The Time's Still Ripe to Rhyme with Stipe

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1. What words come next in this R.E.M. lyric? "The bull and the bear are marking their territories" While wizards are stirring things up in their laboratories Driving the Dow to losses not seen since the 40s They're leading the blind with their international glories Fertilizing the air with manure passing for stories

2. Read the REM lyrics below and pick the line that comes next. "I forgot my shirt at the water's edge The moon is low tonight Nightswimming deserves a quiet night" I'm not sure all these people understand And nothing feels this right A hot summer delight Two lovers holding tight

3. What line correctly completes the REM lyric quoted below? "I had a mind to try to stop you Let me in, let me in I've got tar on my feet and I can't see" I'm hungry yet I can't eat All the birds look down and laugh at me I've got road dust in my eyes and I can't walk And I can't walk or run to flee

4. Given the REM lyrics that follow, which line comes next? "You might have laughed if I told you You might have hidden a frown You might have succeeded in changing me" I might have been turned around Gotten me to stay and not leave town Turned all things upside down Like leaves of green can turn to brown

5. Read the REM lyrics below and pick the line that comes next. "Hey, kids, where are you? Nobody tells you what to do, baby Hey kids, shake a leg" Grab a hammer, drive a stake We had you given up for dead, baby Be the first to jump in the lake Maybe you're crazy in the head, baby

6. What line correctly completes the REM lyric quoted below? "If I have a bag of rocks to carry as I go I just want to hold my head up high I don't care what I have to step over" Or who I need to get around or get by I'm prepared to look you in the eye If I need to I can fly This thing won't wind up in a tie

7. What words come next in this R.E.M. lyric? "I don't know why you're mean to me When I call on the telephone And I don't know what you mean to me" Things grow big and things grow small, and you're one thing I've outgrown Am I better now or even worse than when I was alone But I want to turn you on, turn you up, figure you out, I want to take you on But if there's anything you do for me, anything at all, I need to be shown

8. Read the REM lyrics below and pick the line that comes next. "Me, my thoughts are flower strewn Ocean storm, bayberry moon I have got to leave to find my way Watch the road and memorize" Close your eyes and harmonize This life that pass before my eyes The pavement lines as puddles dry The passing years as they fly by

9. What line correctly completes the REM lyric quoted below? "I used to think, as birds take wing They sing through life, so why can't we We cling to this, and claim the best" Overlooking better things among the rest I got less than all you took from me Like sparrows building up their nest If this is what you're offering

10. Read the REM lyrics below and pick the line that comes next. "My head's on fire with high esteem Get drunk and sing along to Queen" Practice my T-rex moves and make the scene "Fat Bottom Girls" is playin' now, you know what I mean Freddy Mercury's the hottest singer I have ever seen Live wild, have fun - no discipline

11. Given the REM lyrics that follow, which line comes next? "I've watched the stars fall silent from your eyes All the sights that I have seen I can't believe that I believed I wished that you could see There's a new planet in the solar system" Can you see, can you believe There is nothing up my sleeve Too small to see, too profound to conceive The start of a whole new galaxy

12. Pick the line that correctly completes the REM lyrics shown below. "A paper weight, junk garage Winter rain, a honey pot Crazy, all the lovers have been tagged" A hotline, a wanted ad, it's crazy what you could have had Angry that you always nagged Hungry, all the groceries have been bagged A long dark evening feeling sad

13. What line correctly completes the REM lyric quoted below? "This storm it came up strong It shook the trees And blew away our fear" Couldn't even shed a tear Kept us from being near An old man crying in his beer I couldn't even hear

14. Read the REM lyrics below and pick the line that comes next. "She's a sad tomato, she's three miles of bad road Walking down the street, will I never meet her? She's a real woman-child" A spicy burst when I'm used to mild Oh my kiss breath turpentine A candidate for Girls Gone Wild Our attraction's infantile

15. What words come next in this R.E.M. lyric? "Let's play Twister, let's play Risk. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah" Watch Chubby Checker do the twist. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Take a Barbie doll from my little sis. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Maybe some Hangman if you insist. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah See you in heaven if you make the list. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

16. What line correctly completes the REM lyric quoted below? "Throw your love around Love me, love me Take it into town" You see, we agree Love he, love she Happy, happy Six, five, four, three

17. Read the REM lyrics below and pick the line that comes next. "Let it rain, rain, rain Save me from myself again Wash away my ugly sins Opposing thumb, dorsal fin That monkey died for my grin" Sold off for a couple cans of tin Throw his carcas in the bin My neighbor died for his gin Bring my happy back again

18. Given the REM lyrics that follow, which line comes next? "I never understood the frequency, uh-huh You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh I'd studied your cartoons, radio, music, TV, movies, magazines" Richard said, "Withdrawal in disgust is not the same as apathy" Subscribed to Rolling Stone, Crawdaddy, Circus and Creem Read up on seconal, vicodin, valium and benzedrine Pomegranate, kiwi, orange, papaya, gooseberry, quince, nectarine

19. Read the REM lyrics below and pick the line that comes next. "Will you live to eighty-three? Will you ever welcome me? Will you show me something that nobody else has seen? Smoke it, drink, here comes the flood" Torrents of water turn grass to mud and 30,000 people are without homes Take off your shirt and be a stud, just don't expect me to have any respect for you Drink it, smoke, enjoy some Bud, anything to bring relief to all we've been experiencing Anything to thin the blood, these corrosives do their magic slowly and sweet

20. Pick the line that correctly completes the REM lyrics shown below. "Every whisper of every waking hour I'm choosing my confessions Trying to keep an eye on you" Like a hurt lost and blinded fool You'd do the same thing too Trying to control all you do Watching reruns of "Kung Fu"

21. What line correctly completes the REM lyric quoted below? "If you could see yourself now baby, the tables have turned The whole world hinges on your swings Your secret life of indiscreet discretions I'd turn the screw and leave the screen" Disappearing in an instant from all places that we've been Not your lover, not your friend, no more your underling I'm not a king, no way, any more than you're a queen Don't point your finger, you know that's not my thing

22. Read the REM lyrics below and pick the line that comes next. "You want the greatest thing The greatest thing since bread came sliced You've got it all, you've got it sized Like a Friday fashion show teenager freezing in the corner" Like the man in the deli, eating his ham and rye Everything's on discount but you don't know what to buy Like a kid at a county fair, grinning that his calf won first prize Trying to look like you don't try

23. What words come next in this R.E.M. lyric? "When the day is long And the night, the night is yours alone When you're sure you've had enough of this life" Well hang on Just keep going Don't give up All's not lost

24. Pick the line that correctly completes the REM lyrics shown below. "If I ever want to fly, Mulholland Drive I am alive Hollywood is under me, I'm Martin Sheen" My car is red, the lights are green That's marvelous, that's peachy keen I'm Steve McQueen, I'm Jimmy Dean You're Soupy Sales, you're Orson Bean

25. What line correctly completes the REM lyric quoted below? "But life sometimes, it washes over me Washes over me Close my eyes so I can see" Give me reason for myself to be Make my make-believe believe in me Seek peace, forgive and never be angry The grass, the sky and every single tree