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,
Much to my dismay
When I wake up in the morning
No one by my side
Nowhere left to hide
I thought, music was enough
I could fill the empty spaces
Wandering the halls
Bouncing off the walls
Too high to hear the song
Or recall the deeper meaning
There is but to seek redress
From this wretched loneliness
With love, that's 50/50
Or a hundred at a time
Love, that's 50/50
With both of us this time
I can hear my love
And she wouldn't try to change me
She knows that I will try to be
The best of me that I can be
And that is change enough
I could lose myself tryin' to please her
And after all was said and done
She might not like what I'd become
So listen to your love
If you let it, it will tell you
You got to try again, again
Find your lover, confidant and
Friend, that's 50/50
Or a hundred at a time
Love, love, love, love
That's 50/50
With both of us this time
Listen to your love
It will sing to you tomorrow
Every day's new melody
Needs a different harmony
So listen to the song
And the part that never changes
The rhythm and the symmetry
Of love's collected poetry
Listen close enough
Hear the whispers of forever
What we have ourselves become
One and one is still one
Love, that's 50/50
Or a hundred at a time
Love, love, love, love
That's 50/50
With both of us this time
Love, love, that's 50/50
Or a hundred at a time
Love, love, love, love
That's 50/50
With both of us this time
When I wake up in the morning
No one by my side
Nowhere left to hide
I thought, music was enough
I could fill the empty spaces
Wandering the halls
Bouncing off the walls
Too high to hear the song
Or recall the deeper meaning
There is but to seek redress
From this wretched loneliness
With love, that's 50/50
Or a hundred at a time
Love, that's 50/50
With both of us this time
I can hear my love
And she wouldn't try to change me
She knows that I will try to be
The best of me that I can be
And that is change enough
I could lose myself tryin' to please her
And after all was said and done
She might not like what I'd become
So listen to your love
If you let it, it will tell you
You got to try again, again
Find your lover, confidant and
Friend, that's 50/50
Or a hundred at a time
Love, love, love, love
That's 50/50
With both of us this time
Listen to your love
It will sing to you tomorrow
Every day's new melody
Needs a different harmony
So listen to the song
And the part that never changes
The rhythm and the symmetry
Of love's collected poetry
Listen close enough
Hear the whispers of forever
What we have ourselves become
One and one is still one
Love, that's 50/50
Or a hundred at a time
Love, love, love, love
That's 50/50
With both of us this time
Love, love, that's 50/50
Or a hundred at a time
Love, love, love, love
That's 50/50
With both of us this time
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50/50 Lyrics as written by Stephen A Stills Joseph A Lala
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