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Man On The Moon

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Bill Berry

Drums

Mike Mills

Bass Guitar

Peter Buck

Electric Guitar

Michael Stipe

Lead Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

William Berry

Songwriter

Peter Buck

Songwriter

Michael Mills

Songwriter

Michael Stipe

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

R.E.M.

Producer

Scott Litt

Producer

Clif Norrell

Mixing Engineer

Stephen Marcussen

Stephen Marcussen

Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Mott the Hoople and the Game of Life

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 2]

Monopoly, twenty-one, checkers, and chess

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Mister Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 3]

Let's play Twister, let's play Risk

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

See you in heaven if you make the list

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[PreChorus]

Now, Andy, did you hear about this one?

Tell me are you locked in the punch?

Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby

Are we losing touch?

[Chorus]

If you believed

They put a man on the moon

Man on the moon

If you believed

There's nothing up his sleeve

Then nothing is cool

[Verse 4]

Moses went walking with the staff of wood

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Newton got beaned by the apple good

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 5]

Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Mister Charles Darwin had the gall to ask

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[PreChorus]

Now, Andy, did you hear about this one?

Tell me, are you locked in the punch?

And, Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby

Are you having fun?

[Chorus]

If you believed

They put a man on the moon

Man on the moon

If you believed

There's nothing up his sleeve

Then nothing is cool

[Bridge]

Here's a little agit for the never-believer

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Here's a little ghost for the offering

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[Bridge]

Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Mister Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling (Wrestling bears)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

[PreChorus]

Now, Andy, did you hear about this one?

Tell me are you locked in the punch?

And, Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby

Are we losing touch?

[Chorus]

If you believed

They put a man on the moon

Man on the moon

If you believed

There's nothing up his sleeve

Then nothing is cool

[Chorus]

If you believed

They put a man on the moon

Man on the moon

If you believed

There's nothing up his sleeve

Then nothing is cool

[Chorus]

If you believed

They put a man on the moon

Man on the moon

If you believed

There's nothing up his sleeve

Then nothing is cool

[Chorus]

If you believed

They put a man on the moon

Man on the moon

If you believed

There's nothing up his sleeve

Then nothing is cool

Written by: Bill Berry, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck

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