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,
When I first met you babe
I knew I had to have you
I just wanted you to call
Me your bad boy baby blue
I'm so glad I'll be loving you for ever
It's kind of clever how we ended
Up in this situation
We was working at the snack bar on my vacation admiration infatuation elation we were kickin it for the whole damn summer
From freinds
To best freinds
To part time lovers
Now you're moving in the first date of September
I can remmember when I saw you back in December
It was so cold outside
You was breakin up
And so was I and
Neither one of us wanted to give love a try
But we would talk, talk, laugh and have a ball
But then we got drunk and fooled around and had a booty call
A booty call
Ain't nuthin wrong with a bootycall
Everybody like a bootycall
Now and then
Sing
I can tell that were gonna be freinds
I can tell that were gonna be freinds
now were getting serious
Living together
We've had our ups and downs
But you know that we'd whether the storm
And if we ever had some fights they always ended up in the
Quiet storm, warm in the bedroom
A lil bit of heat
And alittle bit of spice
But no 2 people got along all the time alright
So lets stick together like the Al Green song
Cause you always do make me fell brand new
And ill always be lovin you my baby boo
And only do I think that your sexy as hell,
But your independent, strong willed, hard workin
And I liked cha
You like to step up to the party and
Get down on the dance floor like nobodys business
The finest fish in the whole damn sea swimming with me
Skinny dippin
With me road tripin with me
But know she flippin on me yeah
And I'm gonna tell you that that ain't all
She like to get freaky and fool around and have a booty call
Ain't nothing wrong with the booty call
And do you people want a booty call
Everybody need a booty call
Now and then
Hey babby you know I get off in a bought ten minutes you think you and I can hook up after the show
Sing
I can tell that were gonna be freinds
I can t3ll that were gonna be freinnds
I can tell that were gonna be I can tell that were gonna be
I can tell that were gonna be freinds
Are you ready for the booty call do you people want a booty call
Id bet you'd like a booty call
Everybody need a booty call
You know what I'm sayin
I knew I had to have you
I just wanted you to call
Me your bad boy baby blue
I'm so glad I'll be loving you for ever
It's kind of clever how we ended
Up in this situation
We was working at the snack bar on my vacation admiration infatuation elation we were kickin it for the whole damn summer
From freinds
To best freinds
To part time lovers
Now you're moving in the first date of September
I can remmember when I saw you back in December
It was so cold outside
You was breakin up
And so was I and
Neither one of us wanted to give love a try
But we would talk, talk, laugh and have a ball
But then we got drunk and fooled around and had a booty call
A booty call
Ain't nuthin wrong with a bootycall
Everybody like a bootycall
Now and then
Sing
I can tell that were gonna be freinds
I can tell that were gonna be freinds
now were getting serious
Living together
We've had our ups and downs
But you know that we'd whether the storm
And if we ever had some fights they always ended up in the
Quiet storm, warm in the bedroom
A lil bit of heat
And alittle bit of spice
But no 2 people got along all the time alright
So lets stick together like the Al Green song
Cause you always do make me fell brand new
And ill always be lovin you my baby boo
And only do I think that your sexy as hell,
But your independent, strong willed, hard workin
And I liked cha
You like to step up to the party and
Get down on the dance floor like nobodys business
The finest fish in the whole damn sea swimming with me
Skinny dippin
With me road tripin with me
But know she flippin on me yeah
And I'm gonna tell you that that ain't all
She like to get freaky and fool around and have a booty call
Ain't nothing wrong with the booty call
And do you people want a booty call
Everybody need a booty call
Now and then
Hey babby you know I get off in a bought ten minutes you think you and I can hook up after the show
Sing
I can tell that were gonna be freinds
I can t3ll that were gonna be freinnds
I can tell that were gonna be I can tell that were gonna be
I can tell that were gonna be freinds
Are you ready for the booty call do you people want a booty call
Id bet you'd like a booty call
Everybody need a booty call
You know what I'm sayin
Lyrics submitted by TheIceBlazer
Booty Call Lyrics as written by Garrett Dutton
Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
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hahaha, this is such a great song