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So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)

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Lyrics

Did you never call? I waited for your call
These rivers of suggestion are driving me away
The trees will bend, the cities wash away
The city on the river there is a girl without a dream

I’m sorry

Eastern to Mountain, third party call, the lines are down
The wise man built his words upon the rocks
But I’m not bound to follow suit
The trees will bend, the conversation’s dimmed
Go build yourself another home, this choice isn’t mine

Did you never call? I waited for your call
These rivers of suggestion are driving me away
The ocean sang, the conversation’s dimmed
Go build yourself another dream, this choice isn’t mine

7 Official Releases

SO. CENTRAL RAIN (12” Single)
Netherlands – A12-4255

SO. CENTRAL RAIN (12” Single)
UK – IRSX 105

SO. CENTRAL RAIN (7” Single)
Netherlands – A-4255

SO. CENTRAL RAIN (7” Single)
USA – IR-9927

SO. CENTRAL RAIN (7” Single)
UK – IRS 105

SO. CENTRAL RAIN (Promotional 7” Single)
USA – IR-9927

SO. CENTRAL RAIN (Promotional 7” Single)
UK – IRS 105

‘SO. CENTRAL RAIN’ is also available on

Live In Chicago (Promotional 7” Single)
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

Reckoning (CD Album)
Netherlands – 0777 7 13159 23
released: unknown
Re-Issue

Murmur / Reckoning (Cassette)
UK –
released: unknown

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)

Can’t Get There From Here (Bootleg LP)
KAXY 002
released: unknown
Recorded: Live at Hammersmith Palais Ballroom, London 10/28/85.

Mumble (Bootleg LP)
PSA-101
released: unknown
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

1998 The Greatest Hits Collection (Bootleg CD Album)
Bulgaria –
released: unknown

Acoustic ‘87 (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Recorded at McCabe\s Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, CA 5/24/87

Aneurysm ‘95 (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Recorded: Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA, 5/15/95

1. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
2. Circus Envy
3. Crush With Eyeliner
4. Drive
5. Me In Honey
6. Try Not To Breathe
7. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
8. Strange Currencies
9. Revolution
10. Tongue
11. Man On The Moon
12. Country Feedback
13. Monty Got A Raw Deal
14. Losing My Religion
15. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
16. Star Me Kitten
17. I Took Your Name
18. Departure
19. Star 69
20. Get Up
21. Let Me In
22. Everybody Hurts
23. Pop Song 89
24. Bang And Blame
25. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

Aural Pleasure (Bootleg CD Album)
MOONTUNES 13/14
released: unknown
Recorded: Milton Keynes 7/30/95 + 7/29/95 and 1/16/95 , Tracks 10-14 on disc 2 are from July 29th, and 15-17 are from the

1. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
2. Crush With Eyeliner
3. Drive
4. Turn You Inside Out
5. Try Not To Breathe
6. I Took Your Name
7. Undertow
8. Bang And Blame
9. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
10. Strange Currencies
11. Revolution
12. Tongue
13. Man On The Moon
14. Country Feedback
15. Half A World Away
16. Losing My Religion
17. Pop Song 89
18. Finest Worksong
19. Get Up
20. Star 69
21. Let Me In
22. Everybody Hurts
23. Fall On Me
24. Departure
25. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
26. Circus Envy
live recorded at: 1995-07-29 in Milton Keynes
27. Orange Crush
live recorded at: 1995-07-29 in Milton Keynes
28. Welcome To The Occupation
live recorded at: 1995-07-29 in Milton Keynes
29. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
live recorded at: 1995-07-29 in Milton Keynes
30. King Of Comedy
live recorded at: 1995-01-16 in Adelaide
31. Me In Honey
live recorded at: 1995-01-16 in Adelaide
32. Disturbance At The Heron House
live recorded at: 1995-01-16 in Adelaide

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

Black Session (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Recorded Tracks 1-17 Studio 105, La Maison de Radio, Paris, Track 18 Nulle Part Ailleurs, Canal+ Studio 5/5/01.

