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,
There's a space man in my basement
There's an IV keeping time beside my bed
And a painting of Jesus wandering
For a dart board
You know he's seen you naked a million times
I long to be dead
And sleep with the fishes under the sea
They can swim through my head
And stop all the traffic jams
Stop all the traffic jams
And there'll be no light tonight
If I'm fated
There's a cartoon killer in my living room
Cut you open like candy and pull out your little wound
Like TV dinners for the third world
And amputee dancing girls
You try but you fail cause you're bad at life
And good in a vacuum
I long to be dead
And sleep with the fishes under the sea
They can swim through my head
And stop all the traffic jams
Stop all the traffic jams
And there'll be no light tonight
If I'm fated
There's an IV keeping time beside my bed
And a painting of Jesus wandering
For a dart board
You know he's seen you naked a million times
I long to be dead
And sleep with the fishes under the sea
They can swim through my head
And stop all the traffic jams
Stop all the traffic jams
And there'll be no light tonight
If I'm fated
There's a cartoon killer in my living room
Cut you open like candy and pull out your little wound
Like TV dinners for the third world
And amputee dancing girls
You try but you fail cause you're bad at life
And good in a vacuum
I long to be dead
And sleep with the fishes under the sea
They can swim through my head
And stop all the traffic jams
Stop all the traffic jams
And there'll be no light tonight
If I'm fated
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again another disappointment .. not the song... u fans . a brilliant freakin song and yet no comments. it isnt that good of a song to listen to when ure depressed cause it tends to make u feel even shittier but there is something about it that just makes u wanna put it on repeat and listen to it over and over...