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[Verse 1]
Hang your collar up inside
Hang your dollar on me
Listen to the water still
Listen to the causeway
[Verse 2]
You are mad and educated
Primitive and wild
Welcome to the occupation
[Verse 3]
Here we stand and here we fight
All your fallen heroes
Held and dyed and skinned alive
Listen to the Congress fire
[Verse 4]
Offering the educated
Primitive and loyal
Welcome to the occupation
[Verse 5]
Hang your collar up inside
Hang your freedom higher
Listen to the buyer still
Listen to the Congress
[Verse 6]
Where we propagate confusion
Primitive and wild
Fire on the hemisphere below
[Verse 7]
Sugar cane and coffee cup
Copper, steel, and cattle
An annotated history
The forest for the fire
[Verse 8]
Where we open up the floodgates
Freedom reigns supreme
Fire on the hemisphere below
[Verse 9]
Listen to me
Listen to me
Listen to me
Listen to me
Listen to me
Listen to me
Listen to me
Written by: Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, William T. Berry

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