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,
Today you're gonna leave
Just like you did the day before.
Watch by the windowsill
You disappear into the corner store.
I could swear that I saw you
Slip out the back door.
You left your set of keys
And left me alone.
I'm pacing our apartment.
My head's a broken record.
I can't think.
I keep repeating the very last words that you said to me.
You didn't tell me you loved me
Just goodbye (bye bye bye bye)
And there was something kinda final in it.
Stay. (stay, stay)
Everything is wrong without you.
Stay. (stay, stay)
My whole world's a wreck
Oh will you save me now (save me now)
Or leave me crazy ever after.
I'm in a weak condition.
Now you cut into the heart of me.
You've got my mind racin'.
Losin' my grip on reality.
You got me second guessing what's true and what's a lie.
Why don't you look me in the eye when I say
Stay. (stay, stay)
Everything is wrong without you.
Stay. (stay, stay)
My whole world's a wreck
Oh will you save me now (save me now)
Or leave me crazy ever after?
I don't know how to be alone.
Don't know how to be alone.
Don't know how to be alone.
Today your gonna leave
Just like you did the day before.
Stay.
Everything is wrong.
Stay.
My whole world's a wreck.
Stay. (stay, stay)
Stay. (stay, stay)
Stay. (stay, stay)
Stay.
Oh will you save me now
Or leave me crazy ever after.
Just like you did the day before.
Watch by the windowsill
You disappear into the corner store.
I could swear that I saw you
Slip out the back door.
You left your set of keys
And left me alone.
I'm pacing our apartment.
My head's a broken record.
I can't think.
I keep repeating the very last words that you said to me.
You didn't tell me you loved me
Just goodbye (bye bye bye bye)
And there was something kinda final in it.
Stay. (stay, stay)
Everything is wrong without you.
Stay. (stay, stay)
My whole world's a wreck
Oh will you save me now (save me now)
Or leave me crazy ever after.
I'm in a weak condition.
Now you cut into the heart of me.
You've got my mind racin'.
Losin' my grip on reality.
You got me second guessing what's true and what's a lie.
Why don't you look me in the eye when I say
Stay. (stay, stay)
Everything is wrong without you.
Stay. (stay, stay)
My whole world's a wreck
Oh will you save me now (save me now)
Or leave me crazy ever after?
I don't know how to be alone.
Don't know how to be alone.
Don't know how to be alone.
Today your gonna leave
Just like you did the day before.
Stay.
Everything is wrong.
Stay.
My whole world's a wreck.
Stay. (stay, stay)
Stay. (stay, stay)
Stay. (stay, stay)
Stay.
Oh will you save me now
Or leave me crazy ever after.
Lyrics submitted by irrelevance10
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