R.E.M - Auctioneer (Another Engine) Lyrics
Lyrics Translation
Sung by Michael Stipe and written by R.E.M. (Stipe, Buck, Mills, Berry), this energetic Fables of the Reconstruction (1985) track explores industrialization and displacement through chaotic, driving rhythms.
Song lyrics
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
Listening, 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
And 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 of it, I don't know, another friend
Another wife, another morning spent
Listening, listen to the auctioneer
Another engine, another engine
Another engine, another engine
Another
Listen to the bargain holler listen to the barter holler