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,
Hey down there,
Don't worry for me
'Cause I'm okay
You cared
No more tears,
'Cause I'm far from lonely
I'm far away
You cared
Please don't think the world has taken the best of you or me
I know the love that's in your eyes was there when the sky fell over me
Leave me here
Now I'm with the angels
And don't you say
"It's not fair"
Please don't think the world has taken the best of you or me
I know the love that's in your eyes was there when the sky fell over me
I can't help but say
That I love you, that I love you
I'm not around, but..
Please don't think the world has taken the best of you or me
I know the love that's in your eyes was there when the sky fell over me
Yeah when the sun came over me
Don't worry for me
'Cause I'm okay
You cared
No more tears,
'Cause I'm far from lonely
I'm far away
You cared
Please don't think the world has taken the best of you or me
I know the love that's in your eyes was there when the sky fell over me
Leave me here
Now I'm with the angels
And don't you say
"It's not fair"
Please don't think the world has taken the best of you or me
I know the love that's in your eyes was there when the sky fell over me
I can't help but say
That I love you, that I love you
I'm not around, but..
Please don't think the world has taken the best of you or me
I know the love that's in your eyes was there when the sky fell over me
Yeah when the sun came over me
Lyrics submitted by oleander
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So when I first heard this song, I didnt get the "creepy" or "goosebumps" feeling other pople got from her voice (but I do question why they warped her voice so much). I thought it was a nice song and had good melody. THEN I looked at the lyrics .... and the song changed for me, THEN I read the message about why they wrote it, now this song really means something to me and it has such an impact when you listen closely to it, makes you greatful for what you have all of a sudden. Anyway, I may be hearing a repetative line, but at the end of all the versions I've heard the last line sounds like she's saying "yeah when the sun came over me." Has anyone else heard this? or am I hearing another repeated verse?
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