How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us

Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Michael Mills, Michael Stipe

Blood from a stone
Water from wine
Born under an ill-placed design
A stroke of bad luck,
Wrong place, wrong time
This flier is out of the lime

The story is a sad one, told many times
The story of my life in trying times
Just add water, stir in lime
How the west was won and where it got us

Canary got trapped, the uranium mine
A stroke of bad luck, now the bird has died
A marker to mark where my tears run dry
I cross it, bless it, alkali

The story is a sad one, told many times
The story of my life in trying times
Just add water, stir in lime
How the west was won and where it got us

I didn't wear glasses cause I thought it might rain
Now I can't see anything
I made a mistake, chalked it up to design
I cracked through time, space, Godless and dry
I point my nose to the northern star,
Watch the decline from a hazy distance

The story is a sad one, told many times
The story of my life in trying times
Just add water, stir in lime
How the west was won and where it got us

Trivia about the song How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us by R.E.M.

When was the song “How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us” released by R.E.M.?
The song How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us was released in 1996, on the album “New Adventures in Hi-Fi”.
Who composed the song “How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us” by R.E.M.?
The song “How the West Was Won and Where It Got Us” by R.E.M. was composed by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Michael Mills, Michael Stipe.

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