R.e.m. - Cuyahoga lyrics

(berry/buck/mills/stipe) Let's put our heads together and start a new country up Our father's father's father tried, erased the parts he didn't like Let's try to fill it in, bank the quarry river, swim We knee-skinned it you and me, we knee-skinned that river red (chorus 1) This is where we walked, this is where we swam Take a picture here, take a souvenir This land is the land of ours, this river runs red over it We knee-skinned it you and me, we knee-skinned that river red And we gathered up our friends, bank the quarry river, swim We knee-skinned it you and me, underneath the river bed (repeat chorus 1) (chorus 2) Cuyahoga Cuyahoga, gone Let's put our heads together, start a new country up, Underneath the river bed we burned the river down This is where they walked, swam, hunted, danced and sang, Take a picture here, take a souvenir Repeat chorus 2) Rewrite the book and rule the pages, saving face, secured in faith Bury, burn the waste behind you This land is the land of ours, this river runs red over it We are not your allies, we can not defend (repeat chorus 1) (repeat chorus 2 2x)