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,
(someone shouting: I love you!)
Still uh? Faithful. Wait... wait. If I would have known there were so many
people on the two sides here I would have had my nose fixed! Never! These
people are too smart...
This time we almost
Made the pieces fit
Didn't we, love?
This time we almost
Made some sense of it
Hum... didn't we, love?
This time I had the answer
Right here in my hand
Then I touched it
And it had turned to sand
This time we almost
Sang our song in tune
Didn't we, love?
This time we almost
Made it, made it
To the moon
Oh, didn't we, love?
This time we almost
Made a poem rhyme
This time we almost
Made that love heart climb
Didn't we almost
Make it?
Didn't we almost
Make it?
Didn't we almost
Make it?
This time...
Still uh? Faithful. Wait... wait. If I would have known there were so many
people on the two sides here I would have had my nose fixed! Never! These
people are too smart...
This time we almost
Made the pieces fit
Didn't we, love?
This time we almost
Made some sense of it
Hum... didn't we, love?
This time I had the answer
Right here in my hand
Then I touched it
And it had turned to sand
This time we almost
Sang our song in tune
Didn't we, love?
This time we almost
Made it, made it
To the moon
Oh, didn't we, love?
This time we almost
Made a poem rhyme
This time we almost
Made that love heart climb
Didn't we almost
Make it?
Didn't we almost
Make it?
Didn't we almost
Make it?
This time...
Lyrics submitted by Ice
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