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[Intro]
We're actually gonna do- uh, we're actually gonna do quite a few new songs off our new record, "Up". We're gonna do a bunch from, uh, the record for that "New Adventures In HI-FI". Just because, uh, we like it a lot
So this is called "New Test Leper"
[Verse 1]
I can't say that I love Jesus
That would be a hollow claim
He did make some observations
And I'm quoting them today
"Judge not, lest ye be judged"
What a beautiful refrain
The studio audience disagrees
Have his lambs all gone astray?
[Chorus]
You call me a leper
You call me a leper
You call me a leper
[Verse 2]
"You are lost and disillusioned"
What an awful thing to say
I know this show doesn't flatter
It means nothing to me
I thought I might help them understand
What an ugly thing to see
"I am not an animal"
Subtitled under the screen
[Chorus]
You call me a leper
You call me a leper
You call me a leper
[Verse 3]
When I tried to tell my story
They cut me off to take a break
I sat silent five commercials
I had nothing left to say
The talk show host was index-carded
All organized and blank
The other guests were scared and hardened
What a sad parade
What a sad parade
[Chorus]
You call me a leper
You call me a leper
You call me a leper
You call me a leper
[Outro]
Thank you, thank you a lot
I understand there's significantly more- uh- people listening than the two hundred present in this room. Uh, I don't think- I can't think about that right now because I'll lose my voice, probably
New Test Leper - Live From John Peel Public Session On BBC Radio 1 / 1998 was written by Michael Stipe & Mike Mills & Peter Buck & Bill Berry.
R.E.M. released New Test Leper - Live From John Peel Public Session On BBC Radio 1 / 1998 on Fri Oct 19 2018.