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,
She doesn't own a dress
Her hair is always a mess
If you catch her stealin', she won't confess
She's beautiful
Smokes a pack a day
Wait that's me, but anyway
She doesn't care a thing about that, hey
She thinks I'm beautiful
Meet Virginia
She never compromises
Loves babies and surprises
Wears high heels when she exercises
Ain't that beautiful
Meet Virginia
Well, she wants to be the Queen
Then she thinks about her scene
Pulls her hair back as she screams
"I don't really wanna be the queen"
Her daddy wrestles alligators
Mama works on carburetors
Her brother is a fine mediator for the President
Well, here she is again on the phone
Just like me hates to be alone
We just like to sit at home and rip on the President
Meet Virginia, alright
Well, she wants to live her life
And she thinks about her life
Pulls her hair back as she screams
"I don't really wanna live this life"
No, no
No, no
No, no
No
She only drinks coffee at midnight
When the moment is not right
When timing is quite unusual
You see her confidence is tragic
But her intuition magic
And the shape of her body unusual
Meet Virginia
I can't wait to
Meet Virginia
Yeah, yeah, hey, hey, hey
Well, she wants to be the queen
Then she thinks about her scene
Well, she wants to live her life
And she thinks about her lies
Pulls her hair back as she screams
"I don't really wanna be the queen"
I, I don't really wanna be the queen
I, I don't really wanna be the queen
I, I don't really wanna live this
Her hair is always a mess
If you catch her stealin', she won't confess
She's beautiful
Smokes a pack a day
Wait that's me, but anyway
She doesn't care a thing about that, hey
She thinks I'm beautiful
Meet Virginia
She never compromises
Loves babies and surprises
Wears high heels when she exercises
Ain't that beautiful
Meet Virginia
Well, she wants to be the Queen
Then she thinks about her scene
Pulls her hair back as she screams
"I don't really wanna be the queen"
Her daddy wrestles alligators
Mama works on carburetors
Her brother is a fine mediator for the President
Well, here she is again on the phone
Just like me hates to be alone
We just like to sit at home and rip on the President
Meet Virginia, alright
Well, she wants to live her life
And she thinks about her life
Pulls her hair back as she screams
"I don't really wanna live this life"
No, no
No, no
No, no
No
She only drinks coffee at midnight
When the moment is not right
When timing is quite unusual
You see her confidence is tragic
But her intuition magic
And the shape of her body unusual
Meet Virginia
I can't wait to
Meet Virginia
Yeah, yeah, hey, hey, hey
Well, she wants to be the queen
Then she thinks about her scene
Well, she wants to live her life
And she thinks about her lies
Pulls her hair back as she screams
"I don't really wanna be the queen"
I, I don't really wanna be the queen
I, I don't really wanna be the queen
I, I don't really wanna live this
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