Významná americká rocková skupina založená v r. 1980 v Athens (stát Georgia). (Buck je ročník 1956, Stipe 1960, Berry a Mills 1958.) Hudební kořeny mají jak v americké hudební tradici tak i v pop music 60. let (m.j. Byrds). Typičtí představitelé...

Píseň: The Wrong Child

Interpret:
R.E.M.
Album:
Green
I've watched the children come and go
A late long march into spring
I sit and watch those children
Jump in the tall grass
Leap the sprinkler
Walk in the ground
Bicycle clothespin spokes
The sound the smell of swingset hands


I will try to sing a happy song
I'll try and make a happy game to play


Come play with me I whispered to my new found friend
Tell me what it's like to go outside
I've never been
Tell me what it's like to just go outside
I've never been
And I never will


I'm not supposed to be like this
I'm not supposed to be like this
But it's okay


Hey those kids are looking at me
I told my friend myself
Those kids are looking at me
They're laughing and they're running over here
They're laughing and they're running over here
What do I do?
What can I do?
What should I do?
What do I say?
What can I say?


I said I'm not supposed to be like this
Let's try to find a happy game to play
Let's try to find a happy game to play
I'm not supposed to be like this
But it's okay...okay