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,
I could speak with the tounges of angles
I could speak with the tounges of men
I could whisper the language of heaven
Like a chiming of bells in the wind
But it's a far cry from love
It's a far cry from love
I could open the doors of a mystery
Turn all the shadows to light
Keep faith when the odds are against me
Believe when I'm loosing my sight
But it's a far cry from love
It's a far cry from love
It's a far, far cry from love
All my passion, my tears and my blood
Sacrifice will never be enough
I don't have a heart of love
I am nothing more
Than hollow fading words
Nothing without love
I could open my arms to the hungry
Fight to keep flesh on their bones
Surrender my body for burning
Lay down everything that I own
But it's a far cry from love
It's a far cry from love
It's a far, far cry from love
It's a far cry from love.
I could speak with the tounges of men
I could whisper the language of heaven
Like a chiming of bells in the wind
But it's a far cry from love
It's a far cry from love
I could open the doors of a mystery
Turn all the shadows to light
Keep faith when the odds are against me
Believe when I'm loosing my sight
But it's a far cry from love
It's a far cry from love
It's a far, far cry from love
All my passion, my tears and my blood
Sacrifice will never be enough
I don't have a heart of love
I am nothing more
Than hollow fading words
Nothing without love
I could open my arms to the hungry
Fight to keep flesh on their bones
Surrender my body for burning
Lay down everything that I own
But it's a far cry from love
It's a far cry from love
It's a far, far cry from love
It's a far cry from love.
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