No Surprises Please
NO SURPRISES PLEASE (1995 version) (2:44) Song info
He was sick of his clock stopping
"Wind it up," that girl said sleeping next to him

The watch stopped
The battery'd run down
He started his broken sentence, "no alarms..."

The watch stopped
The battery'd run down
He started his broken sentence, "no alarms and no surprises..."

He was sick of her excuses
To not take off her dress when bleedin' in the bathroom

He was sick of his clock stopping
"wind it up"

No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises
No alarms and no surprises please..
Available on: Unreleased, played live once.
Other Versions: Album version.

Thom introduced this song to his bandmates and the members of REM on the REM Monster tour. It was 3 august 1995, in Oslo, Norway, and they were all gathered in the dressing room. The lyrics have been changed since then, but they originally told the story of a man who has become fed up with the way things are working out for him and is having problems with his girlfriend. [Radiohead: From a Great Height].



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