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,
Ok
Don't do it Don't you try it baby
Don't do that Don't Don't Don't
Don't do that
You got a good thing going now
Don't do it Don't do it
Don't
Don't try suicide
Nobody's worth it
Don't try suicide
Nobody cares
Don't try suicide
Just gonna hate it
Don't try suicide
Nobody gives a damn
So you think it's the easy way out
Think you're gonna slash your wrists
This time
Baby when you do it all you do is
Get on my tits
Don't do that try try try baby
Don't do that - you got a good thing going now
Don't do it Don't do it - Don't
Chorus
You need help
Look at yourself you need help
You need life
So don't hang yourself
It's o.k. o.k. o.k. o.k.
You just can't be a prick teaser all of the time
A little bit attention - you got it
Need some affection - you got it
Suicide suicide suicide bid
Suicide suicide sucide bid
Suicide
Don't do it Don't do it Don't do it babe
Don't do it Don't do it Don't-do it
Don't put your neck on the line
Don't drown on me babe
Blow your brains out -
Don't do that - yeah
Chorus
Nobody gives - nobody gives
Nobody gives a damn
Don't do it Don't you try it baby
Don't do that Don't Don't Don't
Don't do that
You got a good thing going now
Don't do it Don't do it
Don't
Don't try suicide
Nobody's worth it
Don't try suicide
Nobody cares
Don't try suicide
Just gonna hate it
Don't try suicide
Nobody gives a damn
So you think it's the easy way out
Think you're gonna slash your wrists
This time
Baby when you do it all you do is
Get on my tits
Don't do that try try try baby
Don't do that - you got a good thing going now
Don't do it Don't do it - Don't
Chorus
You need help
Look at yourself you need help
You need life
So don't hang yourself
It's o.k. o.k. o.k. o.k.
You just can't be a prick teaser all of the time
A little bit attention - you got it
Need some affection - you got it
Suicide suicide suicide bid
Suicide suicide sucide bid
Suicide
Don't do it Don't do it Don't do it babe
Don't do it Don't do it Don't-do it
Don't put your neck on the line
Don't drown on me babe
Blow your brains out -
Don't do that - yeah
Chorus
Nobody gives - nobody gives
Nobody gives a damn
Lyrics submitted by f_mercury
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Ok well this is pretty straight forward. Don't Try Suicide people!
my friend is a mixed up kid, she really needs help and i'm always telling her that i love her and she knows that I'm always there for here, yada yada yada, i wagged school to go to the airport and get her to come home (if you knew my parents thatd b a huge huge huge thing) so when i first heard this song, i got my best guy mates band to sing it at their first gig, which i knew she'd be at. shes now okay, and is addicted to queen! this song really did save lives, dont underrate it.
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To start off, this song was firmly tounge-in-cheek. The real meaning is seen as a joke. First it says "Don't Try Suicide"...then "Nobody cares." Simply put, if someone said they were going to commit suicide, you wouldn't say "Nobody cares." The song is just a morbid joke, thats why I love it.
Dark humor at its finest. Never fails to make me smile.
I always assumed it was a parody of over-simple "inspirational" songs such as "Just Say No", although I think it predates that specific example by some years.
Hey! I know how we can win the war in Iraq! Fill Baghdad up with speakers, and play a never-ending loop consisting of just this song!
One of the words is sampled on the song "Yeah" which proceeds to the next track on "Made in Heaven
I don't know if I know anyone who has ever tried to commit suicide. It makes me sad that someone would feel so hopeless about life. Tomorrow is a new day. If you are someone who has tried suicide or feels suicidal, you need to remember that you have loads of people who love you and give a damn. And that bit about not getting into heaven is SUCH a crock of shit.
@Victrola and just remember, nobody cares LOL!!
No, not very strait forward at all... It seems to be a relationship of some sort, whether romantic, familial, or just a friendship, but the verses are one member of the relationship, seemingly a male telling the other (presumably female) that [she] should not kill [her]self,"When you do it, all you do is get on my tits" then the chorus brings in a dialogue of some sort, perhaps between the two, but more likely the person considering suicide with themself, [she] hears "Don't try suicide, nobody's worth it" and then within says, "Nobody cares...Nobody Gives a damn"
Its all about the internal conflict, and how ridiculous it can sometimes be, with such a serious subject the arrangement is almost humorous, as if it were actually satirizing the melodramatic progressive rock bands of the time... my rambling thoughts