[Verse 1]
I could have kept my head down
I might have kept my mouth shut
I should have held my own
You lead a horse to water and you watch him drown
[Verse 2]
You're only as big as your battles
Rattle my cage with your shadow
I'm a bantamweight with a mouth full of feathers
Don't you know that what comes around goes around?
[Chorus]
I'm not that easy
I am not your horse to water
I hold my breath, I come around, 'round, 'round
[Verse 3]
Don't darken my doorstep again
You're mixing up lemonade gin-gin
You're mixing up lose with win-win
Lead a horse to water and you watch him drown
[Verse 4]
You're stumble on glass-top table
Divas chewing chalk on cable
Humvee up a beanstalk fable
I don't call this entertainment 'cause Humpty's falling down
[Chorus]
I'm not that easy
I am not your horse to water
I hold my breath, I come around, 'round, 'round
[Verse 5]
Pick a fight, launch a buzzy bar brawl
Friday night fuck or fight a pub crawl
Bantamweight with a mouth full of feathers
Don't you know that what comes around goes around?
[Chorus]
I'm not that easy
I am not your horse to water
I hold my breath, I come around, 'round, 'round
It's not that easy
I am not your horse to water
I hold my breath, I come around, 'round, 'round
[Outro]
You're going down, down, down
This runaround, 'round, 'round
Is bound to pound
The daylights out of you
Horse to Water was written by Peter Buck & Mike Mills & Michael Stipe.
Horse to Water was produced by Jacknife Lee & R.E.M..
R.E.M. released Horse to Water on Mon Mar 31 2008.