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,
She said, "Please don't let me go"
I said, "I gotta let you go"
And love just laughed
That's all that I remember
It was a bitter cold December
And love just laughed
Love is still laughing
But you can't go back
What's done is done
Yeah, that's a fact
But it was fun in a strange kind of way
We can look back and smile and say
"Whatever happened brought us down to the day"
That love just laughed
And then love cried
I said, "Where are you going?"
We're just getting started
And love just laughed
We were meant forever
But that's turned into never
And love just laughed
Love is still laughing
But you can't go back
What's done is done
And that's a fact
But it was fun in a strange kind of way
We can look back and smile and say
"Whatever happened brought us down to the day"
And love just laughed
And then love cried
Love is still laughing
But you can't go back
What's done is done
That's a fact
But it was fun in a strange kind of way
We can look back and smile and say
"Whatever happened brought us down to the day"
And love just laughed
And then love cried
And then love cried
I said, "I gotta let you go"
And love just laughed
That's all that I remember
It was a bitter cold December
And love just laughed
Love is still laughing
But you can't go back
What's done is done
Yeah, that's a fact
But it was fun in a strange kind of way
We can look back and smile and say
"Whatever happened brought us down to the day"
That love just laughed
And then love cried
I said, "Where are you going?"
We're just getting started
And love just laughed
We were meant forever
But that's turned into never
And love just laughed
Love is still laughing
But you can't go back
What's done is done
And that's a fact
But it was fun in a strange kind of way
We can look back and smile and say
"Whatever happened brought us down to the day"
And love just laughed
And then love cried
Love is still laughing
But you can't go back
What's done is done
That's a fact
But it was fun in a strange kind of way
We can look back and smile and say
"Whatever happened brought us down to the day"
And love just laughed
And then love cried
And then love cried
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Love Just Laughed Lyrics as written by Willie Nelson Buddy Cannon
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