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Stumble

From Dead Letter Office1982

Written by Bill Berry, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills

Lyrics

Stumble

[Intro]

Teeth

[Verse]

We'll stumble through the yard

We'll stumble through the yard

We'll stumble through the APT

We'll stumble through the yard

[Pre-Chorus]

Forest forest floor erasing foliage in store

Yellow mixed with gold anew

To scan the graveyard, dig the root

[Chorus]

Fallen chant

Fallen chant

Ball and chain

Ball and chain

[Verse]

We'll stumble through the yard

We'll stumble through the yard

We'll stumble through the APT

We'll stumble through the yard

[Pre-Chorus]

Forest forest floor erasing foliage in store

Yellow mixed with gold anew

To scan the graveyard, dig the root

[Chorus]

Fallen chant

About this track

"Stumble" is a song by R.E.M. from the album Dead Letter Office, released in 1982. The song was written by Bill Berry, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck. It was produced by Mitch Easter, R.E.M..

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Produced by Mitch Easter, R.E.M.

Fallen chant

Ball and chain

Ball and chain

[Bridge]

(Chant, chant, chant, chant)

(Chant, chant, chant, chant)

(Chant, chant, chant, chant)

(Chant, chant, chant)

[Verse]

We'll stumble through the yard

We'll stumble through the yard

We'll stumble through the APT

We'll stumble through the yard

[Pre-Chorus]

Forest forest floor erasing foliage in store

Yellow mixed with gold anew

To scan the graveyard, dig the root

[Chorus]

Fallen chant

Fallen chant

Ball and chain

Ball and chain

[Bridge]

It was ‘round about midnight, hipster time, a magic hour in the cool world, when things got around to taking place

It was ‘round about midnight, hipster time, a magic hour in the cool world, when things got around to taking place, if they were going to happen at all

Don't need that jazz, don't need that stuff

It was ‘round about midnight, hipster time

It was ‘round about midnight

Hipster time

[Verse]

We'll stumble through the yard

We'll stumble through the yard

We'll stumble through the APT

We'll stumble through the yard

[Pre-Chorus]

Forest forest floor erasing foliage in store

Yellow mixed with gold anew

To scan the graveyard, dig the root

[Chorus]

Fallen chant

Fallen chant

Ball and chain

Ball and chain

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