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,
Oh, oh, oh…
You don’t even know me
Unplug the phone
We're going out today
Opinionated voices try to lead your head astray
I don't know if you heard
This island's not a world
There's more out there than you and me
And everything that makes me laugh
You should stop wasting your time
You already told me
You should stop wasting your breath
You don't even know me
Don't try to find me
You'll only be disappointed
You made your speech and now
I hope you got just what you wanted
You can’t hold everything at once
Make it up, it just won’t work
I hear you, yea, in my ear
Believe me I know, it's typical
You should stop wasting your time
You already told me
You should stop wasting your breath
You don't even know me
Stop sending me words that tell me life is so unfair?
A second thought about you was something I never spared.
You don't even know me,
You wont ever know me
You'll never know me
You'll never know me...
Oh, oh, oh…
You don’t even know me
Unplug the phone
We're going out today
Opinionated voices try to lead
Your head astray
I don't know if you heard
This island’s not a world
There's more out there than you and me
And everything that makes us laugh
You should stop wasting your time
You already told me
You should stop wasting your breath
You don't even know me
Cuz you’ll never know me
You don’t even know me
Unplug the phone
We're going out today
Opinionated voices try to lead your head astray
I don't know if you heard
This island's not a world
There's more out there than you and me
And everything that makes me laugh
You should stop wasting your time
You already told me
You should stop wasting your breath
You don't even know me
Don't try to find me
You'll only be disappointed
You made your speech and now
I hope you got just what you wanted
You can’t hold everything at once
Make it up, it just won’t work
I hear you, yea, in my ear
Believe me I know, it's typical
You should stop wasting your time
You already told me
You should stop wasting your breath
You don't even know me
Stop sending me words that tell me life is so unfair?
A second thought about you was something I never spared.
You don't even know me,
You wont ever know me
You'll never know me
You'll never know me...
Oh, oh, oh…
You don’t even know me
Unplug the phone
We're going out today
Opinionated voices try to lead
Your head astray
I don't know if you heard
This island’s not a world
There's more out there than you and me
And everything that makes us laugh
You should stop wasting your time
You already told me
You should stop wasting your breath
You don't even know me
Cuz you’ll never know me
Lyrics submitted by savedbygrace, edited by orgnizedcnfuzion
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