The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite - R.E.M.

This here is the place where I will be staying

There isn’t a number, you can call the pay phone

Let it ring a long, long, long, long time

If I don’t pick up, hang up, call back, let it ring some more

Oh

If I don’t pick up, pick up

The sidewinder sleeps, sleeps, sleeps in a coil

Call me when you try to wake her up

Call me when you try to wake her

Call me when you try to wake her up

Call me when you try to wake her

Call me when you try to wake her up

Call me when you try to wake her

Oh

There are scratches all around the coin slot

Like a heartbeat, baby trying to wake up

But this machine can only swallow money

You can’t lay a patch by computer design

It’s just a lot of stupid, stupid signs

Tell her

Tell her she can kiss my ass

Then laugh and say that you were only kidding

That way she’ll know that it’s really, really, really, really me

Call me when you try to wake her up

Call me when you try to wake her

Call me when you try to wake her up

Call me when you try to wake her

Call me when you try to wake her up

Call me when you try to wake her

Oh

Baby, instant soup doesn’t really grab me

Today I need something more sub-sub-sub-substantial

A can of beans or black-eyed peas, some Nescafe and ice

A candy bar, a falling star, or a reading from Doctor Seuss

Call me when you try to wake her up

Call me when you try to wake her

Call me when you try to wake her up

Call me when you try to wake her

Call me when you try to wake her up

Call me when you try to wake her

The cat in the hat came back

Wreaked a lot of havoc on the way

Always had a smile and a reason to pretend

But their world has flat backgrounds

And little need to sleep but to dream

The sidewinder sleeps on his back

Call me when you try to wake her up

(Call me when you try to wake her)

Call me when you try to wake her up

(Call me when you try to wake her)

I can always sleep standing up

(Call me when you try to wake her)

Oh

Call me when you try to wake her up

(Call me when you try to wake her)

Call me when you try to wake her up

(Call me when you try to wake her)

I can always sleep standing up

(Call me when you try to wake her)

Oh

Call me when you try to wake her up

(Call me when you try to wake her)

I can always sleep standing up

(Call me when you try to wake her)

I can always sleep standing up

(Call me when you try to wake her)

We’ve got to boogie, boogie, move on this one