R. E. M. - Crush With Eyeliner

(berry/buck/mills/stipe)

I know you
I know you’ve seen her
She’s a sad tomato
She’s three miles of bad road
Walking down the street
Will I never meet her?
She’s a real woman-child
Oh, my kiss breath turpentine

I am smitten
I’m the real thing (I’m the real thing)
Have you seen her come around?
My crush with eyeliner

I’m in like
I’m infatuated
It’s all too much - the pressure
She’s all that I can take
What position should I wear?
Cop an attitude? (you fake her)
How can I convince her? (fake her)
That I’m invented too, yeah

I am smitten
I’m the real thing (I’m the real thing)
We all invent ourselves
And, uh, you know me

Yeah, she’s a sad tomato
She’s three miles of bad road
She’s her own invention (she’s her own invention)
That gets me in the throat
What can I make myself be?
Life is strange, yeah (life is strange)
What can I make myself be? (fake her)
To make her mine?

I am smitten
I’ll do anything (I’ll do anything)
A kiss breath turpentine,
My crush with eyeliner

I am smitten
You know me (yeah, you know me)
I could be your frankenstein
My crush with eyeliner
I am smitten
I’m the real thing (I’m the real thing)
Won’t you be my valentine?
My crush with eyeliner