R.E.M.: "Crush With Eyeliner" Lyrics

(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