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,
a little ache that's all
stomach that's frozen in a sigh was she more than a test-drive doll
orange shirts could make her go blind
he caught her by the throat instead of the mind
now she's needing an angel to fly her down to the other side
but in the silver lake, silver spoon
the dirty tinsel neighborhood
she could reinvent her world cause
there's silver honey for the test-drive girl
remember the nights she needed a near by rescue crew
dreaming herself infrared and not knowing what to do
circling and circling and spinning around
finding ways to peel herself off of the ground
now the empty chatter in her head never shakes the sound
but in the silver lake
sandy's spoon moved out of the neighborhood well
she could reinvent her world
cause there's silver honey for the test-drive girl
purple hand on the stand
a getaway in a sudan well
things went slighty out of hand
there's silver honey for her test-drive man
well in the silver lake flooding through
the midnight vulture in your stew
well, she could reinvent her world
there's silver honey for the test-drive girl
silver mine silver spine
wiping out the cocaine line
and honey for the second time
there's silver honey for your test-drive mind
stomach that's frozen in a sigh was she more than a test-drive doll
orange shirts could make her go blind
he caught her by the throat instead of the mind
now she's needing an angel to fly her down to the other side
but in the silver lake, silver spoon
the dirty tinsel neighborhood
she could reinvent her world cause
there's silver honey for the test-drive girl
remember the nights she needed a near by rescue crew
dreaming herself infrared and not knowing what to do
circling and circling and spinning around
finding ways to peel herself off of the ground
now the empty chatter in her head never shakes the sound
but in the silver lake
sandy's spoon moved out of the neighborhood well
she could reinvent her world
cause there's silver honey for the test-drive girl
purple hand on the stand
a getaway in a sudan well
things went slighty out of hand
there's silver honey for her test-drive man
well in the silver lake flooding through
the midnight vulture in your stew
well, she could reinvent her world
there's silver honey for the test-drive girl
silver mine silver spine
wiping out the cocaine line
and honey for the second time
there's silver honey for your test-drive mind
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