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It's such a pleasure to touch your skin
To touch your skin
It's such a pleasure to touch your heart
To touch your heart
I can hardly wait
I couldn't bare it, to live for fear
Undressing you
You're in my heart all the time
All the time
I will wait till you arrive
To make it to the grave
And I couldn't have done
Anything else
A gentle love
A gentle heart
A gentle love
A gentle heart
All things that cause you joy cause pain
It's such a pleasure to touch your skin
To touch your skin
It's such a pleasure to touch your heart
I can hardly wait
And I'm waiting to hear you now
To make it to the grave
And I couldn't have done
Anything else
I couldn't have done anything else
To touch your skin
It's such a pleasure to touch your heart
To touch your heart
I can hardly wait
Undressing you
You're in my heart all the time
All the time
I will wait till you arrive
To make it to the grave
And I couldn't have done
Anything else
A gentle heart
A gentle love
A gentle heart
To touch your skin
It's such a pleasure to touch your heart
I can hardly wait
To make it to the grave
And I couldn't have done
Anything else
I couldn't have done anything else
Song Info
Submitted by
drmn On Mar 17, 2009
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this song is just beautiful!
but don't the lyrics go "all things that cause you joy cause pain" ?
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it's hard to tell. but it does seem to make more sense, so that's problably it. I'll change that bit
it's hard to tell. but it does seem to make more sense, so that's problably it. I'll change that bit
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,
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@benjimouse I know a guy who somehow knows the words to any song you can imagine. He sings as well but would be better suited to sticking with song writing. He claims that he wrote the lyrics to "Different Strings" when he was 17, and then sold the rights to them for $200. The song ended up on Rush's Permanent Waves album in 1980. He does not make any claims for writing any other songs, but is always sure to be clear that he wrote the lyrics only and not the music. It is his only claim to musical fame....
@benjimouse I know a guy who somehow knows the words to any song you can imagine. He sings as well but would be better suited to sticking with song writing. He claims that he wrote the lyrics to "Different Strings" when he was 17, and then sold the rights to them for $200. The song ended up on Rush's Permanent Waves album in 1980. He does not make any claims for writing any other songs, but is always sure to be clear that he wrote the lyrics only and not the music. It is his only claim to musical fame. I have no reason to believe that it is not a true story, and even if it is not, who doesn't enjoy a good lie?
@housewelder Peter Gutteridge's original 1993 version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MTIzG_2pw . The Clean's 2002 cover here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRW-Rk_b28s . YlT covered it in 2009.
@housewelder Peter Gutteridge's original 1993 version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MTIzG_2pw . The Clean's 2002 cover here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRW-Rk_b28s . YlT covered it in 2009.
what a great song...
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I asked my girlfriend while this song was playing.
What did you ask her?
What did you ask her?
this song is so sexual...makes me want to get high and have sex
my exact thoughts
my exact thoughts