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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Mike Mills
Mike Mills
Bass Guitar
Peter Buck
Peter Buck
Guitar
Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe
Lead Vocals
Bill Berry
Bill Berry
Drums
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
William Berry
William Berry
Songwriter
Peter Buck
Peter Buck
Songwriter
Mike Mills
Mike Mills
Songwriter
Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Mitch Easter
Mitch Easter
Producer
Don Dixon
Don Dixon
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
The smell of a sweet, short-haired boy
Woman offers, "Pull up a seat"
Take in one symphony now
We've just begun to battle
Wrap your heel in bones of steel
Turn the leg, a twist of color
Autumn waited, hold it to you
In the colored, come another
[Verse 2]
Seven Chinese brothers swallowing the ocean
Seven thousand years to sleep away the pain
She'll return
She will return
[Verse 3]
The smell of a sweet, short-haired boy
Woman offers, "Pull up a seat"
Take in one symphony now
We've just begun to battle
Wrap your heel in bones of steel
Turn the leg, a twist of color
Autumn waded seven seas
Swim the color, come another
[Verse 4]
Seven Chinese brothers swallowing the ocean
Seven thousand years to sleep away the pain
She will return
She'll return
(She will return)
(She will return) Oh
[Verse 5]
The smell of a sweet, short-haired boy
Woman offers, "Pull up a chair"
Take in one symphony, Mao
I guess we lost that battle
Wrap your heel in bones of steel
Turn the leg, a twist of color
Autumn waded seven seas
Swim the color, come another
[Verse 6]
Seven Chinese brothers swallowing the ocean
Seven thousand years the Communi did reign
She will return
She'll return
She will return
Written by: Michael Mills, Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, William Berry

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