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Artist: R.E.M.
Track: It’s the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)

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That's great, it starts with an earthquake
Birds and snakes, an aeroplane, and Lenny Bruce is not afraid

Eye of a hurricane, listen to yourself churn
World serves its own needs, don't misserve your own needs
Feed it up a knock, speed, grunt, no, strength
The ladder starts to clatter with a fear of height, down, height
Wire in a fire, represent the seven games
And a government for hire and a combat site
Left her, wasn't coming in a hurry with the Furies breathing down your neck

Team by team, reporters baffled, trumped, tethered, cropped
Look at that low plane, fine, then
Uh-oh, overflow, population, common group
But it'll do, save yourself, serve yourself
World serves its own needs, listen to your heart bleed
Tell me with the Rapture and the reverent in the right, right
You vitriolic, patriotic, slam fight, bright light
Feeling pretty psyched

It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine

Six o'clock, TV hour, don't get caught in foreign tower
Slash and burn, return, listen to yourself churn
Lock him in uniform, book burning, bloodletting
Every motive escalate, automotive incinerate
Light a candle, light a motive, step down, step down
Watch your heel crush, crush, uh-oh
This means no fear, cavalier, renegade and steering clear
A tournament, a tournament, a tournament of lies
Offer me solutions, offer me alternatives, and I decline

It's the end of the world as we know it (I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine (It's time I had some time alone)
I feel fine (I feel fine)

It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine (It's time I had some time alone)

The other night I dreamt a nice continental drift divide
Mountains sit in a line, Leonard Bernstein
Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce, and Lester Bangs
Birthday party, cheesecake, jellybean, boom
You symbiotic, patriotic, slam but neck, right? Right

It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine (It's time I had some time alone)

It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it
It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine (It's time I had some time alone)

It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine (It's time I had some time alone)

It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it (It's time I had some time alone)
It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine (It's time I had some time alone)

(It's time I had some time alone)
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Genius Q&A
Q:When did R.E.M. release “It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”?
R.E.M. released “It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” on September 1, 1987.
Q:Who produced “It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” by R.E.M.?
“It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” by R.E.M. was produced by R.E.M. & Scott Litt.
Q:Who produced “It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) [Karaoke Version]” by R.E.M.?
“It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) [Karaoke Version]” by R.E.M. was produced by Scott Litt & R.E.M..
Q:When did R.E.M. release “It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) [Karaoke Version]”?
R.E.M. released “It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine) [Karaoke Version]” on November 16, 1987.
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The most popular song on And I Feel Fine... The Best of the I.R.S. Years 1982–1987 by R.E.M. is “It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” with a total of 387.2K page views.
Q:What is the most popular song on Eponymous by R.E.M.?
The most popular song on Eponymous by R.E.M. is “It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)” with a total of 386.6K page views.
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