Begin the Begin by R.E.M.

Birdie in the hand for life's rich demand
The insurgency began and you missed it
I looked for her and I found her
Miles-standish proud, congratulate me

A philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe

Life's rich demand
Creates supply in the hand
Of the powers, the only vote that matters

Silence means security, silence means approval
On zenith, on the TV, tiger run around the tree
Follow the leader, run and turn into butter

Let's begin again
Begin the begin
Let's begin again

Like Martin Luther's end
The mythology
Begins the begin

Answer me a question, I can't itemize
I can't think clear, you look to me for reason
It's not there, I can't even rhyme
Here in the begin

A philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe
Example, the finest example is you

Birdie in the hand for life's rich demand
The insurgency began and you missed it
I looked for her and I found her
Miles-standish proud, congratulate me

A philanderer's tie, a murderer's shoe

Let's begin again
Begin the begin
Let's begin again

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