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,
C'est une poupée
Qui fait "non, non, non, non"
Toute la journée
Elle fait "non, non, non, non"
Elle est
Elle est tellement jolie
Que j'en rêve la nuit
C'est une poupée
Qui fait "non, non, non, non"
Toute la journée
Elle fait "non, non, non, non"
Personne
Ne lui a jamais appris
Qu'on pouvait dire
"Oui"
Sans même écouter
Elle fait "non, non, non, non"
Sans me regarder
Elle fait "non, non, non, non"
Pourtant
Je donnerais ma vie
Pour qu'elle dise "oui"
Pourtant
Je donnerais ma vie
Pour qu'elle dise
"Oui"
Mais c'est une poupée
Qui fait "non, non, non, non"
Toute la journée
Elle fait "non, non, non, non"
Personne
Ne lui a jamais appris
Que l'on peut dire
"Oui"
"Non, non, non, non"
"Non, non, non, non"
"Non, non, non, non"
Qui fait "non, non, non, non"
Toute la journée
Elle fait "non, non, non, non"
Elle est
Elle est tellement jolie
Que j'en rêve la nuit
C'est une poupée
Qui fait "non, non, non, non"
Toute la journée
Elle fait "non, non, non, non"
Personne
Ne lui a jamais appris
Qu'on pouvait dire
"Oui"
Sans même écouter
Elle fait "non, non, non, non"
Sans me regarder
Elle fait "non, non, non, non"
Pourtant
Je donnerais ma vie
Pour qu'elle dise "oui"
Pourtant
Je donnerais ma vie
Pour qu'elle dise
"Oui"
Mais c'est une poupée
Qui fait "non, non, non, non"
Toute la journée
Elle fait "non, non, non, non"
Personne
Ne lui a jamais appris
Que l'on peut dire
"Oui"
"Non, non, non, non"
"Non, non, non, non"
"Non, non, non, non"
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I think this is the original version, and it's better than all the others. This song makes me dream but i wonder what it is about. Reading the lyrics it seem that there is not a hidden meaning because the words are so simple... but I'm not so sure, could this be a love song? Maybe about a person he would like to gratify or please but she always says no because she's not interested in him