Need help with R.E.M. song

[MindCrime]

I'm wanting the title to a song that I believe is sung by R.E.M. that I heard on the radio. It's main chorus goes something like "Early Morning" but those may not be the right lyrics, also I think the song itself is somewhat old.

[Levis]

Not 'The Lifting'?

[_Laurie_]

Disturbance At The Heron House?...BRB with lyrics

"They’re going wild," the call came in

At early morning pre-dawn, then

"The followers of chaos out of control

They’re numbering the monkeys

The monkeys and the monkeys,"

The followers of chaos out of control

"They’re meeting at the monument,"

The call came in the monument

To liberty and honor under the honor roll

"They’ve gathered up the cages the cages and courageous,"

The followers of chaos out of control

The call came in to Party Central

"Meeting of the green and simple,"

Try to tell us something we don’t know

"Disturbance at the Heron House"

A stampede at the monument

To liberty and honor under the honor roll

The gathering of grunts and greens

Cogs and grunts and hirelings

A meeting of a mean idea to hold

"When feeding time has come and gone

They’ll lose the heart and head for home

Try to tell us something we don’t know"

[Farin]

I can't think of anything that could fit either

[MindCrime]

I'm not sure, I've listened to those, along with 30 other R.E.M. songs this morning and can't seem to find it, but it was played on the radio, and I know I've heard it before. I'm assuming it was released as a single.

[Farin]

does the radio station have a website? sometimes they post the tracklisting of the recently played songs

Edited April 18, 2009 by Guest

[MindCrime]

I listened to the song Laurie posted, and it's not it This is going to be really embarrassing if I find out it's not an R.E.M. song to begin with.

Thanks for the help though.

[_Laurie_]

Is it an upbeat song, slow song?

[MindCrime]

I just checked the site's page and I don't see anything about a track listing

[MindCrime]

it's slow, and he kinda stretches the way he sings his lyrics, but it's not as slow as most of their other stuff.

[The Seeker]

Do you remember any other words, just one or two even? Apart from I or and

[_Laurie_]

I've done a search there's quite a few songs with the words "early morning"...I've been looking through the ones that are in the 80's,90's...there's a few ...one song is by "Live"....but you're sure it's REM?, Right?

[MindCrime]

Not really, I'll have to continue searching each of their songs until I find it, but I'm starting to get over it. I sure hope it is R.E.M. and not some other band though.

[MindCrime]

but you're sure it's REM?, Right?

Um.. no

[Levis]

oh dear

Early Sunday Morning? - Belong

Long shot innit? That's not even Michael Stipe 'singing'

[_Laurie_]

I've found songs by Foo Fighters, Live, Blur, Creed, Church that have the words "early morning"....I'm Not too familiar with these groups...I'm just throwin' them out there...(Just in case it's not REM)

[MindCrime]

That's what I thought it was at first Edna, by the lyrics, but after listening to it I found out it wasn't.

[BlueAngel]

A long shot since "morning" isn't really in the chorus and I don't know if this was released as a single but "Parakeet" - REM

You wake up in the morning

And fall out of your bed

Mean cats eat parakeets

And this one's nearly dead

You dearly wish the wind would shift

And greasy windows slide

Open for the parakket

Who's colored bitter lime

Open the window

To lift into a dream

Baby, baby

You can barely breathe

A broken wrist

An accident

You know that something's wrong

You fold the leavings of your past

No one knows you've gone

The sunspot flares of the early

Nineties 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 start to breathe

The tectonic dispatcher shifts

To smooth the ocean floor

And flattens out to warmer winde

Of Brisbane's sunny shore

Where buddhas tend to mending wrists

A tea made from the leaves

Of eucalyptus fragances

And coriander seeds

You wake up in the morning

To warm Pacific breeze

Where mean cats chew on licorice

And cannot climb the trees