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: 8

• Bullfinch from ScotlandJust listened to it again after many years. Suddenly means something different to me. The eponimous radio song represents a relationship. It says "everything (he) shows and everything (he) hides" ithe relationship is over but he doesnt have the courage to end it "I tried to turn it off, to say goodbye my love" Of course there are.other themes in there but this one seems central. Also resonates with the next song. "Losing my religion"
• 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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