Mike Mills (R.E.M.) - How The West Was Won And Where It Got Us lyrics

[Verse 1] Blood from a stone, water from wine Born under an ill-placed sign A stroke of bad luck, wrong place, wrong time This flyer is out of line [Chorus] The story is a sad one, told many times The story of my life in trying times Just add water, stir in lime How the west was won and where it got us Ahh [Verse 2] The canary got trapped in the uranium mine I struck bad luck, now the bird has died A marker to mark where my tears run dry At the crossing of blessed and alkaline [Chorus] [Verse 3] I didn't wear gla**es because I thought it might rain Now I can't see anything I made a mistake, chalked it up to design I cracked through time/space, godless and dry I point my nose to the northern star And watch the decline from a hazy distance [Chorus]