Crush with Eyeliner lyrics

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.

• Artist:R.E.M.
• Album:Monster (1994)