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,
Trouble
Shampoo
Chorus:
Uh-Oh, We're In Trouble,
Something's Come Along And It's Burst Our Bubble
(Yeah, Yeah!) Uh-Oh, We're In Trouble,
Gotta Get Home Quick March On The Double!
We've Been Out All Night And We Havn't Been Home,
We're Walkin' Through The Back Streets ...All Alone!
The Party Was Great, Yeah We Were Really Frilled!
And When We Get In We're Gonna Get Killed!
Chorus
We Couldn't Get A Cab, 'Cause We Ain't Got No Money!
We Missed The Last Train But We Thought.... Don't Worry!
We'd Get The Night Bus But The Night Bus Never Came!
We're Eight Miles From Home And It Started To.....
Chorus
Yeah Yeah, Trouble...
We Tried To Steal A Car But We Soon Realized, We Got On The Road, None Of Us Could Drive!
Police Car Came Along And They Took Us For A Ride, And When We Get Home We're Gonna Get,
Gonna Get, Gonna Get Fried!
Chorus
Uh-Oh We're In Trouble, [Yeah Yeah!] Uh-Oh We're In Trouble....
Uh-Oh We're In Trouble, Something's Come Along And It's Burst Our Bubble! (Yeah Yeah!)
Uh-Oh We're In Trouble, Book Us A Ticket On The Next Space Shuttle!
Chorus x 2
Shampoo
Chorus:
Uh-Oh, We're In Trouble,
Something's Come Along And It's Burst Our Bubble
(Yeah, Yeah!) Uh-Oh, We're In Trouble,
Gotta Get Home Quick March On The Double!
We've Been Out All Night And We Havn't Been Home,
We're Walkin' Through The Back Streets ...All Alone!
The Party Was Great, Yeah We Were Really Frilled!
And When We Get In We're Gonna Get Killed!
Chorus
We Couldn't Get A Cab, 'Cause We Ain't Got No Money!
We Missed The Last Train But We Thought.... Don't Worry!
We'd Get The Night Bus But The Night Bus Never Came!
We're Eight Miles From Home And It Started To.....
Chorus
Yeah Yeah, Trouble...
We Tried To Steal A Car But We Soon Realized, We Got On The Road, None Of Us Could Drive!
Police Car Came Along And They Took Us For A Ride, And When We Get Home We're Gonna Get,
Gonna Get, Gonna Get Fried!
Chorus
Uh-Oh We're In Trouble, [Yeah Yeah!] Uh-Oh We're In Trouble....
Uh-Oh We're In Trouble, Something's Come Along And It's Burst Our Bubble! (Yeah Yeah!)
Uh-Oh We're In Trouble, Book Us A Ticket On The Next Space Shuttle!
Chorus x 2
Lyrics submitted by nyglamdoll
Trouble Lyrics as written by Conall Ronan Fitzpatrick Caroline Askew
Lyrics © Wixen Music Publishing, TuneCore Inc., O/B/O DistroKid
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Worst song ever. I love it!
It was on Power Rangers, haha. That's all I remember it for. lol
oh my god, i just downloaded this song and realised power rangers is where its from. omg. childhood fave!
I first discovered this song (and Shampoo itself) on the soundtrack of Foxfire. I found the song very catchy.