Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Thurston Moore
Thurston Moore
Electric Guitar
Bill Berry
Bill Berry
Drums
Peter Buck
Peter Buck
Electric Guitar
Mike Mills
Mike Mills
Bass
Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Bill Berry
Bill Berry
Songwriter
Peter Buck
Peter Buck
Songwriter
Mike Mills
Mike Mills
Songwriter
Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
R.E.M.
R.E.M.
Producer
Scott Litt
Scott Litt
Producer
Pat McCarthy
Pat McCarthy
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
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
[Verse 2]
I am smitten
I'm the real thing (I'm the real thing)
Have you seen her come around?
My crush with eyeliner
[Verse 3]
I'm in like
I'm infatuated
It's all too much pressure
She's all that I can take
What position should I wear?
Cop an attitude? (You faker)
How can I convince her? (Faker)
That I'm invented too, yeah
[Verse 4]
I am smitten
I'm the real thing (I'm the real thing)
We all invent ourselves and
You know me
[Verse 5]
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
[Verse 6]
I am smitten
I'll do anything (I'll do anything)
A kiss breath turpentine
My crush with eyeliner
[Verse 7]
I am smitten
You know me (Yeah, you know me)
I could be your Frankenstein
My crush with eyeliner
[Verse 8]
I am smitten
I'm the real thing (I'm the real thing)
Won't you be my Valentine?
My crush with eyeliner
Written by: Bill Berry, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck
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