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,
Come to me
Baby
Follow my lead
I've a confession to make
It's always been this way
Oh I'm playing you for a fool
You fell for every broken rule
I'm doing what I owe to you
It's been a long time coming
And I'm coming for you
While I
Silently I scream
Inside I
Barely breathe
Silently I scream
Reflection of my zone
It'll never be the same
Less, less than jaded, but
Still
Still I
I've changed
Do you feel
Naive
Did you maybe believe
Were you
Decieved
Oh you fell right on your knees
Oh I'm playing you for a fool
You fell for every broken rule
I'm doing what I owe to you
It's been a long time coming
And I'm coming for you
While I
Silently I scream
Inside I
Barely breathe
Silently I scream
Reflection of my zone
It'll never be the same
Less, less than jaded, but
Still
Still I
I've changed
You've got to crawl away now
No way I'll let you stay
You've got to go away now
I don't want to see your face
It's taken all this time
before I realized
that I should have known cause
I told you so
I couldn't let it go
without a fight
it might not be right
Reflection of my zone
It'll never be the same
Less, less than jaded, but
Still
Still I
I've changed
You've got to crawl away now
No way I'll let you stay
You've got to go away now
I don't want to see your face (x3)
Baby
Follow my lead
I've a confession to make
It's always been this way
Oh I'm playing you for a fool
You fell for every broken rule
I'm doing what I owe to you
It's been a long time coming
And I'm coming for you
While I
Silently I scream
Inside I
Barely breathe
Silently I scream
Reflection of my zone
It'll never be the same
Less, less than jaded, but
Still
Still I
I've changed
Do you feel
Naive
Did you maybe believe
Were you
Decieved
Oh you fell right on your knees
Oh I'm playing you for a fool
You fell for every broken rule
I'm doing what I owe to you
It's been a long time coming
And I'm coming for you
While I
Silently I scream
Inside I
Barely breathe
Silently I scream
Reflection of my zone
It'll never be the same
Less, less than jaded, but
Still
Still I
I've changed
You've got to crawl away now
No way I'll let you stay
You've got to go away now
I don't want to see your face
It's taken all this time
before I realized
that I should have known cause
I told you so
I couldn't let it go
without a fight
it might not be right
Reflection of my zone
It'll never be the same
Less, less than jaded, but
Still
Still I
I've changed
You've got to crawl away now
No way I'll let you stay
You've got to go away now
I don't want to see your face (x3)
Lyrics submitted by reck_666
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