. - The Worst Joke Ever (Live At the Olympia, Dublin, 2007)
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- Peter Buck : Guitar
- Mike Mills : Bass, Vocals
- Michael Stipe : Vocals
- Scott McCaughey : Keyboards
- Bill Rieflin : Drums
Around The Sun (2004)
Lyrics:
you see there’s this cat burglar who can’t see in the dark.
he lays his bets on 8 more lives, walks into a bar.
slips on the 8 ball, falls on his knife.
says, “I don’t know what I’ve done, but it doesn’t feel right!“
some things don’t hold up over the course of a lifetime,
when’s the first time you heard that one, 1954?
get to the punch line. fall to the floor.
GIVE ME A MINUTE AND I’LL TELL YOU THE SETUP FOR
THE WORST JOKE EVER, I NEVER.
I’LL TELL YOU MY VERSION OF THE GREATEST LIFE STORY
DON’T BORE ME
now I am floating,
I feel released.
the moorings have been dropped,
the weights unleashed.
everything is