Hairshirt Lyrics by R.E.M.

Hairshirt Lyrics

    I am not the type of dog
    That could keep you waiting
    For no good reason
    Run a carbon-black test on my jaw
    And you will find it's all been said before

    I can swing my megaphone and long arm the rest
    It's easier and better
    To just beat it from the chest
    Of desire

    I could walk into this room
    And the waves of conversation are enough
    To knock you down in the undertow
    So alone so alone in my life
    Feed me banks of light
    And hang your hairshirt on the lowest rung
    It's a beautiful life
    And I can hang my hairshirt
    Away up high in the attic of the wrong dog's life chest
    Or bury it at sea
    All my life I've searched for this

    Here I am here I am in your life
    It's a beautiful life
    My life
    It's a beautiful life
    Your life


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