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,
She's here, she's there, she's everywhere
except the place that she's supposed to be
She's like a train, a plane, that's gaining speed
and heading miles and miles away from me
Her lights are on but there's no one at home
And all her calls keep dropping when I telephone
She's on a sunset cruise that's leaving me bruised inside
She's all over the map
She's got a first class one way non stop ticket to ride
She's all over the map
She's so intense, my sense of geography, is kinda
looking like a Twister game
But I'm her fool, her tools of cartography are only gonna chart a course to my shame
Without a navigator, my attitude is lost
My longitude and her latitude will never cross
We’re on a third rate, blind date, upon the seas of
love and hate
She's all over the map
I'm like Magellan with Helen Keller as my second mate
She's all over the map
I've been calling out to satellites, from a sinking vessel
in distress
But there's no blip on my radar screen
and nothing on my GPS
except the place that she's supposed to be
She's like a train, a plane, that's gaining speed
and heading miles and miles away from me
Her lights are on but there's no one at home
And all her calls keep dropping when I telephone
She's on a sunset cruise that's leaving me bruised inside
She's all over the map
She's got a first class one way non stop ticket to ride
She's all over the map
She's so intense, my sense of geography, is kinda
looking like a Twister game
But I'm her fool, her tools of cartography are only gonna chart a course to my shame
Without a navigator, my attitude is lost
My longitude and her latitude will never cross
We’re on a third rate, blind date, upon the seas of
love and hate
She's all over the map
I'm like Magellan with Helen Keller as my second mate
She's all over the map
I've been calling out to satellites, from a sinking vessel
in distress
But there's no blip on my radar screen
and nothing on my GPS
Lyrics submitted by JohnnyLurg
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