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,
The situation brought on
Your ego reared its ugly head
pointed your finger at me
void of redundant excuse
can't seem to make things all right
two words: you're halidified
instead you sent me away
you chose to create this chaos
halidified
burnt RAM
halidified
burnt RAM
castrated form the receiver
annoyance, no need for you
shears fly: cloth deliviered
malocclusion
malocclusion
pointed into a corner
just like little jack horner
looking for justification
guess what, we've came up with it
you see, were halidified
5 years and a massive degree
dilated and jacked on E
so don't call us anymore
we're halidified
burnt RAM
halidified
burnt RAM
castrated from the receiver
annoyance, no need for you
shears fly; cloth delivered
malocclusion
malocclusion (4x)
Your ego reared its ugly head
pointed your finger at me
void of redundant excuse
can't seem to make things all right
two words: you're halidified
instead you sent me away
you chose to create this chaos
halidified
burnt RAM
halidified
burnt RAM
castrated form the receiver
annoyance, no need for you
shears fly: cloth deliviered
malocclusion
malocclusion
pointed into a corner
just like little jack horner
looking for justification
guess what, we've came up with it
you see, were halidified
5 years and a massive degree
dilated and jacked on E
so don't call us anymore
we're halidified
burnt RAM
halidified
burnt RAM
castrated from the receiver
annoyance, no need for you
shears fly; cloth delivered
malocclusion
malocclusion (4x)
Lyrics submitted by Jenovasson
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