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,
I...
Wish I was John Mayer and the mayor
I wish that everything was fair
There's No Such Thing as eu contrare
We all are into face and hair
We all wish we all were famous
But I think good things are contagious
Maybe when you hear this song
It'll make you think that something's wrong
Just think about what it all means
And why our favourite colour's green
It's for the art not for the money
Something's a thing and something's nothing
I think mainstream is a disgrace
To what this is about in the first place
For once let a JEW be the master
And forget that cheating gets it faster
"Don't do this and don't be that,
Don't have opinion, don't be fat"
I'm not in it for the pay just
Be myself and be contagious
Ideas are my gasoline
Ambition is my Konstantine
Maybe all I've known's a waste
But baby I think I like the taste
It'll never be good enough
But It's been worst and it's been tough
Everything is in the head
And you'll never know or get it until you're dead
We don't miss it until it's gone
I hope that changes with this song
So long
Wish I was John Mayer and the mayor
I wish that everything was fair
There's No Such Thing as eu contrare
We all are into face and hair
We all wish we all were famous
But I think good things are contagious
Maybe when you hear this song
It'll make you think that something's wrong
Just think about what it all means
And why our favourite colour's green
It's for the art not for the money
Something's a thing and something's nothing
I think mainstream is a disgrace
To what this is about in the first place
For once let a JEW be the master
And forget that cheating gets it faster
"Don't do this and don't be that,
Don't have opinion, don't be fat"
I'm not in it for the pay just
Be myself and be contagious
Ideas are my gasoline
Ambition is my Konstantine
Maybe all I've known's a waste
But baby I think I like the taste
It'll never be good enough
But It's been worst and it's been tough
Everything is in the head
And you'll never know or get it until you're dead
We don't miss it until it's gone
I hope that changes with this song
So long
Lyrics submitted by rybo
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MAN I LOVE THESE GUYS!!! awesome song! i totally get what he means! i thought i heard some other words behind the instrumental stuff.. can anyone help me?
I love the Jimmy Eat World reference! Get it faster is a sweet song!
What can I say.. PERFECTION