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,
Bob drives taxis when the meter runs
Bobby hears the music when it's done
He hears the voices
He hears the voices
Wheels on rain, lightning from the storm
Bobby takes the gas
Pedal to the floor
The voices
He hears the voices
Refrain:
Coming from the traffic,
Coming from the cube
Like the cry of babies
Passing through a tube
Voices run inside you
Jill breathes carbon trailing from the bus, it's like
Staring in the eyes of Lazarus
The voices
She hears the voices
Like a starving whisper no one ever heard
Like an epileptic hummingbird
The voices
She hears the voices
Repeat Refrain
Sal and Liz sitting at the Zoo
Sal says "I do . . . but Liz do you
Hear the voices
Do you hear the voices?"
Everything relaxes, everything is gray
Trapped in glass . . . on display
The voices
They hear all the voices
Repeat Refrain
Gwynne is bored with all the rules and names
She wants her life to be a video game
The voices
She hears the voices
Too much control
The have have not
Slide another quarter into the slot
The voices
She hears the voices
Repeat Refrain
Bobby hears the music when it's done
He hears the voices
He hears the voices
Wheels on rain, lightning from the storm
Bobby takes the gas
Pedal to the floor
The voices
He hears the voices
Refrain:
Coming from the traffic,
Coming from the cube
Like the cry of babies
Passing through a tube
Voices run inside you
Jill breathes carbon trailing from the bus, it's like
Staring in the eyes of Lazarus
The voices
She hears the voices
Like a starving whisper no one ever heard
Like an epileptic hummingbird
The voices
She hears the voices
Repeat Refrain
Sal and Liz sitting at the Zoo
Sal says "I do . . . but Liz do you
Hear the voices
Do you hear the voices?"
Everything relaxes, everything is gray
Trapped in glass . . . on display
The voices
They hear all the voices
Repeat Refrain
Gwynne is bored with all the rules and names
She wants her life to be a video game
The voices
She hears the voices
Too much control
The have have not
Slide another quarter into the slot
The voices
She hears the voices
Repeat Refrain
Lyrics submitted by deletemyaccountplz
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