Cover art for Welcome To The Occupation - Live From Utrecht, Holland / 1987 by R.E.M.

Welcome To The Occupation - Live From Utrecht, Holland / 1987

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Welcome To The Occupation - Live From Utrecht, Holland / 1987 Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Hang your collar up inside
Hang your dollar on me
Listen to the water still
Listen to the cause where you are

[Chorus 1]
Fed and educated
Primitive and wild
Welcome to the occupation

[Verse 2]
Here we stand and here we fight
All your fallen heroes
Held and dyed and skinned alive
Listen to the Congress fire

[Chorus 2]
Offering the educated
Primitive and loyal
Welcome to thе occupation

[Verse 3]
Hang your collar up inside
Hang your freedom higher
Listen to thе Congress still
Listen to the buyer
[Chorus 3]
Where we propagate confusion
Primitive and wild
Fire on the hemisphere below

[Instrumental bridge]

[Verse 4]
Sugar cane and coffee cup
Copper, steel, and cattle
An annotated history
The forest for the fire

[Chorus 4]
Where we open up the floodgates
Freedom reigns supreme
Fire on the hemisphere below

[Outro]
Listen to me
Listen to me
Listen to me!
Listen to me!
Listen to me!
Listen to me!
Listen to me!
[Outro, spoken]
Thank you

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