lady
Hyena (I see the day ahead)
Hyena (and all that I’ve cried through)
Hyena (God knows you’re doin’ that, don’t you?)
The only thing to fear is fearlessness
The bigger the weapon the greater the fear
Hyena is ambassador to here
Night time fell like the closing
Meager pay, but recognition
Hyena crawls on his belly out
The town is safe again tonight
Hyena (I see the changes, man)
Hyena (Goin’ on ‘cross the way)
Hyena (I see my road ahead)
Hyena (Don’t know if I should stay)
Hyena (I see you holding him,)
Hyena (and all that I’ve cried through)
Hyena (God knows you’re doin’ that, don’t you?)
Copyright © R.E.M./Athens Ltd.
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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
Lifes Rich Pageant (CD Album)UK –
released: unknown
- 1. Begin The Begin
- 2. These Days
- 3. Fall On Me
- 4. Cuyahoga
- 5. Hyena
- 6. Underneath The Bunker
- 7. The Flowers Of Guatemala
- 8. I Believe
- 9. What If We Give It Away
- 10. Just A Touch
- 11. Swan Swan H
- 12. Superman
Document / Lifes Rich Pageant (CD Album)released: unknown
- 1. Finest Worksong
- 2. Exhuming McCarthy
- 3. Welcome To The Occupation
- 4. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 5. Strange
- 6. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
- 7. The One I Love
- 8. Fireplace
- 9. Lightnin’ Hopkins
- 10. King Of Birds
- 11. Oddfellows Local 151
- 12. Begin The Begin
- 13. These Days
- 14. Fall On Me
- 15. Cuyahoga
- 16. Hyena
- 17. Underneath The Bunker
- 18. The Flowers Of Guatemala
- 19. I Believe
- 20. What If We Give It Away
- 21. Just A Touch
- 22. Swan Swan H
- 23. Superman
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)
Back To Rockville (Bootleg CD Album)FLASHBACK 01-95-0247
released: unknown
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
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
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)
Buy The Sky, Sell The Sky (Bootleg CD Album)DIRTY 13 VOL. 7
released: unknown
- 1. Gardening At Night
- 2. 9-9
- 3. Windout
- 4. Old Man Kensey
- 5. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
- 6. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 7. Talk About The Passion
- 8. Harborcoat
- 9. Hyena
- 10. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
- 11. Sitting Still
- 12. Driver 8
- 13. Catapult
- 14. Chicken Train
- 15. Pretty Persuasion
- 16. Little America
- 17. Ghost Riders In The Sky
- 18. Radio Free Europe
- 19. Femme Fatale
DISTURBANCES (Bootleg CD Album)CA 784A
released: unknown
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
Dynamic Live (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
Recorded 1987 and Oslo 12/6/84
- 1. Finest Worksong
- 2. These Days
- 3. Lightnin’ Hopkins
- 4. Welcome To The Occupation
- 5. Driver 8
- 6. Feeling Gravitys Pull
- 7. I Believe
- 8. The One I Love
- 9. Exhuming McCarthy
- 10. Wolves, Lower
- 11. Fall On Me
- 12. Superman
- 13. Just A Touch
- 14. Oddfellows Local 151
- 15. Little America
- 16. Hyena
- 17. Driver 8
- 18. Old Man Kensey
- 19. Pretty Persuasion
- 20. 1,000,000
Godzilla vs. REM’s Monster (Bootleg CD Album)Germany – TR009
released: unknown
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
Live At Yokohama (Bootleg CD Album)BZCD 009
released: unknown
Recorded: 11/10/84 Yokohama University
- 1. Gardening At Night
- 2. 9-9
- 3. Old Man Kensey
- 4. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 5. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
- 6. Talk About The Passion
- 7. Harborcoat
- 8. Hyena
- 9. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
- 10. Sitting Still
- 11. Catapult
- 12. Chicken Train
- 13. Pretty Persuasion
- 14. Little America
- 15. Ghost Riders In The Sky
- 16. Second Guessing
- 17. Radio Free Europe
- 18. Femme Fatale
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