R.E.M.

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?

R.E.M. were an American rock band from Athens, Georgia, formed in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and drummer Bill Berry.

Berry quit the band in April 1997, as they were getting together to record demos for the album Up. He was not replaced on a permanent basis, but the band used an assortment of drummers in his place.

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