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Nightswimming

R.E.M.


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Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.
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The photograph on the dashboard, taken years ago,
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turned around backwards so the windshield shows.
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Every streetlight reveals the picture in reverse.
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Still, it’s so much clearer.
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I forgot my shirt at the water’s edge.
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The moon is low tonight.

 
G C D5 G C A |Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.C D5 G5I’m not sure all these people understand.C D5 GIt’s not like years ago,C A C D5 G5The fear of getting caught, of recklessness and water.C D5 GThey cannot see me naked.C A C D5 GThese things, they go away, replaced by everyday.C D5 G C A |Nightswimming. Remembering that night.C D5 G C D5 |September’s coming soon. I’m pining for the moon.And  
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what if there were two  
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by side  
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in orbitD5 Garound the fairest sun?C D5 G C A C | D5 |That bright, tight forever drum could not describe nightswimming.G C D5 G C A |You, I thought I knew you. You, I cannot judge.C D5You, I thought you knew me.G C D5 G CThis one laughing quietly underneath my breath.A C | D5 |Nightswimming.
 
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The  
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D5 G Cevery streetlight a reminder.A C D5 G | C D5|Nightswimming deserves a quiet night,G C A C | D5 |deserves a quiet night.