Released: March 8, 1991
Songwriter: Michael Stipe Mike Mills (R.E.M.) Bill Berry Peter Buck
Producer: R.E.M. Scott Litt
[Verse 1]
I sat there looking ugly, looking ugly and mean
Knew what you were saying, you were saying to me
Baby's got some new rules, baby said she's had it with me
[Chorus]
It seems a shame to waste your time on me
It seems a lot to waste your time for me
Left me to love what it's doing to me
[Verse 2]
There's a lot of honey in this world
Baby, this honey's for me
Got to do what you do, do it with me
[Chorus]
It seems a shame to waste your time for me
Left me to love what it's doing to me
[Verse 3]
Knocked silly, knocked flat, sideways down
These things, they pick you up and they turn you around
Say your piece, say you're sweet for me
[Chorus]
It's all the same to share the pain with me
It's all the same to save the shame for me
Left me to love what it's doing to me
[Verse 4]
Baby's got some new rules, baby says she's had it with me
There's a fly in the honey, and baby's got a baby with me
[Chorus]
That's a part, that's a part of me
Left me to love what it's doing to me
Left me to love what it's doing to me
[Outro]
What about me?
What about me?
I sat there looking ugly, looking ugly and mean
Knew what you were saying, you were saying to me
Baby's got some new rules, baby said she's had it with me
[Chorus]
It seems a shame to waste your time on me
It seems a lot to waste your time for me
Left me to love what it's doing to me
[Verse 2]
There's a lot of honey in this world
Baby, this honey's for me
Got to do what you do, do it with me
[Chorus]
It seems a shame to waste your time for me
Left me to love what it's doing to me
[Verse 3]
Knocked silly, knocked flat, sideways down
These things, they pick you up and they turn you around
Say your piece, say you're sweet for me
[Chorus]
It's all the same to share the pain with me
It's all the same to save the shame for me
Left me to love what it's doing to me
[Verse 4]
Baby's got some new rules, baby says she's had it with me
There's a fly in the honey, and baby's got a baby with me
[Chorus]
That's a part, that's a part of me
Left me to love what it's doing to me
Left me to love what it's doing to me
[Outro]
What about me?
What about me?
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- Untitled Demo 2
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