Green Grow the Rushes lyrics

The wheelbarrow's fallen

Look at my hands

They've found some surplus cheaper hands

Rubbing palms and pick and choose

Who will they choose?

Here is the news

Look at that building

Look at this man

Haloed and whitewashed

Gone to find a cheaper hand

He'll offer a pound

Offer a pound

Green grow the rushes go

Green grow the rushes go

Green grow the rushes go

The compass points the workers home

Pay for your freedom

Or find another gate

Guilt by associate

The rushes wilted a long time ago

Guilty as you go

Stay off that highway

Word is, it's not so safe

The grasses that hide the greenback

The amber waves of gain again

The amber waves of grain

Green grow the rushes go

Green grow the rushes go

Green grow the rushes go

The compass points the workers home

La-la-la la la lye (Green grow the rushes go)

La-la-la la la lye (Green grow the rushes go)

La-la-la la la lye (Green grow the rushes go)

La-la-la la la lye (Green grow the rushes go)

La-la-la la la lye (Green grow the rushes go)

La-la-la la la lye (Green grow the rushes go)

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