Artist: R.E.M.
Song: auctioneer
Year: 1985
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
And I don't know another friend
Another wife, another morning spent
Listen, listen to the auctioneer
Another engine, another engine
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, so much more
Listen to the auctioneer
Another engine, another engine
Listen to the bargain holler
Listen to the barter holler
Listen to the auctioneer
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
And I don't know another friend
Another wife, another morning spent
Listen to the auctioneer
Another engine, another engine
Another engine, another engine, and I
Do I stand the bargain holler?
Listen to the barter holler
