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Low Desert is a track by R.E.M., taken from the album “New Adventures In Hi-Fi”, released January 1, 1996 on Concord Records. It runs 3:30. Use the Play button above when a verified stream is available, or choose a listening service from the other options.
Within the album sequence, this recording sits alongside How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us, The Wake-Up Bomb, New Test Leper. Open the album page to compare the full running order and the listening options available for each song.
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Lyrics
Find another song(Berry/Buck/Mills/Stipe)
It happened fast, it's over quick
A little dust and the engine kicks
Did your hands drift down off the wheel?
A road owl hit your windshield
An eyelash or a little bit of sleep? Time stands still
Just call it now and you're on your way (hey, hey hey, hey)
All the ashtrays, cities and the freeway drives
Broken casino and waterslide
Eighteen-wheeler, payback dice
Gravity pulls on the power line
Jet stream cuts the desert sky
This is a land could eat a man alive
Say you'd leave it all behind (hey, hey hey, hey)
There's a radio tower that's egging me on
Back to the place where you never belong
Where people thrive on their own contempt
Whatever meaning is long gone, spent
If you had to guess or make bet,
Would you place yourself inside of it?
The mountains yawn, the clouds let out a sigh
"Tricked again." Let go, okay (hey, hey hey, hey, hey hey, hey)
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More from New Adventures In Hi-Fi
- 01 How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us 4:30
- 02 The Wake-Up Bomb 5:07
- 03 New Test Leper 5:25
- 04 Undertow 5:08
- 05 E-Bow The Letter 5:22
- 06 Leave 7:17
- 07 Departure E 3:27
- 08 Bittersweet Me E 4:06
- 09 Be Mine 5:32
- 10 Binky The Doormat 5:00
- 11 Zither 2:33
- 12 So Fast, So Numb 4:11