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From: REMchout
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  • Jefferson Holt was their manager. they fired him several years ago over a sexual harrassment charge. This song does refer to him. Nowadays Michael sings the lyric as "Washington". That's either bad blood or a legal requirement.

  • remchout, you have the best rem videos!

    

  • Jefferson, I KNOW we're lost.

  • i am not mark grodzki

  • What a great song..."Jefferson, I think we're lost..." Michael was way ahead of his time at 20 yrs old or whatever he was when he wrote it.

  • Jefferson is a reference to their band attorney, Jefferson Holt.

  • I always thought it was a reference to the Lewis and Clark expedition, for some weird reason, and "Jefferson" was Thomas Jefferson.

  • Stipe mumbled in those years..no one understood what he meant.

  • me too ! i always thought it was Thomas Jefferson... its a bit more obvious

    Stipe changed the lyrics in 2003 to "Washington I think we're bored"

  • AUS10TEX is correct, the line refers to Jefferson Holt Attorney. If I'm not mistaken its reference to being lost while driving to a show.

  • thanx a lot!!!

  • Great!!!

    Thanks for posting. Your channel is one of the best about R.E.M. I haven't seen these gigs before...for me it's almost like being there.

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