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's got a tale to tell / Well, the detonation put a shotgun there in her lap / Was her patience gone? Yeah, you'd better believe it / She'd been holed up here for a decade or two, but made a goddamn choice – End it all, end it now so you'd better quit your complaining / Through the front door in the kitchen, heard the door slam, wondered what she’s missing / Takes a breath, welcomes death, holds back a cough
Well she'd been dealing with this motherfucking man in her home who shouldn't live to see what the ending is like / Oh no, she's not letting him get there / If he was man enough for a minute or two, he might've seen this coming from a mile away / Don't you think she's got a good reason?
Through the front door in the kitchen, heard the door slam, wondered what he's missing / Then she turned tail, and took the first door / She made a statement: "You're getting what you asked for"
Cut him up, cut him up with a hacksaw, in his blood, in his blood’s where she'll end up / Ashes and dust - like the whole population of planet earth, yeah you bet – that’s where they'll join up / "But for the first time in 20 years I'm happy to be in my house, so I might light a cigarette," tells herself, holds back a cough as the bomb tears her ass off
First thing he saw was the glitter of the saw in her hand - He didn't get it at first cause he didn't quite understand why she even would bother / Tries to lock up the door, but he can't - she kicked it in didn’t matter if he latched it / Didn't speak up / Didn't get to, because his head blew apart
She cut him up, cut him up with a hacksaw, and in his blood, in his blood's where she ends up / Ashes and dust like the whole population of planet earth - yeah you bet that's where they'll join up / But as the world ends, it’s hard to pretend she got her way, and it's a satisfying end / Closes her eyes, takes a drag, has a last thought / as she climbs off the carpet
Ears still ringing from the detonation and a shotgun sitting to the side of a cut up dude / It's not so fucking depressing
Well she'd been dealing with this motherfucking man in her home who shouldn't live to see what the ending is like / Oh no, she's not letting him get there / If he was man enough for a minute or two, he might've seen this coming from a mile away / Don't you think she's got a good reason?
Through the front door in the kitchen, heard the door slam, wondered what he's missing / Then she turned tail, and took the first door / She made a statement: "You're getting what you asked for"
Cut him up, cut him up with a hacksaw, in his blood, in his blood’s where she'll end up / Ashes and dust - like the whole population of planet earth, yeah you bet – that’s where they'll join up / "But for the first time in 20 years I'm happy to be in my house, so I might light a cigarette," tells herself, holds back a cough as the bomb tears her ass off
First thing he saw was the glitter of the saw in her hand - He didn't get it at first cause he didn't quite understand why she even would bother / Tries to lock up the door, but he can't - she kicked it in didn’t matter if he latched it / Didn't speak up / Didn't get to, because his head blew apart
She cut him up, cut him up with a hacksaw, and in his blood, in his blood's where she ends up / Ashes and dust like the whole population of planet earth - yeah you bet that's where they'll join up / But as the world ends, it’s hard to pretend she got her way, and it's a satisfying end / Closes her eyes, takes a drag, has a last thought / as she climbs off the carpet
Ears still ringing from the detonation and a shotgun sitting to the side of a cut up dude / It's not so fucking depressing
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