[00:00.80]REM - Mr. Richards
[00:06.24]Mr. Richards, your position
[00:08.49]Is a messenger pigeon
[00:12.44]Left behind you when the camp moved on.
[00:16.88]We thought that you would listen
[00:22.00]but the words had never crystallized
[00:25.00]Into a truth that you might own, hey hey.
[00:32.44]Mr. Richards, your decision.
[00:35.33]Pay attention, pay attention.
[00:43.52]Mr. Richards, you're forgiven
[00:45.77]for a narrow lack of vision
[00:49.83]But the fires are still raging on.
[00:56.77]The public's got opinions
[00:59.40]and these consequences border on
[01:02.71]The compound that you raised
[01:05.46]Will sell it see, hey hey.
[01:09.96]Mr. Richards, your decision.
[01:13.08]Pay attention, pay attention.
[01:21.15]So listen, your intention;
[01:24.27]Sign the papers, stamp the ribbon.
[01:26.90]You're mistaken if you think we'll just forget.
[01:33.39]You can thump your chest and rattle,
[01:37.33]Stand in front of your piano,
[01:39.95]But we know what's going on.
[01:45.89]Yes we know what's going on.
[01:52.09]We're the children of the choir, hey
[01:58.39]and we know what's going on.
[02:07.65]Mr. Richards, your conviction
[02:11.40]Had us cheering in the kitchen,
[02:13.21]Now the jury's eating pigeon pie.
[02:18.33]So tell me how is prison?
[02:23.33]Have they taught you how to listen?
[02:26.21]We've begun to bridge the schism.
[02:29.46]Pay attention, pay attention.
[02:32.58]Mr. Richards, your decision.
[02:34.52]Pay attention, pay attention.
[02:37.20]You can thump your chest and rattle,
[02:45.83]Stand in front of your piano
[02:48.58]But we know what's going on.
[02:52.14]Yes we know what's going on.
[02:57.52]We're the children of the choir, hey
[03:03.77]From the compound fire, hey
[03:10.09]And we know what's going on.
[03:16.41]Yes we know what's going on.