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,
Don't even try to step to me now
When I was feelin' you, you gave me thumbs down
You had your other woman, you said that I was trippin'
But now you see me with them and now you see who's trippin', what?
You know what I'm talkin' about so
Stick your tongue back in your mouth and go
You can't come back in my house
And no, don't try to step to me when you see me out
It could've been you
The one that I was givin' my love to
And love you knew that I was into you
And now you can't believe that I'm over you
So goodbye to you
It could've been you
The one that I was givin' my love to
And love you knew that I was into you
And now you can't believe that I'm over you
So goodbye to you, it could've been you
So how are your boys now?
When it was me and you that was all you was about
When I needed you you had things to do
But that Ishh is cool 'cause the jokes on you now
There's nothing you could say to me, so go
You thought that you could play wit me, oh no
Somebody is just checkin' for me and so
You ain't nothing but some suckers to me
It could've been you
The one that I was givin' my love to
And love you knew that I was into you
And now you can't believe that I'm over you
So goodbye to you
It could've been you
The one that I was givin' my love to
And love you knew that I was into you
And now you can't believe that I'm over you
So goodbye to you
It could've been you
The one that I was givin' my love to
And love you knew that I was into you
And now you can't believe that I'm over you
So goodbye to you
It could've been you
The one that I was givin' my love to
And love you knew that I was into you
And now you can't believe that I'm over you
So goodbye to you, it could've been you
Ooh
Say ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh
It could've been you, it could've been you, it could've been you
It could've been you
The one that I was givin' my love to
It could've been you
It could've been you, it could've been you, it could've been you
It could've been you
The one that I was givin' my love to
It could've been you
It could've been you
The one that I was givin' my love to
And love you knew that I was into you
And now you can't believe that I'm over you
So goodbye to you
It could've been you
The one that I was givin' my love to
And love you knew that I was into you
And now you can't believe that I'm over you
So goodbye to you
It could've been you
The one that I was givin' my love to
And love you knew that I was into you
And now you can't believe that I'm over you
So goodbye to you
It could've been you
The one that I was givin' my love to
And love you knew that I was into you
And now you can't believe that I'm over you
So goodbye to you
When I was feelin' you, you gave me thumbs down
You had your other woman, you said that I was trippin'
But now you see me with them and now you see who's trippin', what?
You know what I'm talkin' about so
Stick your tongue back in your mouth and go
You can't come back in my house
And no, don't try to step to me when you see me out
It could've been you
The one that I was givin' my love to
And love you knew that I was into you
And now you can't believe that I'm over you
So goodbye to you
It could've been you
The one that I was givin' my love to
And love you knew that I was into you
And now you can't believe that I'm over you
So goodbye to you, it could've been you
So how are your boys now?
When it was me and you that was all you was about
When I needed you you had things to do
But that Ishh is cool 'cause the jokes on you now
There's nothing you could say to me, so go
You thought that you could play wit me, oh no
Somebody is just checkin' for me and so
You ain't nothing but some suckers to me
It could've been you
The one that I was givin' my love to
And love you knew that I was into you
And now you can't believe that I'm over you
So goodbye to you
It could've been you
The one that I was givin' my love to
And love you knew that I was into you
And now you can't believe that I'm over you
So goodbye to you
It could've been you
The one that I was givin' my love to
And love you knew that I was into you
And now you can't believe that I'm over you
So goodbye to you
It could've been you
The one that I was givin' my love to
And love you knew that I was into you
And now you can't believe that I'm over you
So goodbye to you, it could've been you
Ooh
Say ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooh
It could've been you, it could've been you, it could've been you
It could've been you
The one that I was givin' my love to
It could've been you
It could've been you, it could've been you, it could've been you
It could've been you
The one that I was givin' my love to
It could've been you
It could've been you
The one that I was givin' my love to
And love you knew that I was into you
And now you can't believe that I'm over you
So goodbye to you
It could've been you
The one that I was givin' my love to
And love you knew that I was into you
And now you can't believe that I'm over you
So goodbye to you
It could've been you
The one that I was givin' my love to
And love you knew that I was into you
And now you can't believe that I'm over you
So goodbye to you
It could've been you
The one that I was givin' my love to
And love you knew that I was into you
And now you can't believe that I'm over you
So goodbye to you
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Could've Been You Lyrics as written by Erika Nicole Bryant Eric La Sean Crawford
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