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World Leader Pretend

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Lyrics

sit at my table and wage war on myself
It seems like it’s all…it’s all for nothing
I know the barricades, and
I know the mortar in the wall breaks
I recognize the weapons, I used them well

This is my mistake. Let me make it good
I raised the wall, and I will be the one to knock it down

I’ve a rich understanding of my finest defenses
I proclaim that claims are left unstated,
I demand a rematch
I decree a stalemate
I divine my deeper motives
I recognize the weapons
I’ve practiced them well. I fitted them myself

It’s amazing what devices you can sympathize…empathize
This is my mistake. Let me make it good
I raised the walls, and I will be the one to knock it down

Reach out for me and hold me tight. Hold that memory
Let my machine talk to me. Let my machine talk to me

This is my world
And I am world leader pretend
This is my life
And this is my time
I have been given the freedom
To do as I see fit
It’s high time I’ve razed the walls
That I’ve constructed

It’s amazing what devices you can sympathize…emapathize
This is my mistake. Let me make it good
I raised the walls, and I will be the one to knock it down

You fill in the mortar. You fill in the harmony
You fill in the mortar. I raised the walls
And I’m the only one
I will be the one to knock it down

Copyright © R.E.M./Athens Ltd.

1 Official Release

World Leader Pretend (Promotional 7” Single)
Germany – PRO 610

‘World Leader Pretend’ is also available on

Green (CD Album)
Australia – 9257952
released: unknown

• 1. Pop Song 89
• 2. Get Up
• 3. You Are The Everything
• 4. Stand
• 5. World Leader Pretend
• 6. The Wrong Child
• 7. Orange Crush
• 8. Turn You Inside Out
• 9. Hairshirt
• 10. I Remember California
• 11. Eleventh Untitled Song

Double Dois : Green and New Adventures in Hi-Fi (CD Album)
ARG –
released: unknown

• 1. Pop Song 89
• 2. Get Up
• 3. You Are The Everything
• 4. Stand
• 5. World Leader Pretend
• 6. The Wrong Child
• 7. Orange Crush
• 8. Turn You Inside Out
• 9. Hairshirt
• 10. I Remember California
• 11. Eleventh Untitled Song

Green & Out Of Time (CD Album)
Australia – 9362460742
released: unknown

• 1. Pop Song 89
• 2. Get Up
• 3. You Are The Everything
• 4. Stand
• 5. World Leader Pretend
• 6. The Wrong Child
• 7. Orange Crush
• 8. Turn You Inside Out
• 9. Hairshirt
• 10. I Remember California
• 11. Eleventh Untitled Song
• 12. Radio Song
• 13. Losing My Religion
• 14. Low
• 15. Near Wild Heaven
• 16. Endgame
• 17. Shiny Happy People
• 18. Belong
• 19. Half A World Away
• 20. Texarcana
• 21. Country Feedback
• 22. Me In Honey

1994 (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown

• 1. Losing My Religion
  live recorded at: 1991-04-28 in Charleston
• 2. World Leader Pretend
  live recorded at: 1991-04-28 in Charleston
• 3. Belong
  live recorded at: 1991-04-28 in Charleston
• 4. Low
  live recorded at: 1991-04-28 in Charleston
• 5. Losing My Religion
  live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens
• 6. Country Feedback
  live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens
• 7. Begin The Begin
  live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens
• 8. Monty Got A Raw Deal
  live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens
• 9. Everybody Hurts
  live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens
• 10. Man On The Moon
  live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens
• 11. Everybody Hurts
  live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens
• 12. Drive
  live recorded at: 1992-11-19 in Athens
• 13. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
  live recorded at: 1994-11-12 in New York
• 14. Bang And Blame
  live recorded at: 1994-11-12 in New York
• 15. I Don’t Sleep, I Dream
  live recorded at: 1994-11-12 in New York

Electric (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Recorded at Pink Pop Festival, Landgraaf, Holland, 5/15/89

• 1. Exhuming McCarthy
• 2. Turn You Inside Out
• 3. Stand
• 4. Orange Crush
• 5. Feeling Gravitys Pull
• 6. King Of Birds
• 7. World Leader Pretend
• 8. Underneath The Bunker
• 9. Pretty Persuasion
• 10. Get Up
• 11. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
• 12. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
• 13. Summertime
• 14. Swan Swan H
• 15. Finest Worksong

