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,
And there?s a place for just the two of us,
And there?s a love for us to share,
Somewhere special for the two of us
Wishing on my star,
That I don?t spend a lifetime without you
She?s gonna make it alright,
And hold me inside,
She?s all on my mind.
If I thought for just one second girl,
You?d be seeing someone new,
If I didn?t know you better girl,
Wishing on my star
To heal this empty feeling,
Without you
She?s gonna make it alright,
And hold me inside,
She?s all on my mind, baby
She?s gonna make it alright,
And hold me inside,
She?s all on my mind
Look in my eyes,
And take what you wanna,
Look in my heart,
There?s a place for you,
Some other loving,
It doesn?t make a bit of sense
When you?re on my mind
You stole my heart
She?s gonna make it alright,
And hold me inside,
She?s all on my mind, baby
She?s gonna make it alright,
And hold me inside,
She?s all on my mind, yeah
She?s gonna make it alright,
And hold me inside,
She?s all on my mind
And there?s a love for us to share,
Somewhere special for the two of us
Wishing on my star,
That I don?t spend a lifetime without you
She?s gonna make it alright,
And hold me inside,
She?s all on my mind.
If I thought for just one second girl,
You?d be seeing someone new,
If I didn?t know you better girl,
Wishing on my star
To heal this empty feeling,
Without you
She?s gonna make it alright,
And hold me inside,
She?s all on my mind, baby
She?s gonna make it alright,
And hold me inside,
She?s all on my mind
Look in my eyes,
And take what you wanna,
Look in my heart,
There?s a place for you,
Some other loving,
It doesn?t make a bit of sense
When you?re on my mind
You stole my heart
She?s gonna make it alright,
And hold me inside,
She?s all on my mind, baby
She?s gonna make it alright,
And hold me inside,
She?s all on my mind, yeah
She?s gonna make it alright,
And hold me inside,
She?s all on my mind
Lyrics submitted by Bobo192
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