Man On The Moon

1992

From the Automatic For The People CD

R. E. M.

Written by: Michael Stipe & Bill Berry & Peter Buck & Mike Mills

Vocals by: Michael Stipe

Man On The Moon

1

Mott The Hoople and the game of Life ..

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match ..

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Monopoly, Twenty-One, Checkers and Chess ..

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Mister Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess ..

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Let’s play Twister, let’s play Risk ..

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

See you in Heaven if you make the list ..

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Chorus

Now Andy did you hear about this one ?

Tell me are you locked in the punch ?

Hey Andy, are you goofing on Elvis ? Hey baby.

Are we losing touch ?

If you believed they put a man on the Moon ..

man on the Moon !

If you believed there’s nothing up their sleeve ..

Then nothing is cool !

2

Moses went walking with the staff of wood ..

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Newton got beaned by the apple good ..

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp ..

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Mister Charles Darwin had the gall to ask ..

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Chorus

Now Andy did you hear about this one ?

Tell me are you locked in the punch ?

Hey Andy, are you goofing on Elvis ? Hey baby.

Are we losing touch ?

If you believed they put a man on the Moon ..

man on the Moon !

If you believed there’s nothing up their sleeve ..

Then nothing is cool !

Bridge

3

Here’s a little agate for the never-believer ..

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Here’s a little ghost for the offering ..

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Here’s a Truck Stop instead of St. Peter’s ..

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Mister Andy Kaufman’s gone wrestling (bears) ..

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Chorus

Now Andy did you hear about this one ?

Tell me are you locked in the punch ?
Hey Andy, are you goofing on Elvis ? Hey baby.

Are we losing touch ?

If you believed they put a man on the Moon ..

man on the Moon !

If you believed there’s nothing up their sleeve ..

Then nothing is cool !

abbreviated Bridge

abbreviated Chorus (lines 5 & 6 - 3x and fade)

If you believed they put a man on the Moon ..

man on the Moon !

If you believed there’s nothing up their sleeve ..

Then nothing is cool !

If you believed they put a man on the Moon ..

man on the Moon !

If you believed there’s nothing up their sleeve ..

Then nothing is cool !
If you believed they put a man on the Moon ..
man on the Moon !

If you believed there’s nothing up their sleeve .

Then nothing is cool !

Editors Note:

This is my favorite R.E.M. recording .. and it’s about my favorite Comedian, Andy Kaufman.

If you would like to hear this tune .. and watch R.E.M. perform it, Live - please click on the following Link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5Mv0h_nO7A

Thank you, kindly.

LARRY CURTIS SPURLOCK