Acoustic 3CD Box (Bootleg CD Album)
Luxemburg –
released: unknown
Contains Acoustic 1, Acoustic 2 and Electric

• 1. World Leader Pretend
• 2. Radio Song
• 3. Fall On Me
• 4. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
• 5. Half A World Away
• 6. Belong
• 7. Love Is All Around
• 8. Losing My Religion
• 9. Radio Song
• 10. Disturbance At The Heron House
• 11. Low
• 12. Swan Swan H
• 13. White Train
• 14. If You Go Away
• 15. Birdshead
• 16. My Youngest Son Came Home Today
• 17. Hello In There
• 18. Dark End Of The Street
• 19. Pop Song 89
• 20. Talk About The Passion
• 21. Exhuming McCarthy
• 22. Turn You Inside Out
• 23. Stand
• 24. Orange Crush
• 25. Feeling Gravitys Pull
• 26. King Of Birds
• 27. World Leader Pretend
• 28. Underneath The Bunker
• 29. Pretty Persuasion
• 30. Get Up
• 31. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
• 32. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
• 33. Summertime
• 34. Swan Swan H
• 35. Finest Worksong

Acoustic Tour 1991 (Bootleg CD Album)

released: unknown
Recorded: [1] Toronto, May 9, 1991 [2] Los Angeles (KCRW radio) 4/3/91, and [3] Charleston, WV (Mountain Stage program), May 4, 1991

• 1. World Leader Pretend
  live recorded at: 1991-04-05 in Toronto
• 2. Radio Song
  live recorded at: 1991-04-05 in Toronto
• 3. Love Is All Around
  live recorded at: 1991-04-05 in Toronto
• 4. Losing My Religion
  live recorded at: 1991-04-05 in Toronto
• 5. Fall On Me
  live recorded at: 1991-04-03 in Santa Monica
• 6. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
  live recorded at: 1991-04-03 in Santa Monica
• 7. Belong
  live recorded at: 1991-04-03 in Santa Monica
• 8. Low
  live recorded at: 1991-04-03 in Santa Monica
• 9. Endgame
  live recorded at: 1991-04-03 in Santa Monica
• 10. Swan Swan H
  live recorded at: 1991-04-03 in Santa Monica
• 11. Spooky
  live recorded at: 1991-04-03 in Santa Monica
• 12. Disturbance At The Heron House
  live recorded at: 1991-04-03 in Santa Monica
• 13. Fretless
  live recorded at: 1991-04-03 in Santa Monica
• 14. Dallas
  live recorded at: 1991-04-28 in Charleston
• 15. Losing My Religion
  live recorded at: 1991-04-28 in Charleston
• 16. World Leader Pretend
  live recorded at: 1991-04-28 in Charleston

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?

The Dream: Green World Tour (Bootleg CD Album)
RPCD 1028
released: unknown
Landgraaf, Holland 5/15/89, Milan, Italy, 6/15/89

• 1. Exhuming McCarthy
• 2. Turn You Inside Out
• 3. Stand
• 4. Orange Crush
• 5. Feeling Gravitys Pull
• 6. King Of Birds
• 7. World Leader Pretend
• 8. Underneath The Bunker
• 9. Pretty Persuasion
• 10. Get Up
• 11. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
• 12. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
• 13. Summertime
• 14. Swan Swan H
• 15. Finest Worksong
• 16. Begin The Begin
• 17. Perfect Circle
• 18. Dark Globe

The Green World Tour (Bootleg CD Album)
France – RS CD18
released: unknown
Recorded: Perugia Palasport (Italy) – June 17, 1989

• 1. Pop Song 89
• 2. These Days
• 3. Exhuming McCarthy
• 4. Turn You Inside Out
• 5. Orange Crush
• 6. Disturbance At The Heron House
• 7. Feeling Gravitys Pull
• 8. King Of Birds
• 9. Shaking Through
• 10. World Leader Pretend
• 11. Finest Worksong
• 12. Underneath The Bunker
• 13. Sitting Still
• 14. Get Up
• 15. Auctioneer (Another Engine)
• 16. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It
• 17. Stand

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