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,
We can try to get out of the web we have around us
If you don't want me to leave
If we're tangled we'll try to get out of the web we have around us
If you don't want me to leave
I'm only staying if you belong to me
And if theres no more suffering
We've already tried this but we were younger then
Can you push from your memory and let me begin
So we can try to get out of the web we have around us
If you don't want me to leave
I'm only staying if you belong to me
And if theres no more jealousy
It's the same old story on a different day
You think your close enough to love me
Then you change your mind
We can try to get out of the web we have around us
If you don't want me to leave
If we're tangled we'll try to get out of the web we have around us
If you don't want me to leave
bababa..la..la..oolalala
Get out of here, move on
Get out of here, before i break and start thinking happy isn't everything
I don't want nothing, no i don't want nothing
Break, start thinking happy isn't everything
And you don't want nothing else
If you don't want me to leave
If we're tangled we'll try to get out of the web we have around us
If you don't want me to leave
I'm only staying if you belong to me
And if theres no more suffering
We've already tried this but we were younger then
Can you push from your memory and let me begin
So we can try to get out of the web we have around us
If you don't want me to leave
I'm only staying if you belong to me
And if theres no more jealousy
It's the same old story on a different day
You think your close enough to love me
Then you change your mind
We can try to get out of the web we have around us
If you don't want me to leave
If we're tangled we'll try to get out of the web we have around us
If you don't want me to leave
bababa..la..la..oolalala
Get out of here, move on
Get out of here, before i break and start thinking happy isn't everything
I don't want nothing, no i don't want nothing
Break, start thinking happy isn't everything
And you don't want nothing else
Lyrics submitted by Passer-bye
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