Lyrics

Recent Activity

Following

Cover art for Take Care (Big Star cover) lyrics by Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo

Take Care (Big Star cover)

1 Meaning

Add Yours

Follow

Share

Q&A

Take Care (Big Star cover) Lyrics

Take care not to hurt yourself
Beware of the need for health
You might need too much
And people are such
Take care
Please take care

Some people read ideal books
And some people have pretty looks
If everyone's eyes are wide
Then all words aside,
Take care
Please take care

This sounds a bit like goodbye
In a way it is, I guess
As I leave your side
We've taken the air
Take care,
Please take care
Take Care
Please take care...

Submitted by

alieno On Jun 08, 2006

Album art

Our Way to Fall

Album art

Album art

You Can Have It All

Album art

Stockholm Syndrome

Album art

Last Days of Disco

Lyrics saved successfully! Thanks!

These lyrics are currently locked and can only be edited by moderators and administrators.

You must be logged in to edit lyrics.

Unable to save lyrics. Please try again.

Lyrics cannot contain links.

Lyric edit submitted successfully and is pending approval. Approvals usually take 24 hours.

Keep it true to the song

Fix what’s wrong, but don’t rewrite what the artist wrote. Stick to the official released version — album booklet, label site, verified lyric video, etc. If you’re guessing, pause and double-check.

Respect the structure

Songs have rhythm. Pages do too. Leave line breaks where they belong. Don’t smash things together or add extra empty space just for looks.

Punctuation counts (but vibe-editing doesn’t)

Correct typos? Yes. Re-punctuating a whole verse because it ‘looks better’? Probably not. Keep capitalization and punctuation close to the official source.

Don’t mix versions

If you’re editing the explicit version, keep it explicit. If it’s the clean version, keep it clean. No mashups.

Let the lyrics be lyrics

This isn’t the place for interpretations, memories, stories, or trivia — that’s what comments are for. Keep metadata, translations, and bracketed stage directions out unless they’re officially part of the song.

Edit lightly

If two lines are wrong… fix the two lines. No need to bulldoze the whole page. Think ‘surgical,’ not ‘remix.’

When in doubt, ask the crowd

Not sure what they’re singing in that fuzzy bridge? Drop a question in the comments and let the music nerds swarm. Someone always knows.

elwyn5150

2012-10-19 14:03:07

Alieno

Submitter

2006-06-08 14:37:19

1 Meaning

Add your song meanings, interpretations, facts, memories & more to the community.

Sort by

Cover art for Take Care (Big Star cover) lyrics by Yo La Tengo

by lunaharpua

19y ago

Great song...originally by Big Star, written by Alex Chilton. YLT knows how to take a great song and improve on it -- the rare mark of a truly excellent band.

+1

Users:

Reply · 1 Share

by countess of persia 15y ago

As much as I love YLT's other covers ("Here Comes My Baby" is a huge improvement, IMO), Big Star's version is near perfect. YLT stripped this song down a bit too much. They almost sound like Velvet Underground with Nico on this one. Not a bad thing, but Alex Chilton emotes so well on Big Star's version. A truly underrated farewell song.

Questions and Answers

Ask specific questions and get answers to unlock more indepth meanings & facts.