REM, I Believe

When I was young and full of grace
and spirited--a rattlesnake.
When I was young and fever fell
My spirit, I will not tell
You're on your honor not to tell

I believe in coyotes and time as an abstract
Explain the change, the difference between
What you want and what you need, there's the key,
Your adventure for today, what do you do
Between the horns of the day?

I believe my shirt is wearing thin
And change is what I believe in

When I was young and give and take
And foolish said my fool awake
When I was young and fever fell
My spirit, I will not tell
You're on your honor, on your honor

Trust in your calling, make sure your calling's true
Think of others, the others think of you
Silly rule golden words make, practice, practice makes perfect,
Perfect is a fault, and fault lines change

I believe my humor's wearing thin
And change is what I believe in

I believe my shirt is wearing thin
And change is what I believe in

When I was young and full of grace
As spirited a rattlesnake
When I was young and fever fell
My spirit, I will not tell
You're on your honor, on your honor
I believe in example
I believe my throat hurts
Example is the checker to the key

I believe my humor's wearing thin
And I believe the poles are shifting

I believe my shirt is wearing thin
And change is what I believe in

REM, Action

I do the dancin'
You do the hoppin'
You do the boppin'
I do the shakin'

I'm just romancin'
You do the dancin'
I see your sequence
It's looking smashing

You make the action, action
happen happen
Action, action
happen happen

I'm finger poppin'
You do the dancin'
You do the shakin'
You're looking right now

You make the action, action
happen, happen
You make the action
happen, happen

I'm finger poppin'
You do the hoppin'
I see your sequance
It's looking right there
You do the dancing
I do romancing
You call it hoppin'
There's no stoppin'

You make the action, action
happen, happen