[Verse 1: Michael Stipe]
I feel like an alligator
Climbing up the escalator
Climbing up the escalator, I feel strong

[Verse 2: Michael Stipe & Peaches]
I feel like an aviator pilot, bet you wouldn't buy it
I'm feeling violent, betcha beady eye it
Turn up and fly it, beat

[Chorus: Michael Stipe & Peaches]
Hey, hey, alligator, you have got a lot to learn
I have got, have got a lot to learn

[Verse 3: Michael Stipe & Peaches]
I feel like an autopilot
I'm heroic, strong, and silent
I feel like a rage coming under my hood
I feel good and calm like a robot would
I feel like an autopilot
I feel like an autopilot
I am not a hater, hater, hater, hater, hater

[Chorus: Michael Stipe & Peaches]
Hey, hey, alligator, you have got a lot to learn
I have got, have got a lot to learn
[Bridge: Peaches]
I feel like a contradiction
I'm a walking science fiction
I don't know which way to turn
I have got a lot to burn
I got a lot a lot to burn

[Verse 4: Michael Stipe & Peaches]
If I didn't like the way you stared at me
If I didn't like the way you stared at me
I could knock you sideways
I could knock you blind
I could show your found to the lost and find
I am not an agitator
I feel like an alligator
Climbing up the escalator

[Chorus: Michael Stipe & Peaches]
Hey, hey, alligator, you have got a lot to learn
I have got, have got a lot to learn
You've got so much to learn
You've got a lot to learn