Auctioneer [Another Engine] lyrics

She didn't want to get pinned down by her prior town

Get me to the train on time, here, take this nickel, make a dime

Take this penny and make it into a necklace when I leave

What is at the other end? I don't know, another friend

Another wife, another morning spent

Listen, listen to the auctioneer

Another engine, another engine

We never wrote the reasons that I need explained

Some things are givens and others get away

This time, it's for myself, you call it what you may

Okay, we won't say goodbye so long, so much more

And listen to the auctioneer

Another engine, another engine

Listen to the bargain holler

Listen to the barter holler

Listen to the auctioneer

Get me to the train on time

Here, take this nickel, make a dime

Take this penny and make it into a necklace when I leave

What is at the other end?

I don't know, another friend

Another wife, another morning spent

Listen, listen to the auctioneer

Another engine, another engine

Another engine, another engine

Do I stand the bargain holler? Listen to the barter holler

• Artist:R.E.M.
• Album:Fables of the Reconstruction (1985)