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,
If we lost all we had
Would I walk your rocky road
Take a different path?
Would I sell my pride for you
If you asked me to walk the streets?
You know just what I'd do
Would your child have a home
If it should be born
Of love other than our own?
Would I still stand by you
Knowin' you've loved someone else?
You know just what I'd do
If my love for you meant giving up my life
Would I lay it down for you?
And if you were blind would I give you my sight?
You know just what I'd do if you ask me to
Would I live with the scar
That you carry in your heart
From another woman's war?
Would I mend your wounds for you
If I knew you needed me?
You know just what I'd do
Would I walk your rocky road
Take a different path?
Would I sell my pride for you
If you asked me to walk the streets?
You know just what I'd do
Would your child have a home
If it should be born
Of love other than our own?
Would I still stand by you
Knowin' you've loved someone else?
You know just what I'd do
If my love for you meant giving up my life
Would I lay it down for you?
And if you were blind would I give you my sight?
You know just what I'd do if you ask me to
Would I live with the scar
That you carry in your heart
From another woman's war?
Would I mend your wounds for you
If I knew you needed me?
You know just what I'd do
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You Know Just What I'd Do Lyrics as written by Jerry Foster Bill Rice
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