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Auctioneer (Another Engine)

Release date: 10th June 1985

From Fables of the Reconstruction
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"Auctioneer (Another Engine)" is a track by R.E.M., from the album Fables of the Reconstruction, released 10th June 1985. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about R.E.M..

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Lyrics

Auctioneer (Another Engine)

[Verse 1]

She didn't want to get pinned down by her prior town

Get me to the train on time, here, take this nickel, make a dime

Take this penny and make it into a necklace when I leave

What is at the other end? I don't know, another friend

Another wife, another morning spent

[Chorus]

Listen, listen to the auctioneer

Another engine, another engine

[Verse 2]

We never wrote the reasons that I need explained

Some things are givens and others get away

This time, it's for myself, you call it what you may

Okay, we won't say goodbye, so long, and so much more

[Chorus]

And listen to the auctioneer

Another engine, another engine

[Bridge]

Listen to the bargain holler

Listen to the barter holler

Listen to the auctioneer

[Verse 3]

Get me to the train on time

Here, take this nickel, make a dime

Take this penny and make it into a necklace when I leave

What is at the other end?

I don't know, another friend

Another wife, another morning spent

[Chorus]

Listen, listen to the auctioneer

Another engine, another engine

Another engine, another engine

[Outro]

Do I stand the bargain holler? Listen to the barter holler

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Track details

From Fables of the Reconstruction

1985
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Album
Fables of the Reconstruction
Fables of the Reconstruction
R.E.M.
Release year
1985
  1. —Green Grow the Rushes
  2. —Maps and Legends
  3. —Feeling Gravitys Pull
  4. —Can't Get There from Here
  5. —Kohoutek
  6. —Old Man Kensey
  7. —Auctioneer (Another Engine)
  8. —Good Advices
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Writer
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Producer
Joe Boyd
Engineer
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Bass
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Vocals
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