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,
Think of all the things I do,
'Cause I still hold the thought of you,
For someone else I know it's true so far away,
And I can only hold hold my breath,
And start to die a lonely death,
With you and me and all the rest, so far away,
Don't say I told you so,
One thing you'll never know,
You're not the same,
You've changed,
I don't need you anyways,
You're not the person, that I believed in yesterday,
You're not the same,
You've changed,
I don't need you anyways,
You're not the person, that I believed in yesterday,
I can hold it back you see,
I know it all comes back to me,
You must have practiced hard to be so far away,
You never wanted me to to show,
Just write me up, I'll let you go,
And now there's more for you to know so far away,
Don't say I told you so,
One thing you'll never know,
You're not the same,
You've changed,
I don't need you anyways,
You're not the person, that I believed in yesterday,
You're not the same,
You've changed,
Something's missing anyways,
You're not the person, that I believed in yesterday.
'Cause I still hold the thought of you,
For someone else I know it's true so far away,
And I can only hold hold my breath,
And start to die a lonely death,
With you and me and all the rest, so far away,
Don't say I told you so,
One thing you'll never know,
You're not the same,
You've changed,
I don't need you anyways,
You're not the person, that I believed in yesterday,
You're not the same,
You've changed,
I don't need you anyways,
You're not the person, that I believed in yesterday,
I can hold it back you see,
I know it all comes back to me,
You must have practiced hard to be so far away,
You never wanted me to to show,
Just write me up, I'll let you go,
And now there's more for you to know so far away,
Don't say I told you so,
One thing you'll never know,
You're not the same,
You've changed,
I don't need you anyways,
You're not the person, that I believed in yesterday,
You're not the same,
You've changed,
Something's missing anyways,
You're not the person, that I believed in yesterday.
Lyrics submitted by black_cow_of_death
Not the Same Lyrics as written by Grant Relf Cameron Baines
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Cloud9
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This band is a one-in-a-lifetime Rockin' Machine. Im sure they deserve more respect than they actually have...OMG Potato, I have nothing to write :O...great song about some freak kid that changed and now is viewed as a dumbass.
I really liek this song, very catchy. i found this band awhile and tehn forgot about them, listend to them again recently and they still are awsome!
i love this song...my friend gave me this cd a few months ago and i have been hooked on bodyjar ever since. they definitely don't get the respect they deserve, but i kindof like it that way. i would hate to see them turn into some kind of trl pop group. is that selfish??? oh well...
Yeah, this song is totally awesome. I think it is about someone changing (obviously) and now the narrator doesn't like 'em all that much. I love this song, I first heard of these guys of Punkzilla, and they rock.
great song, very catchy.. if u know someone that has changed u'll probably love it.
obviously ur NOT australian SCbabie23 ....BodyJar Get Alot of airtime in their home Country and i thought they would get a fair bit in the US after touring with pennywise guess they didnt.............oh well
ooo yeah the song is a tragic/romance about a man and his monkey........
Yeah, Bodyjar rock out all over Australia they are awesome. I've got How it Works and Plastic Skies, two of their albums and they are both great. This would have to be close to their best song though.
Bodyjar's best song along with One In A Million. I saw these guys at the uni bar a couple of months back along with one dollar short and i have to say that although i would probly prefer ODS, bodyjar put on a much better show. Good Shit
I first heard Bodyjar when i played Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3. It is the absolutely perfect skating song, and ive been hooked on them eversince
yes totaly THPS3 bet music ever