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,
Jump in, it's only fire.
The pilot's set to broil, my nimble cook.
It's useless, flying kites
It only works if the wind is right.
And I've got a question for my dragonfly:
How to navigate through a perilous tide
Without a safe or sound device
Save only I,
Save only I?
So sayeth the law of shadow
No night is so long to stop day from following.
So long as I reach the air and finally feel my colours change.
Jump in!
Wisdom's with the pearls.
The little shiny eyes the oysters took.
Deception
Dragonfly
The underage plan to drink the night.
It's not so wonderful feeling like something just in the way.
Call up the 30 winds till your persian rug flies
Without a sage for sound advice.
Who's there
Save only I,
Save only I?
So sayeth the law of shadow
No night is so long to stop day from following.
So long as I reach the air and finally feel my colours change.
Oh, I'm willing, my dragonfly
No need to slice the dark, it's just as good, I've found
So jump in while the flame is bright
And if you jump when the wind is right
Think of this not as fire but lights of coming dawn
Coming dawn
Coming dawn
Fall up into the wind if she offers a ride
With no one else to turn the tide
Save only I
Save only I!
So sayeth the law of shadow
No night is so long to stop day from following.
So long as I reach the air and finally feel my colours change!
The pilot's set to broil, my nimble cook.
It's useless, flying kites
It only works if the wind is right.
And I've got a question for my dragonfly:
How to navigate through a perilous tide
Without a safe or sound device
Save only I,
Save only I?
So sayeth the law of shadow
No night is so long to stop day from following.
So long as I reach the air and finally feel my colours change.
Jump in!
Wisdom's with the pearls.
The little shiny eyes the oysters took.
Deception
Dragonfly
The underage plan to drink the night.
It's not so wonderful feeling like something just in the way.
Call up the 30 winds till your persian rug flies
Without a sage for sound advice.
Who's there
Save only I,
Save only I?
So sayeth the law of shadow
No night is so long to stop day from following.
So long as I reach the air and finally feel my colours change.
Oh, I'm willing, my dragonfly
No need to slice the dark, it's just as good, I've found
So jump in while the flame is bright
And if you jump when the wind is right
Think of this not as fire but lights of coming dawn
Coming dawn
Coming dawn
Fall up into the wind if she offers a ride
With no one else to turn the tide
Save only I
Save only I!
So sayeth the law of shadow
No night is so long to stop day from following.
So long as I reach the air and finally feel my colours change!
Lyrics submitted by feycreature
Dragonfly Lyrics as written by Ziggy Marley David Marley
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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