Nightswimming
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Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.
The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago,
Turned around backwards so the windshield shows.
Every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse.
Still, it’s so much clearer.
I forgot my shirt at the water’s edge.
The moon is low tonight.
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.
I’m not sure all these people understand.
It’s not like years ago,
The fear of getting caught,
Of recklessness and water.
They cannot see me naked.
These things, they go away,
Replaced by everyday.
Nightswimming, remembering that night.
September’s coming soon.
I’m pining for the moon.
And what if there were two
Side by side in orbit
Around the fairest sun?
That bright, tight forever drum
Could not describe nightswimming.
You, I thought I knew you.
You I cannot judge.
You, I thought you knew me,
this one laughing quietly underneath my breath.
Nightswimming.
The photograph reflects,
Every streetlight a reminder.
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night, deserves a quiet night.
Copyright © R.E.M./Athens Ltd.
10 Official Releases
NIGHTSWIMMING (12” Single)9362-40975-0 | W0184TP
NIGHTSWIMMING (12” Single)UK – W0184TP
NIGHTSWIMMING (7” Single)Germany – 5439-18425-7
NIGHTSWIMMING (7” Single)UK – W0184
NIGHTSWIMMING (Promotional 7” Single)UK – W0184
NIGHTSWIMMING (Maxi Cassette)UK – 5439-18425-4 | W0184C
NIGHTSWIMMING (Maxi CD)Germany – 9362-40976-2
NIGHTSWIMMING (Maxi CD)Germany – 9362-40986-2
NIGHTSWIMMING (Maxi CD)France – 9362-40986-9
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NIGHTSWIMMING (Maxi CD)UK – W0184CD
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21 Checkers (Maxi CD)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
Hit Collection 2000 (Maxi CD)released: unknown
- 1. The Great Beyond
- 2. Man On The Moon
- 3. Bang And Blame
- 4. Draggin’ The Line
- 5. Daysleeper
- 6. Nightswimming
- 7. Everybody Hurts
- 8. Losing My Religion
- 9. Strange Currencies
- 10. Shiny Happy People
- 11. Lotus
- 12. Drive
- 13. E-Bow The Letter
- 14. Electrolite
- 15. Radio Free Europe
- 16. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
- 17. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
Automatic For The People (CD Album)released: unknown
- 1. Drive
- 2. Try Not To Breathe
- 3. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
- 4. Everybody Hurts
- 5. New Orleans Instrumental No. 1
- 6. Monty Got A Raw Deal
- 7. Sweetness Follows
- 8. Ignoreland
- 9. Star Me Kitten
- 10. Man On The Moon
- 11. Nightswimming
- 12. Find The River
Automatic For The People + Monster (CD Album)2 202940 049356
released: unknown
- 1. Drive
- 2. Try Not To Breathe
- 3. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
- 4. Everybody Hurts
- 5. New Orleans Instrumental No. 1
- 6. Monty Got A Raw Deal
- 7. Sweetness Follows
- 8. Ignoreland
- 9. Star Me Kitten
- 10. Man On The Moon
- 11. Nightswimming
- 12. Find The River
- 13. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 14. Crush With Eyeliner
- 15. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
- 16. King Of Comedy
- 17. Star 69
- 18. Strange Currencies
- 19. Tongue
- 20. I Took Your Name
- 21. Bang And Blame
- 22. Let Me In
- 23. Circus Envy
- 24. You
1998 The Greatest Hits Collection (Bootleg CD Album)Bulgaria –
released: unknown
- 1. Losing My Religion
- 2. Man On The Moon
- 3. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 4. Shiny Happy People
- 5. Drive
- 6. E-Bow The Letter
- 7. Radio Free Europe
- 8. Everybody Hurts
- 9. Bang And Blame
- 10. Radio Song
- 11. The One I Love
- 12. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
- 13. Electrolite
- 14. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 15. Talk About The Passion
- 16. Near Wild Heaven
- 17. Nightswimming
Draggin’ The Line – Greatest Hits ’99 (Bootleg CD Album)released: unknown
- 1. Daysleeper
- 2. Draggin’ The Line
- 3. Everybody Hurts
- 4. Losing My Religion
- 5. Man On The Moon
- 6. Strange Currencies
- 7. Shiny Happy People
- 8. Lotus
- 9. Suspicion
- 10. Drive
- 11. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 12. E-Bow The Letter
- 13. Electrolite
- 14. Radio Free Europe
- 15. Nightswimming
- 16. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
- 17. The One I Love
Gold (Bootleg CD Album)WH 200297U
released: unknown
Recorded: Unknown Origins.
- 1. Shiny Happy People
- 2. Everybody Hurts
- 3. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 4. E-Bow The Letter
- 5. Losing My Religion
- 6. Man On The Moon
- 7. Radio Free Europe
- 8. The One I Love
- 9. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 10. Bang And Blame
- 11. Drive
- 12. Radio Song
- 13. Electrolite
- 14. Talk About The Passion
- 15. Near Wild Heaven
- 16. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
- 17. Near Wild Heaven
- 18. Nightswimming
The Greatest Hits Collection 1998 (Bootleg CD Album)WH 970427
released: unknown
Recorded: Various
- 1. Losing My Religion
- 2. Man On The Moon
- 3. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
- 4. Shiny Happy People
- 5. Drive
- 6. E-Bow The Letter
- 7. Radio Free Europe
- 8. Everybody Hurts
- 9. Bang And Blame
- 10. Radio Song
- 11. The One I Love
- 12. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
- 13. Electrolite
- 14. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
- 15. Talk About The Passion
- 16. Near Wild Heaven
- 17. Nightswimming
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