1. Imitation Of Life
2. The Great Beyond
3. Hope
4. All The Way To Reno (You’re Gonna Be A Star)
5. Daysleeper
6. I’ve Been High
7. Electrolite
8. The Lifting
9. At My Most Beautiful
10. I’ll Take The Rain
11. The One I Love
12. She Just Wants To Be
13. Walk Unafraid
14. Losing My Religion
15. Man On The Moon
16. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
17. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
18. Imitation Of Life

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)

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

Buy The Sky, Sell The Sky (Bootleg CD Album)
DIRTY 13 VOL. 7
released: unknown

Caipirinha Rock (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Recorded: Rock in Rio, 1/13/01

Classic Traxx (Bootleg CD Album)
SH 69057
released: unknown
All tracks recorded live in USA 1993-1995

1. The Wake-Up Bomb
2. Bang And Blame
3. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
4. Losing My Religion
5. Shiny Happy People
6. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
7. Drive
8. Everybody Hurts
9. Radio Song
10. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
11. Love Is All Around
12. Man On The Moon
13. Pop Song 89
14. Red Rain
15. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
16. The One I Love

Cologne Free Concert (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Recorded: Cologne, Germany, May 12, 2001

1. The Great Beyond
2. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
3. All The Way To Reno (You’re Gonna Be A Star)
4. Cuyahoga
5. Electrolite
6. I’ve Been High
7. Daysleeper
8. The Lifting
9. Find The River
10. Imitation Of Life
11. I’ll Take The Rain
12. At My Most Beautiful
13. The One I Love
14. She Just Wants To Be
15. Walk Unafraid
16. Losing My Religion
17. Man On The Moon
18. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
19. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

Collection 2000 (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown

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
Recorded Live: Chicago 7/84.

Drive (Live 1985 – 1992) (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Recorded: 1985- 1992

1. Losing My Religion
2. Drive
3. Radio Song
4. World Leader Pretend
5. Half A World Away
6. Man On The Moon
7. Everybody Hurts
8. Stand
9. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
10. Orange Crush
11. The One I Love
12. Driver 8
13. Red Rain
14. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
15. Monty Got A Raw Deal
16. Country Feedback
17. Pop Song 89
18. Endgame
19. Have You Ever Seen The Rain?

Eclipse the Moon Tonight (Bootleg CD Album)
EMCD 1198
released: unknown
Recorded: BBC Studios, White City, London, Broadcast 11/6/98, Track 14 (Interview)

Freak Marmalade (Bootleg CD Album)
KRCD 12
released: unknown
Recorded: Recorded: Track 1 – MTV Music Awards 9/7/95, Track 2-4 – Milton Keynes, London 7/29/95, Track 5-7 – Saturday Night Live 11/12/94, Track 8-12 – Greenpeace benefit 11/19/92, Track 13 – Milton Keynes, London 7/29/95, Track 14-16 – Milano 1995

The Genesis of Revelation (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Recorded: Cologne, Germany – 12 May 2001

1. The Great Beyond
2. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
3. All The Way To Reno (You’re Gonna Be A Star)
4. Cuyahoga
5. Electrolite
6. I’ve Been High
7. Daysleeper
8. Imitation Of Life
9. I’ll Take The Rain
10. At My Most Beautiful
11. The One I Love
12. She Just Wants To Be
13. Walk Unafraid
14. Losing My Religion
15. Man On The Moon
16. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
17. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

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

Gold (Bootleg CD Album)
WH 200297U
released: unknown
Recorded: Unknown Origins.

The Greatest Hits Collection 1998 (Bootleg CD Album)
WH 970427
released: unknown
Recorded: Various

In The Wood (Bootleg CD Album)
BGS004
released: unknown
Recorded: 11/21/84 Rock City, Nottingham, UK

Live At Yokohama (Bootleg CD Album)
BZCD 009
released: unknown
Recorded: 11/10/84 Yokohama University

Live In Paris 2001 (Bootleg CD Album)
REM 2001
released: unknown
Recorded: Studio 105, Paris, France, May 7, 2001.

