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,
Kate, we're stuck here for awhile.
The only service station closed tonight at five.
The transmission has conspired against our silence;
and it relieved us of the goal that we have tried to hide behind.
Kate, the pamphlets can all wait.
We'll send them in the morning.
They'll just be a little late.
You've got a banner wrapped around you like a blanket
and a cell phone that we swore a blood oath we would never buy.
Have you got this terrifying notion
that this is not a shared experience?
Just synchronized, solitary moments
bound by belief in this alone?
Kate... is there anything left to smoke?
I feel like I'm drowning...
you talk to me in code.
Staring at a wooden footbridge, you say,
"It's a marvel of construction.
Two weaknesses combine to become a strength."
And have you got this terrifying notion
that this is not a shared experience?
Just synchronized, solitary moments
bound by belief in this alone?
The only service station closed tonight at five.
The transmission has conspired against our silence;
and it relieved us of the goal that we have tried to hide behind.
Kate, the pamphlets can all wait.
We'll send them in the morning.
They'll just be a little late.
You've got a banner wrapped around you like a blanket
and a cell phone that we swore a blood oath we would never buy.
Have you got this terrifying notion
that this is not a shared experience?
Just synchronized, solitary moments
bound by belief in this alone?
Kate... is there anything left to smoke?
I feel like I'm drowning...
you talk to me in code.
Staring at a wooden footbridge, you say,
"It's a marvel of construction.
Two weaknesses combine to become a strength."
And have you got this terrifying notion
that this is not a shared experience?
Just synchronized, solitary moments
bound by belief in this alone?
Lyrics submitted by serial7
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