R.E.M. - Permanent Vacation

First performance: 08/10/2004

Coverinfo

Bruce performed the song only once:
 
During the vote for change tour, together with Michael Stipe. 
 
 
2004-10-08 TD Waterhouse Centre, Orlando, FL 
 
Bruce Springsteen / R.E.M Vote for Change concert series. Bruce guests with R.E.M on "Permanent Vacation" and "Man On The Moon".
 
 
 

Songinfo

"Permanent Vacation" dates back to R.E.M.’s earliest days as a local party band. The band chose to rescue it from obscurity, and made it a setlist staple on their tours.
 
 
 

Other cover versions

Bruce on the artist

Lyrics

Gotta get away
Gotta get away
Gotta get away
I'm on a permanent vacation
Nothing left to move
I want a revelation
Nothing left to prove
I could take it with me
Leave you all behind
I got some kind of feeling
Burnin' on my mind
Sleeping late in the morning
Stay out all night long
Every day is like the one before
I'm going wrong
I'm on a permanent vacation
Nothing left to move
I want a revelation
Nothing left to prove
I could take it with me
Leave you all behind
I got some kind of feeling
Burnin' on my mind
There's only one thing you can do
This I gotta do, oh, oh, oh, oh
I got nothing to win, nothing to lose
Nothing left to prove
One thing to do
Well, I'm on a permanent vacation
I'm on a permanent vacation
I'm on a permanent vacation
Permanent vacation