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 had a mental problem
She couldn't concentrate
She was her own delusion
She was her own mistake
She did a lot of acid
That put the voices down
And one day at her birthday
They found her hanging upside down
They say she lived her life on the avenue
They say she cried from the weight of her spit
They claim they were the only ones that she ever knew
Ah, but why are they weeping now?
When she was alive they were not around
They were locked in their own abyss
We met in the gutter
We shared a smoke or two
I told about my mother
She showed me her tattoo
She went out through the city
Got lost in Fulton Town
And one day at her birthday
They found her hanging upside down
They say she live her life an American
They say she whored herself for pills
They claim they offered her their helping hand
But the talk's all the same to me
They call themselves her family
It just makes me ill
She couldn't concentrate
She was her own delusion
She was her own mistake
She did a lot of acid
That put the voices down
And one day at her birthday
They found her hanging upside down
They say she lived her life on the avenue
They say she cried from the weight of her spit
They claim they were the only ones that she ever knew
Ah, but why are they weeping now?
When she was alive they were not around
They were locked in their own abyss
We met in the gutter
We shared a smoke or two
I told about my mother
She showed me her tattoo
She went out through the city
Got lost in Fulton Town
And one day at her birthday
They found her hanging upside down
They say she live her life an American
They say she whored herself for pills
They claim they offered her their helping hand
But the talk's all the same to me
They call themselves her family
It just makes me ill
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tastemaker - I think "Beautiful Baby", as you call it, is sung live uh, combined with a few different songs, depending on what version you're listening to. Example; Rubby Bulbs - songmeanings.net/lyric.php Not exactly the same, but you know what Jeffs like.
I have (whats supposed to be) a version of She Did a Lot of Acid that starts out with something mournful (could be the lyrics you mentioned, I can't find it, and don't remember) then cuts off just after the first "she did a lot of acid".
It's probably not off an album, but live.
Oh wait, look at what I found. the-collective.net/~sashwap/other.html "Unknown [Immediately proceeds Rubby Bulbs in the Aquarius show]" (etc)
...which relates to what I'm talking about, but does not neccessarily help you.