R.E.M. - Life's Rich Pageant : Cuyahoga
 

R.E.M.



Life's Rich Pageant



Cuyahoga





Let's put our heads together and start a new country up



Our father's father's father tried, erased the parts he didn't like



Let's try to fill it in, bank the quarry river, swim



We knee-skinned it you and me, we knee-skinned that river red







This is where we walked, this is where we swam



Take a picture here, take a souvenir







This land is the land of ours, this river runs red over it



We knee-skinned it you and me, we knee-skinned that river red



And we gathered up our friends, bank the quarry river, swim



We knee-skinned it you and me, underneath the river bed







This is where we walked, this is where we swam



Take a picture here, take a souvenir



Cuyahoga



Cuyahoga, gone







Let's put our heads together, start a new country up,



Underneath the river bed we burned the river down.



This is where they walked, swam, hunted, danced and sang,



Take a picture here, take a souvenir



Cuyahoga



Cuyahoga, gone







Rewrite the book and rule the pages, saving face, secured in faith



Bury, burn the waste behind you







This land is the land of ours, this river runs red over it



We are not your allies, we can not defend



This is where they walked, this is where they swam



Take a picture here, take a souvenir







Cuyahoga



Cuyahoga, gone



Cuyahoga



Cuyahoga, gone