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,
You're the prince to my ballerina
You'll feed all the people's parking meters
You encourage the eating of ice cream
And you would somersault in sand with me
You talk to loners
You ask 'how's your week?'
You give love to all
And give love to me
You're obsessed with hiding
The sticks and stones
And feel the unknown
You feel like home
You feel like home
You put my feet back on the ground
Oh, did you know you brought me home
Yeah, you were sweet and you were sound
Can you save me
You're the wars in my summer's breeze
You're the ivories in my ebony key
You would share your last jelly bean
And you would somersault in sand with me
You put my feet back on the ground
Oh, did you know you brought me home
Yeah, you were sweet and you were sound
You save me
You put my feet (back on the ground)
Oh, did you know you brought me (home)
Yeah you were sweet and you were (sound)
See I have tried
You still bring me around 'n around 'n around
'n around 'n around 'n around
Yeah yeah oh oh
You brought me around
Yeah yeah oh oh
You'll feed all the people's parking meters
You encourage the eating of ice cream
And you would somersault in sand with me
You talk to loners
You ask 'how's your week?'
You give love to all
And give love to me
You're obsessed with hiding
The sticks and stones
And feel the unknown
You feel like home
You feel like home
You put my feet back on the ground
Oh, did you know you brought me home
Yeah, you were sweet and you were sound
Can you save me
You're the wars in my summer's breeze
You're the ivories in my ebony key
You would share your last jelly bean
And you would somersault in sand with me
You put my feet back on the ground
Oh, did you know you brought me home
Yeah, you were sweet and you were sound
You save me
You put my feet (back on the ground)
Oh, did you know you brought me (home)
Yeah you were sweet and you were (sound)
See I have tried
You still bring me around 'n around 'n around
'n around 'n around 'n around
Yeah yeah oh oh
You brought me around
Yeah yeah oh oh
Lyrics submitted by Ice, edited by arvchandra
Somersault Lyrics as written by Sia Furler Henry Binns
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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its love pure love, ahhh man i wish i had a prince like that