They crowded up to Lenin with their noses worn off 
  A handshake is worthy if it's all that you've got  
  Metal shivs on wood push through our back 
  There's a splinter in your eye and it reads "REACT" 

  They shifted the statues for harboring ghosts 
  Reddened their necks collared their clothes 
  Then we danced the dance till the menace got out 
  She gathered the corners and called it her gown 

  Please find my harborcoat can't go outside without it 
  Find my harborcoat, can't go outside without it 

  They crowded up to Lenin with their noses worn off 
  A handshake is worthy if it's all that you've got 
  Metal shivs on wood push through our back 
  There's a splinter in your eye and it reads "REACT", R-E-A-C-T 

  They shifted the statues for harboring ghosts 
  Reddened their necks, collared their clothes 
  Then we danced the dance till the menace got out 
  She gathered the corners and called it her gown 

  She said

IMHO R.E.M. was at their best mixing melancholy pastoral lyrics with upbeat country riffs.