Parakeet

by R.E.M.

From the album: Up

Duration: 4:12

Up cover art

Lyrics for Parakeet

You wake up in the morning And fall out of your bed Mean cats eat parakeets And the swan's nearly dead You dearly wish the wind would shift And glues a window slide Open for the parakeet This color, bitter lime Open the window To lift into your dreams Baby, baby You can barely breathe Broken wrist, an accident You know that something's wrong You fold the leavings of your past No one knows you've gone Sunspot flare severely 90's Light up your wings And scan the shortwave radio It's tracking outer rings Open the window To lift into a dream Baby, baby You can't start to breathe Tectonic dispatcher shifts To smooth the ocean floor And flattens out to warmer winds Brisbane's sunny shore A Buddhist and a man he missed And he made from the leaves Eucalyptus fragrances And coriander seed Open the window To lift into a dream Baby, baby You can't start to breathe Open the window To lift into a dream Baby, baby You can't start to breathe You wake up in the morning To warm pacific breeze You meet cats, chew on licorice You cannot climb the trees

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