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,
No one's taking my heart away
No one's taking the place of you
Even though I am miles away
You should know that I'm always true
Count the days till I reach the end
Week by week in a satellite
And until I am back again
All I need is to close my eyes
And I run
Run back to you
Yeah and I run
Run back to the one I love
This is the way I spent the day
Uh, huh
Did you too?
Running back to you
And when I dream
My eyes only see us
Do you too?
Running back to you
I wish that I could go back in time
To the city that's always cold
Time to leave but we stayed inside
Moving as though our bones were old
Trapped in ice in an avalanche
Here it comes, the pulse pounds and I'm ready to go
Mind fills up and it races fast
But it's erased the moment you close your eyes
And I run
Run back to you
Yeah and I run
Run back to the one I love
This is the way I spent the day
Uh, huh
Did you too?
Running back to you
And when I dream
My eyes only see us
Do you too?
Running back to you
You'll say
"Is it really you
Or am I dreaming?"
You're not dreaming
This is the way I spent the day
Uh, huh
Did you too?
Running back to you
And when I dream
My eyes only see us
Do you too?
Running back to you
Meet me in the dreamworld tonight
Meet me in the dreamworld tonight
No one's taking the place of you
Even though I am miles away
You should know that I'm always true
Count the days till I reach the end
Week by week in a satellite
And until I am back again
All I need is to close my eyes
And I run
Run back to you
Yeah and I run
Run back to the one I love
This is the way I spent the day
Uh, huh
Did you too?
Running back to you
And when I dream
My eyes only see us
Do you too?
Running back to you
I wish that I could go back in time
To the city that's always cold
Time to leave but we stayed inside
Moving as though our bones were old
Trapped in ice in an avalanche
Here it comes, the pulse pounds and I'm ready to go
Mind fills up and it races fast
But it's erased the moment you close your eyes
And I run
Run back to you
Yeah and I run
Run back to the one I love
This is the way I spent the day
Uh, huh
Did you too?
Running back to you
And when I dream
My eyes only see us
Do you too?
Running back to you
You'll say
"Is it really you
Or am I dreaming?"
You're not dreaming
This is the way I spent the day
Uh, huh
Did you too?
Running back to you
And when I dream
My eyes only see us
Do you too?
Running back to you
Meet me in the dreamworld tonight
Meet me in the dreamworld tonight
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