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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mike Mills
Piano
Michael Stipe
Lead Vocals
George Hanson
Conductor
Daniel Laufer
Cello
Elizabeth Proctor Murphy
Cello
Kathleen Kee
Cello
Paul Murphy
Viola
Deborah Workman
Oboe
Reid Harris
Viola
Denise Berginson-Smith
Violin
Jody Taylor
Violin
Lonnie Ottzen
Violin
Patti Gouvas
Violin
Sandy Salzinger
Violin
Sou-Chun Su
Violin
Heidi Nitchie
Viola
Knox Chandler
Cello
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Peter Buck
Songwriter
Mike Mills
Songwriter
Bill Berry
Songwriter
Michael Stipe
Songwriter
John Paul Jones
Orchestrator
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
R.E.M.
Producer
Scott Litt
Producer
John Keane
Recording Engineer
Mark Howard
Recording Engineer
Tod Lemkuhl
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Andrew Roshberg
Recording Engineer
Clif Norrell
Mixing Engineer
George Cowan
Recording Engineer
Ted Malia
Recording Engineer
Stephen Marcussen
Mastering Engineer
Ed Brooks
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night
The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago
Turned around backwards so the windshield shows
Every street light reveals a picture in reverse
Still it's so much clearer
I forgot my shirt at the water's edge
The moon is low tonight
Nightswimming deserves a quiet night
I'm not sure all these people understand
It's not like years ago
The fear of getting caught
The recklessness in water
They cannot see me naked
These things they go away
Replaced by every day
Nightswimming, remembering that night
September's coming soon
I'm pining for the moon
And what if there were two
Side by side in orbit around the fairest sun?
That bright tight forever drum
Could not describe nightswimming
You, I thought I knew you
You, I can not judge
You, I thought you knew me
This one laughing quietly
Underneath my breath
Nightswimming
The photograph reflects
Every street light a reminder
Nightswimming
Deserves a quiet night
Deserves a quiet night
Writer(s): Peter Lawrence Buck, Michael E. Mills, John Michael Stipe, William Thomas Berry
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