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 always seem to complain
It starts to sound a touch pathetic
Is everybody the same
Mass produced to look generic
Armed with nothing but opinions
Knock me down and kiss me quick
With face cast down I'm feeling I'm so sick of it
I always seem to comply
Faithful as a deployed android
The unsustainable high
Unable to employ some joy
Self proclaimed death of the party
Knock me down and kiss me quick
With face cast down I'm feeling like an idiot
Knock me down and kiss me quick
With face cast down I'm feeling I'm so sick of it
I often seem the boy scout
Whose leader always wants to wrestle
The quintessential odd man out
The clerk dehumanized by the pistol
Armed with nothing but opinions
Knock me down and kiss me quick
With face cast down I'm feeling like an idiot
Knock me down and kiss me quick
With face cast down I'm feeling I'm so sick of it
It starts to sound a touch pathetic
Is everybody the same
Mass produced to look generic
Armed with nothing but opinions
Knock me down and kiss me quick
With face cast down I'm feeling I'm so sick of it
I always seem to comply
Faithful as a deployed android
The unsustainable high
Unable to employ some joy
Self proclaimed death of the party
Knock me down and kiss me quick
With face cast down I'm feeling like an idiot
Knock me down and kiss me quick
With face cast down I'm feeling I'm so sick of it
I often seem the boy scout
Whose leader always wants to wrestle
The quintessential odd man out
The clerk dehumanized by the pistol
Armed with nothing but opinions
Knock me down and kiss me quick
With face cast down I'm feeling like an idiot
Knock me down and kiss me quick
With face cast down I'm feeling I'm so sick of it
Lyrics submitted by SuZ
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