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,
All I want to do is love you
I just want to take you there
Baby, I don't want to argue
Don't even want to fight
I just want to love you
And hold you all the night
The message from the party
Nothing to do with how
Try to keep it happy
Then depress yourself to cry
All I want to do is love you
We've got to move on up
We've got to move on up
All I want to do is love you
(Oh oh oh, hey, hey, hey)
I just want to take you there, yeah
(Hey, hey, hey)
The world is trying to make us
Go against our own will
There's too many mountains
Grown up from a hill
Just take nothing less
Than the second best
"Do not obey"
What most people say
'Cause you can pass the test
All I want to do is love you
Baby, we've got to move on up
We've got to move on up
All I want to do is love you
(Oh oh oh)
I just want to take you there
(Yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
All I want to do is love you
(Oh oh oh, hey, hey, hey)
It feels like I'm already there
(Yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
The world is trying to make us
Go against our own will
It's early in our language
Of how the human feels
I just want to love you
I just want to cry
I just want to love you
I just want, I just want
I just want to love you
I just want to cry
I just want to love you
(Hey, hey)
All I want to do is love you
(Oh oh oh, hey, hey, hey)
It feels like I'm already there
(Yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
Son
Tres mil razones para darte mi amor
Tres mil razones para darte el corazón
Tres mil razones para darte mi amor
Tres mil razones para darte el corazón
Son
Tres mil razones para darte mi amor
Tres mil razones para darte el corazón
Tres mil razones para darte mi amor
Tres mil razones para darte el corazón
I just want to take you there
Baby, I don't want to argue
Don't even want to fight
I just want to love you
And hold you all the night
The message from the party
Nothing to do with how
Try to keep it happy
Then depress yourself to cry
All I want to do is love you
We've got to move on up
We've got to move on up
All I want to do is love you
(Oh oh oh, hey, hey, hey)
I just want to take you there, yeah
(Hey, hey, hey)
The world is trying to make us
Go against our own will
There's too many mountains
Grown up from a hill
Just take nothing less
Than the second best
"Do not obey"
What most people say
'Cause you can pass the test
All I want to do is love you
Baby, we've got to move on up
We've got to move on up
All I want to do is love you
(Oh oh oh)
I just want to take you there
(Yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
All I want to do is love you
(Oh oh oh, hey, hey, hey)
It feels like I'm already there
(Yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
The world is trying to make us
Go against our own will
It's early in our language
Of how the human feels
I just want to love you
I just want to cry
I just want to love you
I just want, I just want
I just want to love you
I just want to cry
I just want to love you
(Hey, hey)
All I want to do is love you
(Oh oh oh, hey, hey, hey)
It feels like I'm already there
(Yeah yeah, yeah yeah)
Son
Tres mil razones para darte mi amor
Tres mil razones para darte el corazón
Tres mil razones para darte mi amor
Tres mil razones para darte el corazón
Son
Tres mil razones para darte mi amor
Tres mil razones para darte el corazón
Tres mil razones para darte mi amor
Tres mil razones para darte el corazón
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Astounded Lyrics as written by Sylvain C. Grand Dominique Grand
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