R.e.m. The Ascent Of Man

SO HESITATION PULLED ME BACK

I'M STRONGER WHEN I DON'T ATTRACT

IN YOUR EYES I'M A LAMB WITHOUT A RACK

AND I AM GETTING CONFUSED.

I'M A CACTUS TRYING TO BE A CANOE.

AS YOU PAN FOR ORE

IN THE DESERT, FLOORED,

I SAY TO YOU.

THAT I COULD NEVER IMAGINE A PLACE SO BEAUTIFUL

I COULD NEVER STEAL YOUR GOLD AWAY.

YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH...

[I try to walk like a big wham bam

I came across like a battering ram

I try to float like a telegram sam

I'm trying to divine you. ]

MY BOOK IS CALLED "THE ASCENT OF MAN".

I MARKED YOUR CHAPTER WITH A CATAMARAN.

THE ACCENT'S OFF,

BUT I AM WHAT I AM.

YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH...

[I try to walk like a big wham bam

I came across like a battering ram

I try to float like a telegram sam

I'm trying to divine you.]

I LOOKED FOR YOU, IT'S MY LAST GRANDSTAND.

A MOTORSCOOTERED GOAT LEGGED PAN

FIGURE EIGHTING IN QUICKSAND...

YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH...

[I try to walk like a big wham bam

I try to float like a telegram sam

I came across like a battering ram

I'm trying to divine you. ]

[I try to walk like a big wham bam

I try to float like a telegram sam

I came across like a battering ram

I'm trying to divine you. ]

SO HESITATION PULLED ME BACK

I'M SO IN LOVE I DON'T ATTRACT.

AND WITH MY HANDS TIED I WON'T CRACK

['CAUSE IN MY MIND I CALLED YOU BACK.]