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,
Boats moored in the water
The green waves are rolling at the shore
I love to see them reaching
I just wanna stay this joyous hour
Your sorrow is beautiful
To me tonight so cold and bright
And I don't want to wait till Wednesday
So bright, so bright and cold this bitter long day
No se apoye contra la puerta
Beep josh on Sunday
Charm him into driving in from queens
Coming up the staircase
Bringing tiny envelopes for me
This night it is beautiful
The starts in flight so cold and bright
And I, I want to see my crush again, yeah
The magical correction
I dream the world speeds on, yeah
No se apye contra la puerta
No se apye contra la puerta
Maybe I'm a loser
Maybe I'm the unsuspecting lord
Maybe I'm a rapper
Maybe I'm just living by the sword
Your sorrow is beautiful
To me tonight so cold and bright
And I, I don't want to wait till Wednesday
So bright, so bright and cold this bitter long day
No se apoye contra la puerta
No se apoye contra la puerta
No se apoye contra la puerta
Contra la puerta, contra la puerta [Repeat x4]
The green waves are rolling at the shore
I love to see them reaching
I just wanna stay this joyous hour
Your sorrow is beautiful
To me tonight so cold and bright
And I don't want to wait till Wednesday
So bright, so bright and cold this bitter long day
No se apoye contra la puerta
Beep josh on Sunday
Charm him into driving in from queens
Coming up the staircase
Bringing tiny envelopes for me
This night it is beautiful
The starts in flight so cold and bright
And I, I want to see my crush again, yeah
The magical correction
I dream the world speeds on, yeah
No se apye contra la puerta
No se apye contra la puerta
Maybe I'm a loser
Maybe I'm the unsuspecting lord
Maybe I'm a rapper
Maybe I'm just living by the sword
Your sorrow is beautiful
To me tonight so cold and bright
And I, I don't want to wait till Wednesday
So bright, so bright and cold this bitter long day
No se apoye contra la puerta
No se apoye contra la puerta
No se apoye contra la puerta
Contra la puerta, contra la puerta [Repeat x4]
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