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I been bruised, I been used
I been beaten upon black and blue
And I, assumed that I'd been the fool
And it's made me mean, made me cruel
Made me just the same as you
I did things I shouldn't do
Done things to make it through
While making up excuses to
Just get ahead, get along
Get some more, get some fun
Gettin' scared of gettin' none
While lookin' after number one
I gotta get ahead or get none
Gotta get it all and then some
Gotta look how far I come
Lived so fast, died so young
I'm chokin' this smoke has got
So thick and I can't cope
And it's so bad I'm almost broke
And I gone way beyond all hope
And I can't breath, I can't see
I can't be too good for me
And I can't seem to find my feet now
Somebody help me please
Sunshine
Show me the sunshine
Sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
I wanna see the blue sky
(I wanna see the blue sky)
Show me the sunshine
(Show me the sunshine)
I wanna see the blue sky
(I wanna see the blue sky)
Show me the sunshine
(Show me the sunshine)
I wanna see the blue sky
(Come back to me)
Show me the sunshine
(Come back to me)
I wanna see the blue sky
(Come back to me)
Show me the sunshine
(Come back to me)
I wanna see the blue sky
(I wanna see the blue sky)
(Come back to me)
Show me the sunshine
(Show me the sunshine)
I wanna see the blue sky
(I wanna see the blue sky)
(Come back to me)
Show me the sunshine
(Show me the sunshine)
(Come back to me)
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
(Come back to me)
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
(Come back to me)
I wanna see the blue sky
(Come back to me)
Show me the sunshine
(Come back to me)
I wanna see the blue sky
(Come back to me)
Show me the sunshine
(Come back to me)
I wanna see the blue sky
(Come back to me)
Show me the sunshine
(Come back to me)
I wanna see the blue sky
(Come back to me)
Show me the sunshine
(Come back to me)
I wanna see the blue sky
(Come back to me)
Show me the sunshine
(Come back to me)
I wanna see the blue sky
(Come back to me)
Show me the sunshine
(Come back to me)
I wanna see the blue sky, yeah
(I wanna see the blue sky)
Show me the sunshine
(Show me the sunshine)
I wanna see the blue sky
(I wanna see the blue sky)
(Come back to me)
Show me the sunshine
(Show me the sunshine)
(Come back to me)
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
(I wanna see the sunshine, yeah)
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
(Come back to me)
Sunshine, sunshine
(Come back to me)
I been beaten upon black and blue
And I, assumed that I'd been the fool
And it's made me mean, made me cruel
Made me just the same as you
I did things I shouldn't do
Done things to make it through
While making up excuses to
Just get ahead, get along
Get some more, get some fun
Gettin' scared of gettin' none
While lookin' after number one
I gotta get ahead or get none
Gotta get it all and then some
Gotta look how far I come
Lived so fast, died so young
I'm chokin' this smoke has got
So thick and I can't cope
And it's so bad I'm almost broke
And I gone way beyond all hope
And I can't breath, I can't see
I can't be too good for me
And I can't seem to find my feet now
Somebody help me please
Sunshine
Show me the sunshine
Sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
I wanna see the blue sky
(I wanna see the blue sky)
Show me the sunshine
(Show me the sunshine)
I wanna see the blue sky
(I wanna see the blue sky)
Show me the sunshine
(Show me the sunshine)
I wanna see the blue sky
(Come back to me)
Show me the sunshine
(Come back to me)
I wanna see the blue sky
(Come back to me)
Show me the sunshine
(Come back to me)
I wanna see the blue sky
(I wanna see the blue sky)
(Come back to me)
Show me the sunshine
(Show me the sunshine)
I wanna see the blue sky
(I wanna see the blue sky)
(Come back to me)
Show me the sunshine
(Show me the sunshine)
(Come back to me)
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
(Come back to me)
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
(Come back to me)
I wanna see the blue sky
(Come back to me)
Show me the sunshine
(Come back to me)
I wanna see the blue sky
(Come back to me)
Show me the sunshine
(Come back to me)
I wanna see the blue sky
(Come back to me)
Show me the sunshine
(Come back to me)
I wanna see the blue sky
(Come back to me)
Show me the sunshine
(Come back to me)
I wanna see the blue sky
(Come back to me)
Show me the sunshine
(Come back to me)
I wanna see the blue sky
(Come back to me)
Show me the sunshine
(Come back to me)
I wanna see the blue sky, yeah
(I wanna see the blue sky)
Show me the sunshine
(Show me the sunshine)
I wanna see the blue sky
(I wanna see the blue sky)
(Come back to me)
Show me the sunshine
(Show me the sunshine)
(Come back to me)
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
(I wanna see the sunshine, yeah)
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
Sunshine, sunshine
(Come back to me)
Sunshine, sunshine
(Come back to me)
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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,
No Surprises
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American Town
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Ed Sheeran shares a short story of reconnecting with an old flame on “American Town.” The track is about a holiday Ed Sheeran spends with his countrywoman who resides in America. The two are back together after a long period apart, and get around to enjoying a bunch of fun activities while rekindling the flames of their romance.
He might have written this about drugs, but to me, this has another meaning. My guess is that when he sings "Assumed that I've been the fool", he refers to how he have let the society and people around him decide his life and principles for him. Many of the lines in the first verse resembles popular ways of thinking about life, money, women and so on. Maybe it is about letting go of others opinions and define your own path through life. Awesome song anyways, both lyrically and musically.