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 used to think that love was just a fairy tale
Until that first hello until that first smile
But if I had to do it all again I wouldn't change a thing
Cause this love is everlasting
Suddenly life has new meaning to me
There's beauty up above and things we never take notice of
You wake up and suddenly you're in love
Girl, you're everything a man could want and more
One thousand words are not enough to say what I feel inside
Holding hands as we walk along the shore
Never felt like this before now you're all I'm living for
Suddenly life has new meaning to me
There's beauty up above and things we never take notice of
You wake up and suddenly you're in love
Each day I pray this love affair would last forever (ohh, ohh)
Suddenly life has new meaning to me
There's beauty up above and things we never take notice of
You wake up suddenly you're in love
Ohh there's beauty up above and things you never take notice of
You wake up and suddenly you're in love (ohh)
Until that first hello until that first smile
But if I had to do it all again I wouldn't change a thing
Cause this love is everlasting
Suddenly life has new meaning to me
There's beauty up above and things we never take notice of
You wake up and suddenly you're in love
Girl, you're everything a man could want and more
One thousand words are not enough to say what I feel inside
Holding hands as we walk along the shore
Never felt like this before now you're all I'm living for
Suddenly life has new meaning to me
There's beauty up above and things we never take notice of
You wake up and suddenly you're in love
Each day I pray this love affair would last forever (ohh, ohh)
Suddenly life has new meaning to me
There's beauty up above and things we never take notice of
You wake up suddenly you're in love
Ohh there's beauty up above and things you never take notice of
You wake up and suddenly you're in love (ohh)
Lyrics submitted by Boonechic_21, edited by ID Tlhapi
Suddenly Lyrics as written by Keith Diamond Billy Ocean
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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What a beautiful love song. I didn't experience my first love relationship until my junior year of high school, and let me tell you, "you wake up and suddenly you're in love" is a pretty good feeling. Life definitely has new meaning when you have someone in your life. Great Song.