Begin The Begin - R.E.M.

Birdie in the hand for life’s rich demand

The insurgency began and you missed it

I looked for it and I found it

Myles 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

Watching 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, Zen

The mythology begins the begin

Answer me a question, I can’t itemize, I can’t think clearly

Look to me for reason, it’s not there

I can’t even rhyme in the begin

A philanderer’s tie, a murderer’s shoe

Example, the finest example is you

A birdie in the hand for life’s rich demand

The insurgency began and you missed it

I looked for it and I found it

Miles Standish proud, congratulate me

A philanderer’s tie, a murderer’s shoe

Let’s begin again, begin the begin

Let’s begin again