R.E.M.: "Wendell Gee"

1984

he had a dream one night
that the tree had lost its middle
so he built a trunk of chicken wire
to try to hold it up
but the wire turned to lizard skin
and when he climbed inside
there wasn't even time to say
goodbye to Wendell Gee
so whistle as the wind blows
whistle as the wind blows the leaves