Wendell Gee

Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Michael Mills, Michael Stipe

That's when Wendell Gee
Takes a tug upon the string
That held the line of trees
Behind the house he lived in
He was reared to give respect
But somewhere down the line, he chose

To whistle as the wind blows (gonna miss you, boy)
And whistle as the wind blows through the leaves (gonna miss you, boy)

He had a dream one night
That the tree had lost its middle
So he built a trunk of chicken wire
To try to hold it up
But the wire, the wire turned to lizard skin
And when he climbed inside

There wasn't even time to say (gonna miss you, boy)
Goodbye to Wendell Gee (gonna miss you, boy)
So whistle as the wind blows (gonna miss you, boy)
Whistle as the wind blows with me (gonna miss you, boy)

There wasn't even time to say (gonna miss you, boy)
Goodbye to Wendell Gee (gonna miss you, boy)
So whistle as the wind blows (gonna miss you, boy)
And listen as the wind blows through the leaves (gonna miss you, boy)

If the wind were colors (gonna miss you, boy)
And if the air could speak (gonna miss you, boy)
Then whistle as the wind blows (gonna miss you, boy)
And whistle as the wind blows (gonna miss you, boy)

Trivia about the song Wendell Gee by R.E.M.

On which albums was the song “Wendell Gee” released by R.E.M.?
R.E.M. released the song on the albums “Fables of the Reconstruction” in 1985, “R.E.M.: Singles Collected” in 1994, and “R.E.M. at the BBC” in 2018.
Who composed the song “Wendell Gee” by R.E.M.?
The song “Wendell Gee” by R.E.M. was composed by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Michael Mills, Michael Stipe.

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