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,
Well I sit and hear sentimental footsteps
Then a voice say,"Hi, so
So whatcha got, whatcha got this time?
C'mon, let's get high
C'mon Lexo, whatcha got next-o?
Walk 25 miles, oh
Well I'm bored, I'm bored
C'mon, let's get high
C'mon, let's get high
C'mon, let's get high, high"
Well, I found a new way
I found a new way
C'mon, don't amuse me
I don't need your sympathy
La, la-la-la-la
Ulysses
I found a new way
I found a new way, baby
Am I Ulysses? Am I Ulysses?
"No, but you are now, boy
So sinister, so sinister
But last night was wild
What's the matter, there?
Feelin' kind of anxious
That hot blood grew cold
Yeah, everyone, everybody knows it
Yeah, everyone, everybody knows it
Everybody knows ah"
La, la-la-la-la
Ulysses
I found a new way
I found a new way, baby
La, la-la-la-la
Ulysses
I found a new way
I found a new way, baby
Oh... Oh, then suddenly you know
You're never goin' home
You're never, you're never
You're never, you're never
You're never, you're never
You're never goin' home
You're not Ulysses, oh baby, no
La-la-la-la
You're not Ulysses
La-la-la-la
Then a voice say,"Hi, so
So whatcha got, whatcha got this time?
C'mon, let's get high
C'mon Lexo, whatcha got next-o?
Walk 25 miles, oh
Well I'm bored, I'm bored
C'mon, let's get high
C'mon, let's get high
C'mon, let's get high, high"
Well, I found a new way
I found a new way
C'mon, don't amuse me
I don't need your sympathy
La, la-la-la-la
Ulysses
I found a new way
I found a new way, baby
Am I Ulysses? Am I Ulysses?
"No, but you are now, boy
So sinister, so sinister
But last night was wild
What's the matter, there?
Feelin' kind of anxious
That hot blood grew cold
Yeah, everyone, everybody knows it
Yeah, everyone, everybody knows it
Everybody knows ah"
La, la-la-la-la
Ulysses
I found a new way
I found a new way, baby
La, la-la-la-la
Ulysses
I found a new way
I found a new way, baby
Oh... Oh, then suddenly you know
You're never goin' home
You're never, you're never
You're never, you're never
You're never, you're never
You're never goin' home
You're not Ulysses, oh baby, no
La-la-la-la
You're not Ulysses
La-la-la-la
Lyrics submitted by vanityjunkie, edited by godric1000, Omnipraesens
Ulysses Lyrics as written by Nicholas John Mccarthy Alexander Paul Kapranos Huntley
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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It's "while I sit in here a sentimental face stares", not "Well I'm sitting here, sentimental footsteps" "and A voice says hi, so" not "Then a voice say hi so", "so, so what you gotta, what you gotta disdain", not "So what you got, what you got this time?", "Come on look so, you got next, oh, walk twenty-five miles, oh" not "Come on lickso You got Nick stoned Walking planet by miles", "come on doll and use me", not "Come on don't amuse me", "that heart that grew cold", not "That hot blood grew cold".
This song is also alluding to and referencing Odysseus (Ulysses is the Roman name). After traveling for some time on his way back, he comes across his first obstacle: the lotus plants. He stops at an island and sends some scouts to investigate. The men see the locals eating a lotus plant and start eating it too. Soon, they forget who they were, what they were doing, and became addicted to the plant. They try to convince Odysseus to eat the plant, but he sees what it is doing to him, and refuses. He drags the men, kicking and screaming back onto the boat so they can continue the journey. The song is about doing things that are illegal and unhealthy (like drugs) and then having to deal with the problems that arise afterward. The singer states that, hey, I’ve been busy and stressed out, I deserve a little fun like the men with Odysseus, I mean, all my friends are getting high. However, it comes back to bite him because he realizes that if he was Odysseus he would never had been able to bring his friends back because he is as lost as they are now.
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