Beat A Drum Lyrics by R.E.M.

Beat A Drum Lyrics

    The sun reflected in
    The back of my eye.
    I knocked my head against the sky.

    The dragonflies are busy buzzing me.
    A seahorse as if we were in the sea.

    Half way from coal
    Half way from diamond.
    My fall knocked a mean chip out of me.
    Gathering as far as I can reach.
    Perched up on a precipice
    And this is what I've seen.

    This is all I want,
    It's all I need.
    This is all I am.
    This is all I want,
    It's all I need.

    A bluejay hectors from the felled Catalpa tree.
    Doctorate in science and a theologians dream

    The dragonflies are trying to lecture me.
    The seahorses as if we were in the sea.

    But this is all I want,
    It's all I need.
    This is all I am,
    It's everything.
    This is all I want,
    It's all I need.

    Beat a drum for me
    Like a butterfly wing.
    Tropical storm across the ocean.

    But don't explain I'm sure I'll want to know
    Don't forget we're just half way from coal.

    This is all I want,
    It's all I need.
    This is all I am,
    It's everything.
    This is all I want,
    It's all I need.


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