Just A Touch
Lyrics
Well what in the world? Women in black
Don’t you remember, Sonny’s packed
A day in the life, well nobody laughed
Look to the days how long can this last
Kevin heard it on the radio
Hugh informed word of mouth
Carla read it in the news
Caught it all just a touch
You set the pace of what was to come
I have to carry on now that you’re gone
A day in the life, well nobody laughed
Look to the days how long can this last
There’s someone in our dreams
In our preassembled dream
Lord! Dave! William!
Well what in the world? Women in black
Don’t you remember, Sonny’s, Tyrone’s, packed, packed
A day in the life well nobody laughed
Look to the days how long can this last
I can’t see where to worship Popeye, love Al Green,
I can’t see, I’m so young, I’m so god damn young
Copyright © R.E.M./Athens Ltd.
No Official Releases named ‘Just A Touch’
‘Just A Touch’ is also available on
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
Chronic Murmurings (Bootleg LP)TRW 1905
released: unknown
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
Documentary (Bootleg LP)TRW 1914
released: unknown
- 1. Finest Worksong
- 2. These Days
- 3. Welcome To The Occupation
- 4. Exhuming McCarthy
- 5. Orange Crush
- 6. Feeling Gravitys Pull
- 7. King Of Birds
- 8. I Believe
- 9. Maps And Legends
- 10. Driver 8
- 11. Superman
- 12. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
- 13. Oddfellows Local 151
- 14. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
- 15. Begin The Begin
- 16. Strange
- 17. Ghost Riders
- 18. Cuyahoga
- 19. Fall On Me
- 20. Harpers
- 21. The One I Love
- 22. Crazy
- 23. Pop Song 89
- 24. Just A Touch
- 25. After Hours
Down South (Bootleg LP)FTP (0010)
released: unknown
Recorded: Live 1981-82
Drive (Bootleg LP)released: unknown
Recorded: Demos from various studios and dates.
- 1. Radio Free Europe
Radio Dub - 2. Ages Of You
- 3. Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
- 4. Shaking Through
- 5. Wolves, Lower
Fast Version - 6. Catapult
- 7. Laughing
- 8. Romance
- 9. That Beat
- 10. Burning Hell
- 11. The Lion Sleeps Tonight
- 12. Skank
- 13. Theme From Two Steps Onward
- 14. Just A Touch
- 15. Mystery To Me
- 16. Wait
- 17. Begin The Begin
- 18. Cuyahoga
- 19. I Believe
- 20. These Days
- 21. Bad Day
Mada Mada (Bootleg LP)TRW (1906)
released: unknown
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
20th Century Boys – Vol.1 (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
Recorded live at Stichcraft in Athens on 9/30/83
- 1. I Got You Babe
- 2. Second Guessing
- 3. Harborcoat
- 4. Pretty Persuasion
- 5. Pills
- 6. 1,000,000
- 7. Camera
- 8. Talk About The Passion
- 9. Little America
- 10. All The Right Friends
- 11. Letter Never Sent
- 12. Just A Touch
- 13. Secret Agent Man
- 14. Hootenanny
- 15. Route 66
- 16. Windout
- 17. 9-9
- 18. Six Stock Answers
- 19. My Roof, Your Roof
- 20. Pale Blue Eyes
- 21. Tainted Obligation
- 22. Sweet Jane
20th Century Boys – Vol.2 (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
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
Bucketful of Worksongs (Bootleg CD Album)92029/30
released: unknown
Recorded: Tracks 1-22 Utrecht Holland 9/14/87, Tracks 23-28 Werchter, July 1985
- 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. Strange
- 16. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 17. Funtime
- 18. Time After Time (Annelise)
- 19. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 20. Harpers
- 21. Moral Kiosk
- 22. Life And How To Live It
- 23. Feeling Gravitys Pull
- 24. Driver 8
- 25. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
- 26. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 27. Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
- 28. Can’t Get There From Here
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
Early Movements (Bootleg CD Album)COP 010
released: unknown
Recorded: (Tracks 1-11) Chronic Town LP Early Studio Outtakes; (Tracks 12-19)1980 Wuxtury Demos; (Tracks 20-21) Remixes.
- 1. Catapult
- 2. Wolves, Lower
- 3. Laughing
- 4. Romance
- 5. Shaking Through
- 6. Carnival Of Sorts (Boxcars)
- 7. Stumble
- 8. Wolves, Lower
- 9. 1,000,000
- 10. Windout
- 11. Just A Touch
- 12. Dangerous Times
- 13. All The Right Friends
- 14. A Different Girl
- 15. Narrator
- 16. Just A Touch
- 17. Baby I
- 18. Mystery To Me
- 19. Permanent Vacation
- 20. Drive
Primary Remix - 21. Drive
Secondary Remix
Life’s Rich Pageant & More (Bootleg CD Album)WAI 022
released: unknown
Recorded: (Tracks 1-14) Pageant Studio Demos, (Tracks 15-24) Recorded at Various Locations.
- 1. Theme From Two Steps Onward
- 2. Just A Touch
- 3. Mystery To Me
- 4. Wait
- 5. Begin The Begin
- 6. Cuyahoga
- 7. I Believe
- 8. Interim Medley (LRP Instrumental Demo)
- 9. Rotary Ten
- 10. These Days
- 11. Bad Day
- 12. Underneath The Bunker
- 13. Swan Swan H
- 14. The Flowers Of Guatemala
- 15. March
- 16. Theme From Two Steps Onward
- 17. California Dreaming
- 18. Mississippi Queen
- 19. Whole Lotta Love
- 20. Funtime
- 21. After Hours
- 22. Oddfellows Local 151
- 23. Born To Run
- 24. Eight Miles High
- 25. Roadrunner
- 26. When I Was Young
Losing My Religion Vol.1 (Bootleg CD Album)BAN-042-A
released: unknown
Recorded: 9/14/87, Utrecht, Holland (First Half of Show)
- 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
Monument Valley (Bootleg CD Album)IBR2275
released: unknown
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

(4.75 out of 5)