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,
Cut the rain, we two have swallowed trust
And you have changed
And I, I didn't change enough
And some have said,
That true loves something we are sure of
My only hope lies in your being confused
With all you said, I would wait one hundred summers
Just once again to be with you
On Monday evening, the cloudy skies
On two for Tuesday, I wanted to die
And so you love me, sometimes I find
But you only need me till the darkness takes the sun
Away from me, I've lost you
Away from me, I've lost you
Away from me, I've lost you
Away from me
I saw a silver sun
I wanted it to touch everyone
You have an arm to pull me back
But theres no way that I can give this up
Some other way, theres got to be another
Some other way, there has to be another
Some other way, theres got to be another way
We all are scientists who will not be afraid
I'm not saying that theres no hope for this
And you have tried to change my mind
But we all know, our systems broken
And I, I'll never vote again
And you have changed
And I, I didn't change enough
And some have said,
That true loves something we are sure of
My only hope lies in your being confused
With all you said, I would wait one hundred summers
Just once again to be with you
On Monday evening, the cloudy skies
On two for Tuesday, I wanted to die
And so you love me, sometimes I find
But you only need me till the darkness takes the sun
Away from me, I've lost you
Away from me, I've lost you
Away from me, I've lost you
Away from me
I saw a silver sun
I wanted it to touch everyone
You have an arm to pull me back
But theres no way that I can give this up
Some other way, theres got to be another
Some other way, there has to be another
Some other way, theres got to be another way
We all are scientists who will not be afraid
I'm not saying that theres no hope for this
And you have tried to change my mind
But we all know, our systems broken
And I, I'll never vote again
Lyrics submitted by yuko_sworro
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"We are scientists, we will not be afraid I'm not saying that theres no hope for this And you have tried to change my mind But we all know, our system's broken And I, I'll never vote again"
This part of the song is orgasmically good basically