Maps And Legends
Lyrics
He’s not to be reached, he’s to be reached.
He’s not to be reached, he’s to be reached.
Called the fool and the company,
On his own where he’d rather be.
Where he ought to be, he sees what you can’t see, can’t you see that?
Maybe he’s caught in the legend,
maybe he’s caught in the mood.
Maybe these maps and legends
have been misunderstood.
Down the way the road’s divided,
Paint me the places you have seen.
Those who know what I don’t know
refer to the yellow, red and green
Maybe he’s caught in the legend,
maybe he’s caught in the mood.
Maybe these maps and legends
have been misunderstood.
He’s not to be reached, he’s to be reached. (4 times)
The map that you painted didn’t seem real.
He just sings whatever he’s seen
Point to the legend, point to the east,
Point to the yellow, red and green
Maybe he’s caught in the legend,
maybe he’s caught in the mood.
Maybe these maps and legends
have been misunderstood, been misunderstood. (Maps and legends)
(Maps and legends) Is he to be reached? He’s not to be reached.
(Maps and legends) Is he to be reached? He’s not to be reached.
(Maps and legends) Is he to be reached? He’s not to be reached anymore.
Copyright © R.E.M./Athens Ltd.
No Official Releases named ‘Maps And Legends’
Unofficial Releases (Bootlegs)
Maps and Legends (Bootleg CD Album)MONG CD005
Recorded: 5/24/87, McCabe\s Guitar Shop,
- 1. Hello Stranger
- 2. The One I Love
- 3. Welcome To The Occupation
- 4. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 5. Finest Worksong
- 6. Maps And Legends
- 7. Baby Please Don’t Go
- 8. Hello Stranger
- 9. A Campfire Song
- 10. Trains (I Can Stretch My Hand Out)
- 11. The One I Love
- 12. Spooky
- 13. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 14. Fever
- 15. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
‘Maps and Legends’ is also available on
Fables Of The Reconstruction (CD Album)Netherlands – MAIN
released: unknown
Re-Issue
Can’t Get There From Here (Bootleg LP)KAXY 002
released: unknown
Recorded: Live at Hammersmith Palais Ballroom, London 10/28/85.
- 1. Feeling Gravitys Pull
- 2. Harborcoat
- 3. Green Grow the Rushes
- 4. Maps And Legends
- 5. Pilgrimage
- 6. Driver 8
- 7. Sitting Still
- 8. Good Advices
- 9. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 10. Have You Ever Seen The Rain?
- 11. Can’t Get There From Here
- 12. Seven Chinese Bros.
- 13. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
- 14. Old Man Kensey
- 15. Pretty Persuasion
- 16. Life And How To Live It
- 17. Second Guessing
- 18. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
- 19. Toys In The Attic
- 20. Radar Love
- 21. Burning Hell
- 22. Talk About The Passion
- 23. Little America
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
Acoustic ’87 (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
Recorded at McCabe\s Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, CA 5/24/87
- 1. The One I Love
- 2. Welcome To The Occupation
- 3. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 4. Finest Worksong
- 5. Maps And Legends
- 6. Walk, Don’t Run
- 7. 1,000,000
- 8. Trains (I Can Stretch My Hand Out)
- 9. The One I Love
- 10. Spooky
- 11. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 12. Finest Worksong
- 13. Fever
- 14. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 15. Leaving On A Jet Plane
The Essential (Bootleg CD Album)MERCD 410
released: unknown
Recorded: various live and studio tracks
- 1. Driver 8
- 2. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 3. Last Date
- 4. The One I Love
- 5. Maps And Legends
- 6. Pop Song 89
- 7. Skin Tight
- 8. Half A World Away
- 9. Radio Song
- 10. Time After Time (Annelise)
- 11. Ghost Riders In The Sky
- 12. Dark Globe
- 13. Memphis Train Blues
- 14. Eleventh Untitled Song
- 15. Radio Free Europe
hib-Tone Version
Live at McCabe’s Guitar Shop (Bootleg CD Album)Germany – SPQRCD02
released: unknown
Recorded: 5/27/87 – McCabe\s Guitar Shop. Santa Monica, CA. Please note that only the songs that R.E.M. performed from this release appear here.
- 1. Don’t Talk
- 2. Hello Stranger
- 3. The One I Love
- 4. Welcome To The Occupation
- 5. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 6. Finest Worksong
- 7. Maps And Legends
- 8. Harpers
- 9. Damaged Goods
- 10. Leaving On A Jet Plane
- 11. Sunday Morning
- 12. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
- 13. A Campfire Song
- 14. The Wheel Of Fortune
TMOQ (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
- 1. Don’t Talk
- 2. Hello Stranger
- 3. The One I Love
- 4. Welcome To The Occupation
- 5. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 6. Finest Worksong
- 7. Maps And Legends
- 8. Harpers
- 9. Damaged Goods
- 10. Leaving On A Jet Plane
- 11. Sunday Morning
- 12. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
- 13. A Campfire Song
- 14. The Wheel Of Fortune
Live in USA 1987 (Bootleg CD Album)HL CD 019
released: unknown
Recorded at McCabe\s Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, CA 5/24/87
- 1. The One I Love
- 2. Welcome To The Occupation
- 3. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 4. Finest Worksong
- 5. Maps And Legends
- 6. Walk, Don’t Run
- 7. 1,000,000
- 8. Trains (I Can Stretch My Hand Out)
- 9. The One I Love
- 10. Spooky
- 11. Disturbance At The Heron House
- 12. Finest Worksong
- 13. Fever
- 14. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 15. Leaving On A Jet Plane


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