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,
if I can walk 1000 miles a day id try
to do it cos I don't know if u really say
I think I saw the sky tonight
pushing through it feels alright
and I just don't know who I want to be
and every time I see your face I laugh out loud
acting hot your fitting in with all the crowd
and if I could I'd stop the time
and ask you for a clever line
and just because I know you won't give it to me
its raining hard again here now
that'll never change
lets start a war
so who's to blame
when it ends it starts to rain down
at times I think that all I need is summer sun
burning in my eyes and breaking through the trees
at times I feel my place is empty
it looks as though I never met me
but my smile does only show one side of me
and I can show you a little slice of everyone
laughing in the dark I think your having fun
the sunlight in your face that time
washes away all the grime
makes me forget just how much I hate you tonight
its raining hard again here now
that'll never change
lets start a war
so who's to blame
when it ands it starts to rain down
yeah yeah yeah...
lets start a war
so who's to blame
when it starts to rain
starts to rain
starts to rain
starts to rain
starts to rain down now...
to do it cos I don't know if u really say
I think I saw the sky tonight
pushing through it feels alright
and I just don't know who I want to be
and every time I see your face I laugh out loud
acting hot your fitting in with all the crowd
and if I could I'd stop the time
and ask you for a clever line
and just because I know you won't give it to me
its raining hard again here now
that'll never change
lets start a war
so who's to blame
when it ends it starts to rain down
at times I think that all I need is summer sun
burning in my eyes and breaking through the trees
at times I feel my place is empty
it looks as though I never met me
but my smile does only show one side of me
and I can show you a little slice of everyone
laughing in the dark I think your having fun
the sunlight in your face that time
washes away all the grime
makes me forget just how much I hate you tonight
its raining hard again here now
that'll never change
lets start a war
so who's to blame
when it ands it starts to rain down
yeah yeah yeah...
lets start a war
so who's to blame
when it starts to rain
starts to rain
starts to rain
starts to rain
starts to rain down now...
Lyrics submitted by IgnoredFutility0
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