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,
When the lights start flashing
It can open up your eyes
And the highest mountain
Is the one that you have climbed
(Yeah)
I can look for love
'Til the skies ain't blue
I can look for love
To get over you
I can look for love
For a deeper kiss
Nothing ever felt
As good as this
Staring in your eyes, I see the sun rise
There's nowhere else but right here, right now
No deeper feeling, this is the real thing
There's nowhere else but right here, right now
Oh
There's nowhere else but right here, right now
Oh
There's nowhere else but right here, right now
It's a never ending
Promise of the holy grail
But the space I'm in it feels so real
Gotta sit back and exhale
(Yeah)
I can look for love
'Til the skies ain't blue
I can look for love
To get over you
I can look for love
For a deeper kiss
Nothing ever felt
As good as this
Staring in your eyes, I see the sun rise
There's nowhere else but right here, right now
No deeper feeling, this is the real thing
There's nowhere else but right here, right now
Oh
There's nowhere else but right here, right now
Oh
There's nowhere else but right here, right now
Do it right here, right now tonight
'Cause the way that you hold me tonight
Makes me feel like there's nowhere else I'd rather be
Than right here, right now tonight
Yeah right here, right now tonight
Oh
There's nowhere else but right here, right now
Oh
There's nowhere else but right here, right now
Oh
There's nowhere else but right here, right now
It can open up your eyes
And the highest mountain
Is the one that you have climbed
(Yeah)
I can look for love
'Til the skies ain't blue
I can look for love
To get over you
I can look for love
For a deeper kiss
Nothing ever felt
As good as this
Staring in your eyes, I see the sun rise
There's nowhere else but right here, right now
No deeper feeling, this is the real thing
There's nowhere else but right here, right now
Oh
There's nowhere else but right here, right now
Oh
There's nowhere else but right here, right now
It's a never ending
Promise of the holy grail
But the space I'm in it feels so real
Gotta sit back and exhale
(Yeah)
I can look for love
'Til the skies ain't blue
I can look for love
To get over you
I can look for love
For a deeper kiss
Nothing ever felt
As good as this
Staring in your eyes, I see the sun rise
There's nowhere else but right here, right now
No deeper feeling, this is the real thing
There's nowhere else but right here, right now
Oh
There's nowhere else but right here, right now
Oh
There's nowhere else but right here, right now
Do it right here, right now tonight
'Cause the way that you hold me tonight
Makes me feel like there's nowhere else I'd rather be
Than right here, right now tonight
Yeah right here, right now tonight
Oh
There's nowhere else but right here, right now
Oh
There's nowhere else but right here, right now
Oh
There's nowhere else but right here, right now
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Right Here, Right Now Lyrics as written by David Henry Etherington Karen Ann Poole
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