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Pretty Persuasion - Live From Rock City, Nottingham / 1984

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Pretty Persuasion - Live From Rock City, Nottingham / 1984

Release date: 19th October 2018

From R.E.M. at the BBC

About This Track

"Pretty Persuasion - Live From Rock City, Nottingham / 1984" is a track by R.E.M., from the album R.E.M. at the BBC, released 19th October 2018. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about R.E.M..

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Lyrics

Pretty Persuasion - Live From Rock City, Nottingham / 1984

[Verse 1]

It's what I want

Hurry and buy

All has been tried

Follow reason and buy

[Pre-Chorus]

Cannot wear it in this heat

It's all wrong

Try to put that on my sleeve

It's all wrong, all wrong

[Chorus]

She's got pretty persuasion

She's got pretty persuasion

Goddamn, pure confusion

She's got pretty persuasion

[Verse 2]

It's what I want

Hurry and buy

All has been tried

Follow reasoning

[Pre-Chorus]

Cannot wear that in this heat

All wrong

Try to wear that on my sleeve

All wrong, all wrong

[Chorus]

She's got pretty persuasion

She's got pretty persuasion

Goddamn, pure confusion

She's got pretty persuasion

[Bridge]

In the light, I saw

Quite a scene in there

[Verse 1]

It's what I want

Hurry and buy

All has been tried

Follow reason and buy

[Pre-Chorus]

Try to wear that in this heat

It's all wrong

Try to put that on my sleeve

It's all wrong, all wrong

[Chorus]

She's got pretty persuasion

She's got pretty persuasion

Goddamn, pure confusion

She's got pretty persua-

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2018

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