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,
Is there a right way for how this goes?
You got your friends, and you got your foes
They want a piece of something hot
Forget you name like they forgot
Huh
Ain't that something?
So I wanna see you crash and burn
And criticize your every word
I'm tring to keep you from goin' insane
Ain't that the way of this whole damn thing?
Uh
Trying to be something, more
Nobody's gonna love you if
You can't display, a way to capture this
Nobody's gonna hold your hand
And guide you through
No, it's up for you to understand
Nobody's gonna feel your pain
When all is done
And it's time for you to walk away
So when you have today
You should say all that you have to say
Huh
Say all that you have to say
Huh
Is there a right way for being strong?
Feels like I'm doing things all wrong
Still I'm here just holdin' on
Confess my heart and forgive my wrongs
Ho
Just trying to show you something, more
Nobody's gonna love you if
You can't display, a way to capture this
Nobody's gonna hold your hand
And guide you through
It's up for you to understand
Nobody's gonna feel your pain
When all is done
And it's time for you to walk away
When you have today
You should say all that you have to say
Don't point the blame when you can't find nothing
Look to yourself, and you might find something
It's time that we sorted out
All of the things, we complain about
So listen close to the sound of your soul
Take back a life we lived once before
If it ain't you, then who?
If it ain't you, then who is gonna love you?
Nobody's gonna love you if
You can't display, a way to capture this
Nobody's gonna hold your hand
And guide you through
It's up for you to understand
Nobody's gonna feel your pain
When all is done
And it's time for you to walk away
When you have today
You should say all that you have to say
So when you have today, say all that you have to say
You got your friends, and you got your foes
They want a piece of something hot
Forget you name like they forgot
Huh
Ain't that something?
So I wanna see you crash and burn
And criticize your every word
I'm tring to keep you from goin' insane
Ain't that the way of this whole damn thing?
Uh
Trying to be something, more
Nobody's gonna love you if
You can't display, a way to capture this
Nobody's gonna hold your hand
And guide you through
No, it's up for you to understand
Nobody's gonna feel your pain
When all is done
And it's time for you to walk away
So when you have today
You should say all that you have to say
Huh
Say all that you have to say
Huh
Is there a right way for being strong?
Feels like I'm doing things all wrong
Still I'm here just holdin' on
Confess my heart and forgive my wrongs
Ho
Just trying to show you something, more
Nobody's gonna love you if
You can't display, a way to capture this
Nobody's gonna hold your hand
And guide you through
It's up for you to understand
Nobody's gonna feel your pain
When all is done
And it's time for you to walk away
When you have today
You should say all that you have to say
Don't point the blame when you can't find nothing
Look to yourself, and you might find something
It's time that we sorted out
All of the things, we complain about
So listen close to the sound of your soul
Take back a life we lived once before
If it ain't you, then who?
If it ain't you, then who is gonna love you?
Nobody's gonna love you if
You can't display, a way to capture this
Nobody's gonna hold your hand
And guide you through
It's up for you to understand
Nobody's gonna feel your pain
When all is done
And it's time for you to walk away
When you have today
You should say all that you have to say
So when you have today, say all that you have to say
Lyrics submitted by everyday24, edited by Mellow_Harsher, fatsoflo
Scene Two: Roger Rabbit Lyrics as written by Gabe Barham Jesse Lawson
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I think he's kind of just saying pull yourself together but it's not in an angry way, it's kind of like, I've given my sympathy long enough, you can make yourself ok now, you don't need any one else's help anymore - stop trying to get it, you're strong enough...