Radio Song

Album: Out of Time (1991)
Charted: 28
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  • Hey, I can't find nothing on the radio
    Ah, yo turn to that station

    The world is collapsing
    Around our ears
    I turned up the radio
    But I can't hear it

    When I got to the house
    And I called you out
    I could tell that you had been crying, crying
    It's that same sing-song on the radio
    Makes me sad
    I meant to turn it off
    To say goodbye
    To leave in quiet, that radio song (see ya)
    Hey, hey, hey (ha-ha)

    (Hup, hup) I've everything to show (everything to show)
    I've everything to hide (everything to hide)
    Look into my eyes
    Listen

    When I got to the show
    Yo, ho, ho
    I could tell that you had been crying, crying
    It's that same sing-song and the DJ sucks
    It makes me sad
    I tried to turn it off (turn it off)
    To say goodbye, my love
    That radio song
    Hey, hey, hey

    The world is collapsing
    Around our ears
    I turned up the radio
    But I can't hear it
    Yeah

    (Yeah)
    (Baby, baby, baby, baby)
    (Hup, hup)

    I tried to sing along
    But damn that radio song (man) hey, hey, hey
    Hey, hey, hey

    I've everything to show (everything to show)
    I've everything to hide (everything to hide)
    Look into my eyes, listen to the radio
    I turned up the radio
    But I can't hear it
    No, I can't hear it
    Hey, hey, hey

    (Say what?) hey, hey, hey

    (Lemme hear that bass first)
    Hey, hey, hey
    Hey, hey, hey (yeah, hup)
    Hey, hey, hey (say what, say what, say what?)
    Hey, hey, hey

    Check it out
    What are you saying, what are you playing?
    Who are you obeying, day-out, day-in, huh?
    Baby, baby, baby, baby
    That stuff is driving me crazy
    DJs communicate to the masses
    Sex and violent classes
    Now our children grow up prisoners
    All their life, radio listeners Writer/s: Bill Berry, Michael Mills, Michael Stipe, Peter Buck
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 7

  • Anthony from Niles, OhI've always interpreted this song to be about having some innane popular radio ballad stuck your head from hearing it on the radio so often, while at the same time someone near and dear to you is in great need of your attention. I stopped listening to the radio a long time ago, partly for that reason. I think we've all experienced this at one point where you keep hearing a dumb song in you head that you've heard on radio and can't get it out. It can be a major distraction.
  • Kyle from George Town, Cayman IslandsI thought this song was sang by superbus
  • Craig from Calgary, AbThis goes out to chris Labenne who claims rap music sucks. yet likes the song, for what reason? not for the message it conveys but for the cool sounds. He knows very little about the genre he criticized as a whole.
  • Ryan from Los Angeles, CaPeople don't want to recognize the truth. Children are growing up in a mental prison. It
    is provided by the government to control there awareness input.
  • Angelica from Charlotte, NcJet has a song with this exact name.
  • Chris Labenne from Niles, OhI personally think it's a very cool song. I like the bass, and the lyrics are great. I don't think too much stuff opn the radio is very good these days either, considering that it's all rap and stuff, and I think rap music sucks.
  • Epp from Pittsburgh, PaAn odd song that really never got much recognition
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