1. Imitation Of Life
2. The Great Beyond
3. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
4. All The Way To Reno (You’re Gonna Be A Star)
5. Daysleeper
6. I’ve Been High
7. Electrolite
8. The Lifting
9. At My Most Beautiful
10. I’ll Take The Rain
11. The One I Love
12. She Just Wants To Be
13. Walk Unafraid
14. Losing My Religion
15. Man On The Moon
16. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
17. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It

Live in USA 1987 (Bootleg CD Album)
HL CD 019
released: unknown
Recorded at McCabe\s Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, CA 5/24/87

Losing My Religion Vol.2 (Bootleg CD Album)
BAN-042-B
released: unknown
Recorded: 9/14/87, Utrecht, Holland (Second Half Of Show)

1. Oddfellows Local 151
2. Little America
3. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
4. Begin The Begin
5. Strange
6. Disturbance At The Heron House
7. Funtime
8. Moral Kiosk
9. Life And How To Live It
10. Time After Time (Annelise)
11. Red Rain
12. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)

Maps and Legends (Bootleg CD Album)
MONG CD005
released: unknown
Recorded: 5/24/87, McCabe\s Guitar Shop,

Monster Radio (Bootleg CD Album)
MOONRAKER 023/024
released: unknown
Recorded: 8/1/05, Berlin, Germany.

1. I Took Your Name
2. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
3. Crush With Eyeliner
4. Me In Honey
5. Bang And Blame
6. Near Wild Heaven
7. Undertow
8. Welcome To The Occupation
9. You
10. Strange Currencies
11. Revolution
12. Tongue
13. Man On The Moon
14. Country Feedback
15. Star Me Kitten
16. Losing My Religion
17. Pop Song 89
18. Finest Worksong
19. Get Up
20. Star 69
21. Let Me In
22. Everybody Hurts
23. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
24. Departure
25. Tusk
26. Ghost Riders In The Sky
27. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
28. The Wake-Up Bomb
From MTV Music Video Awards

Monster Radio ‘95 (Bootleg CD Album)
PD 075/076
released: unknown
Recorded: 7/30/95, Milton Keynes: + 10 Early Tracks

1. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
2. Crush With Eyeliner
3. Drive
4. Turn You Inside Out
5. Try Not To Breathe
6. I Took Your Name
7. Undertow
8. Bang And Blame
9. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
10. Strange Currencies
11. Revolution
12. Tongue
13. Man On The Moon
14. Country Feedback
15. Half A World Away
16. Losing My Religion
17. Pop Song 89
18. Finest Worksong
19. Get Up
20. Star 69
21. Let Me In
22. Everybody Hurts
23. Fall On Me
24. Departure
25. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
26. West Of The Fields
27. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
28. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
29. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
30. Sitting Still
31. Driver 8
32. 9-9
33. Windout
34. Pretty Persuasion
35. Radio Free Europe

MTV Unplugged 2001 (Bootleg CD Album)
CD 0333
released: unknown
Recorded: MTV Unplugged

1. All The Way To Reno (You’re Gonna Be A Star)
2. Electrolite
3. At My Most Beautiful
4. Sad Professor
5. Beat A Drum
6. I’ll Take The Rain
7. I’ve Been High
8. So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)
9. The One I Love
10. Losing My Religion
11. Country Feedback
12. Cuyahoga
13. Imitation Of Life
14. Disappear
15. Find The River
16. The Great Beyond
17. Free Form jazz Jam
18. All The Way To Reno (You’re Gonna Be A Star)
19. All I Want
20. Fascinating
21. Imitation Of Life
22. She Just Wants To Be
23. I’ve Been High

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So. Central Rain (I’m Sorry)

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7 Official Releases

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