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,
I gotta full moon
A smaller room than I need
A candy store, a sexy whore
Yes, I bleed
A sifting sand and an electric hand
Yes, I'm fine
Got a souped-up truck or a goblin suck
Yes I'm blind
And I fall
Well, I fall
Well, I fall
Yeah I fall
My mind's a raging blame
A crying shame and I'm sad
A city of sin, a bottle of gin
So doggone bad
A cool reaction for the big attraction
That's fine
A pissed-off god, oh mother of god
Yeah, I'm blind
And I fall
Well, I fall
Well, I fall
Yeah I fall
I'm a falling angel
Falling down
Be a falling angel
Won't you come on around?
Don't be scared to follow
It's no crime
You're a falling angel
Before your time
And I fall
Well, I fall
Well, I fall
Yeah I fall
A smaller room than I need
A candy store, a sexy whore
Yes, I bleed
A sifting sand and an electric hand
Yes, I'm fine
Got a souped-up truck or a goblin suck
Yes I'm blind
And I fall
Well, I fall
Well, I fall
Yeah I fall
My mind's a raging blame
A crying shame and I'm sad
A city of sin, a bottle of gin
So doggone bad
A cool reaction for the big attraction
That's fine
A pissed-off god, oh mother of god
Yeah, I'm blind
And I fall
Well, I fall
Well, I fall
Yeah I fall
I'm a falling angel
Falling down
Be a falling angel
Won't you come on around?
Don't be scared to follow
It's no crime
You're a falling angel
Before your time
And I fall
Well, I fall
Well, I fall
Yeah I fall
Lyrics submitted by x_melancholy_x
I Fall Lyrics as written by Brian James
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I agree.
HAIL SATAN!