Song lyrics The worst joke ever by REM

You see thereīs this cat burglar who canīt see in the dark.
He lays his bets on 8 more lives, walks into a bar.
Slips on the 8 ball, falls on his knife.
Says, "I donīt know what Iīve done, but it doesnīt feel right!"

Some things donīt hold up over the course of a lifetime,
Whenīs the first time you heard that one, 1954?
Get to the punch line. fall to the floor.

Give me a minute and Iīll tell you the setup for
The worst joke ever, I never
Iīll tell you my version of the greatest life story
Donīt bore me

Now I am floating,
I feel released.
The moorings have been dropped,
The weights unleashed.
Everything is crystalline, simple and free.

The crime of good men who canīt wrestle with change,
Or are too afraid to face this lifeīs misjudged unknowns
Youīre not hurting anybody elseīs chances,
But youīre disfiguring your own.

Give me a minute and Iīll tell you the setup for
The worst joke ever, I never
Iīll tell you my version of the greatest life story
Donīt bore me, I NEVER
Give me a minute and Iīll tell you the setup

You see thereīs this feeling that Iīve heard this one before