This song was originally written by a guy called Peter Gutteridge. He was one of the founders of the "Dunedin Sound" a musical scene in the south of New Zealand in the early 80s. From there it was covered by "The Clean" one of the early bands of that scene (he had originally been a member of in it's early days, writing a couple of their best early songs). The Dunedin sound, and the Clean became popular on american college radio in the mid to late 80s. I guess Yo La Tengo heard that version.
Great version of a great song,
Traffic tickets get me down
Make me feel like i'm a clown
Speed limit 25
No left turn, I'm in a hurry
See the light, see the bike
Hear the words that you don't like:
"Do you know how fast you were going?"
No left turn, no one's coming
See the turn and then they run it
"Do you know how fast you were going?"
Do you know I pay my taxes on time
Do you know that pays your salary oh yeah
Try and smile and nod like they do on TV
So what you got against me?
Ok I'll pay then
I try my best to comply
You know I try to be a law-abiding guy
Traffic tickets, traffic tickets
You wanna make me slow down
But i'll never slow down!
Traffic tickets (4x)
Traffic tickets get me down
Make me feel like i'm a clown
Speed limit 25
No left turn I'm in a hurry
See the light see the bike
Hear the words that you don't like"
"Do you know how fast you were going?"
No left turn, on one's coming
See the turn and then they run it
"Do you know the reason I stopped you?"
Do you know I pay my taxes on time
Do you know that pays your salary oh yeah
Try and smile and nod like they do on TV
So what you got against me
Ok I'll pay then
I try my best to comply
You know i try to be a law-abiding guy
Make me feel like i'm a clown
Speed limit 25
No left turn, I'm in a hurry
See the light, see the bike
Hear the words that you don't like:
"Do you know how fast you were going?"
No left turn, no one's coming
See the turn and then they run it
"Do you know how fast you were going?"
Do you know I pay my taxes on time
Do you know that pays your salary oh yeah
Try and smile and nod like they do on TV
So what you got against me?
Ok I'll pay then
I try my best to comply
You know I try to be a law-abiding guy
Traffic tickets, traffic tickets
You wanna make me slow down
But i'll never slow down!
Traffic tickets (4x)
Traffic tickets get me down
Make me feel like i'm a clown
Speed limit 25
No left turn I'm in a hurry
See the light see the bike
Hear the words that you don't like"
"Do you know how fast you were going?"
No left turn, on one's coming
See the turn and then they run it
"Do you know the reason I stopped you?"
Do you know I pay my taxes on time
Do you know that pays your salary oh yeah
Try and smile and nod like they do on TV
So what you got against me
Ok I'll pay then
I try my best to comply
You know i try to be a law-abiding guy
Lyrics submitted by RemyKilledElvis
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